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This Just In: O at Home Folds

CasaSugar — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:00:30 -0800

Oprah Winfrey's shelter magazine, O at Home has folded, according to a Hearst press release. The publication's content will be consolidated back into its flagship, The Oprah Magazine, under Editor in Chief Susan Reed. The last issue, Winter 2008, will hit newsstands Nov. 25. Former editor in chief of O at Home, Sarah Gray Miller, has been named the editor in chief of Country Living magazine. Sadly, another shelter magazine bites the dust. Clearly, Wall Street isn't the only one suffering these days.
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Get the Look: Jennifer Carpenter's Tipi

CasaSugar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:30:35 -0700

In the current issue of O at Home, actress Jennifer Carpenter shares photos of her Laurel Canyon home, which was redecorated by Jennifer's friend Ariel Ashe, an interior designer with the firm Ashe + Leandro.

While I loved the entire home design, my eyes kept coming back to this cool tipi in Jennifer's backyard. In the article, Jennifer admits, "That was my idea. I always wanted a yurt."

When I was growing up, my family used a traditional tipi as an alternative structure for camping on our land, and I can vouch for their comfort. Although a traditional tipi would look too hippie in Jennifer's colorful, modern space, the updated tipi, which uses the Hable Construction Big Beads outdoor fabric in Java, is absolutely perfect.

To hear Ariel's tips for relaxed, easy living, read more.

Buy neutral furniture and bring color in with accessories. It's easier to replace a candlestick than a sofa that suddenly feels outdated.
Take a laid-back approach to art. We used game boards and Polaroids. And who says everything needs to be hung on the wall-or even framed?
Big names aren't always best. I like to mix highbrow and affordable furniture because it's hard to feel comfortable in a room that's all design, design, design.
Erase the barrier between indoors and out. Furnish your deck, porch, or patio as if it were your living room. Then you can't help but enjoy the good weather.
Don't bother with fussy drapes. In fact, if privacy is not an issue at your home, you have my permission to skip curtains all together.

Get more tips about Summer living, and check out the rest of Jennifer's house, here.

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Metropolitan Home Folds

CasaSugar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:56:46 -0800

Another one bites the dust. Hachette Filipacchi Media announced today that it will fold Metropolitan Home with its December issue. The company plans to focus its efforts on its other shelter glossy, Elle Decor. HFMUS President and CEO Alain Lemarchand said, "We believe the best strategy in the upscale shelter segment is to boldly focus our resources and investment on Elle Decor, which is the ad-page leader within the US market. Despite the downturn in ad pages that has affected all magazines, the Elle Decor brand has multiple opportunities for growth across all platforms.” Met's longtime Editor in Chief Donna Warner and her staff will leave the company.

This closure follows a long string of folds in the shelter world, including HFMUS's own Home, House & Garden, Blueprint, O at Home, Cottage Living, and, of course, Domino. So while it's not a shocker considering the economic climate, it is still sad news indeed. But at least this glossy went out with a bang, wowing us with the Metropolitan Home Showtime House and the exquisite Modern by Design Showhouse this year.

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Is Your House Decorated For Halloween?

CasaSugar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:30:17 -0700

Happy Halloween! Have you dressed your house to the nines in jack-o'-lanterns, orange lights, and scary ghouls this year? What's your Halloween decorating style when it comes to your home?

Source: Flickr User Randy Son of Robert

This Just In: Conan Moves to Brentwood

CasaSugar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:00:02 -0800

It seems that getting back to hosting Late Night hasn't kept Conan O'Brien quite busy enough. The red-haired funny man has also been real estate shopping, and recently purchased a 6 bedroom, 8.5 bath New England Traditional-style gated home on Tigertail Road in Brentwood, California. This will be quite the geographic move for Mr. O'Brien and his family, who currently live in New York City at The Majestic on Central Park West, which he purchased in late 2006 for a reported $9,950,000.

To hear more about the Brentwood home and to see some pictures, read more.

The Brentwood house is a massive and well-appointed beauty, featuring six fireplaces, six en suite bedrooms, a 1500 bottle wine room, a paneled library with bar, and a 60 feet-long veranda. The master bedroom suite comes replete with balcony, sitting room, dual baths, and giant fitted closet. Other awesome amenities include a screening room, a spa, an outdoor kitchen, and a heated pool.

What do you think of the new house? Is it too East Coast trad for the West Coast, or do you think it's big and beautiful enough for any entertainment mogul, regardless of locale?

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How Many Bedrooms Does This House Have?

CasaSugar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:30:51 -0800

Handsome heartthrob Chris O'Donnell has put his 5,191-square-foot Pacific Palisades, CA, home, which he shares with his beautiful wife and five children, up for sale. Can you guess how many bedrooms it has?

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Do You Get Trick-or-Treaters?

CasaSugar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:11 -0700

Even though we buy candy, put out a jack-o'-lantern, and turn on the porch lights, we've only received a few trick-or-treaters in the past four years at our home. It could be because we have a gate leading up to our walk, and even though we prop it open, it still might intimidate the kids. How about at your house?Photo courtesy of AMC

Casa Capsule: The Week That Was

CasaSugar — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:30:00 -0700

Lilly Pulitzer will debut a bedding and bath line for Garnet Hill.
Be spooked by some dark and stormy homes.
Check out these five chair before and afters from the archives.
Acquire some pretty patterns at differing price points.
Learn how to declutter your house for Fall.
Find carving inspiration in some jack-o'-lanterns that will make you glow.

Link Time!

CasaSugar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:00:49 -0700

I love this Swanky Swell fabric. - Simply Stated
Tour an inspiring tiny house interior. - AT:LA
Build your own table with recycled lumber. - Charles and Hudson
Make a simple rainbow mobile. - Craft Zine
Asia meets Europe in the designs of Mimmi O'Connell. - Desire to Inspire
I'd gladly spend a weekend in this charming vacation home. - PoppyTalk
Meet Marimekko designer Aino-Maija Metsola. - Always Mod

Don't Take Yourself (or Your Home) Too Seriously

CasaSugar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:00:45 -0700

"The best rooms never take themselves too seriously and yes, there is such a thing as death by good taste! A multi-layered interior should easily accommodate (and, at times, flaunt) some irony, wit or kitsch." - Met Home Creative Director Linda O’Keeffe

Photo by Todd Selby