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Get the Look: Casual, Glamorous Living Room
Growing up, I used the word "den" to describe my family's hangout room with a TV and a fireplace, and "living room" to describe our parlor-like room, which was used rarely, and when it was, for cocktail parties. It always seemed insensible to me to have a room you never use, and I vouched to make the most of my space when I had the option. This owner of this North London living room seems to really get it.
Midday Muse: Do Glamour and Relaxation Mix?
The Neisha Crosland shimmering aluminum Hollywood Grape wallpaper adds an instant dose of glamour to this petite bathroom from House to Home, and the dark wood vanity conjures 1930s film, ushering you into the alluring Art Deco era, whilst making the most of a small space. As much as I swoon over this glam salle de bains, I think the style should be reserved for powder rooms and half bathrooms. When the day winds down, and it's time to freshen up with a long bath or hot shower, I want a tranquil, serene space that's a retreat from blinding colors and extroverted patterns.
Inspired: Jean Harlow
Film actress Jean Harlow was America's sex symbol of the 1930s. Also known as the "Platinum Blonde" and the "Blonde Bombshell," this glamorous, gorgeous woman embodied Hollywood glamour. Starring in such films as Red Dust and Platinum Blonde, she appeared onscreen beside leading men Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, and James Cagney.
How-To: Make Your Bedroom Glamorous
I enjoy the imperfections in my life, and I don't have any illusions of grandeur. But sometimes I feel like I should be entitled to a little glamour in my life, even if I'm not making appearances at red carpet events. Amy Adams's character, Delysia, in Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day has it right: a knock-out Art Deco apartment with the style, fashion, and flair of the days of the greats like Carole Lombard and Clark Gable.
Love It or Hate It? Ivanka Trump's Decorating Skills
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 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 she could find, and barfed it all over the poor girl's pad.
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Casa Craving Recap: Golden Glamour
Last week, I concentrated the Casa Craving Challenge on finding gold-colored home décor. I asked you to bookmark lamps, vases, rugs, and whatever else you found that was gold toned. You found some majestic metallic accents and stunning textiles.
Love It or Hate It? Twinkle Living Glamour Girl Rug
This Twinkle Living Glamour Girl Rug ($167) from Wenlan Chia has a bit of a Betty Boop charm to it, don't you think?
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Coveted Crib: Glam in Gramercy Park
Recognized by Domino as a top 10 rising talent, design firm From the Desk of Lola, located in Los Angeles, specializes in interior design and architectural remodels and renovations that incorporate a sense of glamour and restrained decadence. In the past six years, the firm's work has been featured in publications such as Vogue Living, In Style, California Home + Design, and Domino.
This Gramercy Park home mixes whimsy (a fireplace filled with vinyl and stacked books, as well as an Ingo Maurer chandelier) with straight-up glamour, seen in the draped, heavy silk curtains, antique kilims, and velvet furnishings.
Casa Craving Challenge: Golden Glamour
With the Golden Globe Awards coming up this Sunday, I have the color gold on my brain.
With that in mind, I'm concentrating this week's Casa Craving Challenge on finding gold-colored home décor. So for this challenge, I'd like you to bookmark lamps, vases, rugs, and whatever else you find, that's gold-toned.
Love It or Hate It? Michael McHale Chandeliers
New York-based chandelier designer Michael McHale creates chandeliers out of unusual materials, including pipes that he's salvaged from old buildings. The effect is an intriguing mix of high- and low-end materials, which definitely makes the viewer look twice.
McHale notes, "To have a chandelier that communicates glamour and elegance, but is also, upon a second glance, constructed out of relatively ordinary materials — the same materials previously consigned to the service areas of the house which don't themselves mimic the form of traditional chandeliers but through their own geometrical logic create completely new forms — that is very compelling, I think.
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