the softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world

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bon soiree everybody~

i feel like i’m just getting back to earth. it was an endless week and tomorrow’s the last day with liz on the shoot. will i be glad to get my life back. we had fun though, of course!

i love the image above cause it shows how little it takes to make a bed inviting. especially with that color combo. a weakness of mine is turquoise and pink.

anyhow, i was tagged by vanya at endless inspiration to do a post on 10 great blogs. i decided to post about them tonight since there’s too much reality going on and blogging is such a retreat. it’s a real escape and such a pleasure when i get the chance to do it. so here are some beautiful blogs i’ve come across in the last day or two when i had a second to answer an email and skim the wave. i hadn’t been to vanya’s blog but it’s one that i’ll be putting on my daily to do list. go if you dare!

the top image and the one below are via this is glamorous. um, yum!

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these are from endless’ blog. what beautiful links and pics to dig into!

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she had me at bonjour…

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somehow i ended up at the deco detective, a blog i’ve loved for a long time but last night got pulled into her amazing archives i’d never seen. blogs like hers really are the new magazine. not to mention resources and well, encyclopedias!

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a comment left by  jennifer led to this adorable slideshow, photographed by

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if you have a moment and want to return to childhood, take a look.

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they’re the sweetest dolls, sort of like the a modern version of the antique boudoir dolls. each one is handmade by jess brown from vintage scraps she finds.

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i fell way in love with this blog when the author left a comment. above is a shot of her laundry. need i say more?

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above, libeco.com via red ticking

below is a talented mother and daughter, the likes of which are rare cause they work together. and do they make wonderful things…

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noel made these books. aren’t they delish? i just love the pic below, also from her blog.

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below is a blog i found thru endless inspirations. what a great idea to record each day. she uses tear sheets to make art instead of filing them away.

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ok well, that’s not 10 but it’s a start. and didn’t want to forget a very happy birthday to my girl, lynn, a great friend and author of a highly addictive blog, paris hotel boutique. here’s to many more darling! all the best to you~

alors, bon nuit et bon weekend tout le monde!

February 27, 2009. Uncategorized. 23 comments.

the fine line of fine arts

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i got this in my email this morning and it was pure eye candy! (even tho the fur looks real)…

it’s from what i thought was a kooky art gallery-slash- furniture store i stumbled into last october in paris. it’s art and it’s furniture and it’s tres cher.

it got me thinking about furniture as art. it really is such a great canvas, especially if it has classic lines.

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this is another of their designs, tufting with feathers painted on the fabric.

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maybe it’s your cup of tea and maybe not, but it’s a fun way to play with furniture and turn it from trash to treasure as we all so love to do…

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here they lacquered a piece and added a lucite top.

it reminded me of one of my idols, serge olivares. he’s a furniture artist also from paris, with a great sense of humor and style. he makes limited edition chair and tables and uses special details like vintage fur on the bull’s head, and swarovski crystals as embellishments.

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i’ve seen his stuff in paris and in ny, and it’s truly amazing. the loveseat below he made for chantal thomas. i think the key is restraint…

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so anyhow, just a little food for thought, i know you guys see a lot of great furniture out there so keep an eye out for some fixer upers that could become your works of art! xoc

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February 21, 2009. Uncategorized. 21 comments.

random connections

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bonsir mes amis! hope you’re having a great friday night! i’ve been slacking off a bit tonight and following breadcrumbs…isn’t it amazing what you come across on the net and the way you got there? i can never seem to retrace my steps but tonight i decided to try. i found fantastic photographer, lee miller when i was looking for a book cover.

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turns out she shot the beautiful cover above, featured on stylecourt’s blog

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i was looking for it was cause the safari museum.com contacted me after seeing lynn’s book on my blog, by the same author, osa johnson.

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style court has passion for books and another of her links led me to the selby where i spent way too long.

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i love book collections. they’re such an individual statement and really intimate.

so anyway, that’s about 1/100th of what i’ve seen tonight and i bet your tracks have been pretty magical too! i better get going but just wanted to say hi and sort of recalibrate after a couple hectic days.

