Heiress and Apprentess Ivanka Trump recently made over the "dump" of her assistant out of her own good will and PR motive and shared the process [1] with Glamour, offering up her "expert" decorating tips to their readers. To furnish the apartment, she used "antiques, flea-market finds, and lots of patterns." To me, it looks like she picked up every trendy dècor piece [2] she could find, and barfed it all over the poor girl's pad. John Robshaw [3] ikat [4] comforter? Check. West Elm overlapping squares daybed? Check. Zebra rugs [5]? Check. Lucite [6]? Check. Ornate chandelier [7]? Check. Then, she topped it off with some metallic Flavor Paper [8] wallpaper, clashing reds and pinks, and big bold stripes. What I find funniest is that the article suggests that readers get one "statement" piece "that's totally whimsical and conversation-worthy," but she herself combined numerous statement pieces, creating a room that for me brings up more gag reflex than conversation. But then again, I am blogging about it, so that counts as conversation, right? What do you think? Am I totally off base here, do you love it?
Source [9]