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my blog’s always been that kind of r&r for me. i know this was a random post about absolutely nothing but i was having a seinfeild evening, what can i say? there’s so much going on that sometimes it’s almost a meditation to zone out and fly…

bon nuit! xoxoc

February 21, 2009. Uncategorized. 19 comments.

one last hurrah for domino

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please go and be heard if you still care about domino!

buona sera a tutti!

i’m working late tonight, it’s close to 1am now, and i’m, getting up early to assist liz on a commercial. the last thing i want to do is keep posting about domino with so much going on in my world and the world, but i just had to get in a quick hello and pass along the surprise i received from Nina Schwartz at simon and schuster. she also contacted petunia when she found our comments on NY POST’s blog.

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Dear Claudia,
Here at Simon & Schuster, we’re all mourning the loss of Domino magazine, and it’s clear you feel the same pain. Not long ago (October ’08), we published Domino: The Book of Decorating, by the editors of the magazine, and we’re happy at least that their innovative and gorgeous ideas can live on in this book. We’d love to offer you two copies to give away on your blog to your readers who are no doubt as heavy-hearted as we.
Please let me know if you’d like to participate, and I’ll send you the books!
Many thanks,
Nina

Nina Schwartz
Associate Marketing Manager
Simon & Schuster
nina.schwartz@simonandschuster.com

how cool is that?

if you’re the next one to go leave a comment about domino on the ny post blog, the first book goes to you. we’ll go random for the second!

if you have a blog maybe you want to contact them to have a giveaway too…

thanks so much Nina, i’m honored!

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so now i’m fired up again!…conde nast is New York based and the New York Post is in NY’s face! please go and be heard if you still care about domino!

the domino fans cared last week…if you have a blog or site, spread the word about this opportunity! (if you’re not sure what the heck i’m talking about, go to my last post). anyway this is my last attempt and rallying the domino fans after only recently discovering their site. if you’re interested in winning one of the books, leave a comment on the ny post site! did i say that already? well never again so bon nuit, and suite dreams!

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/01/domino-closes.html
http://decorno.blogspot.com/2009/01/domino-magazine-is-no-more.html
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/news/breaking-news-domino-magazine-is-closing-075149#comments
http://visualvamp.blogspot.com/2009/02/tina-wilson-should-be-in-domino.html

http://blog.arendezvouswithstyle.com/2009/02/16/the-domino-effect.aspx

i know it’s like who cares already but don’t you want your domino or will the next magazine that’s like domino be good enough? only you can make it happen! ny post

February 19, 2009. Uncategorized. 15 comments.

our big chance

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hey gang! i wasn’t really gonna come and play tonite cause i have to work BUT…this link from petunia stopped me in my tracks. it’s in the ny post today. they’re still talking about domino and what’s going on. this is a chance to be heard on ny post’s website. if you’re still into having your domino in whatever way you want it, go to the ny post blog and leave a comment! let conde nast know this is not a dead issue to you. please go, break their comment box!

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conde nast is thriving!

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this just came in from another friend, nancy. it’s an exhibition conde nast is having for photographer edward steichen. conde nast always seems to have something going on as patrons of the arts to redeem themselves. hopefully they will hear their current customers cry for culture and acknowledge them by at least saving the Domino website.

http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.4783341/k.88B2/Edward_Steichen.htm

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February 17, 2009. Uncategorized. 14 comments.

an endless love affair

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for me it’s with books. they just never get old! and if they do, all the better…

these belong to my friend lynn of paris hotel boutique.com. she has an insane eye for fantastic books and the way she shoots them drives me crazy! if you’re obsessed with rare books, treat yourself to something amazing! just one of these in a room with a chaise, what more do you need?

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see what i mean? delicious! thanks for the eye candy lynn  :)

February 16, 2009. Uncategorized. 15 comments.

let me count the ways

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happy valentine’s day darling friends, these are for you! i found them among thousands on flickr. what a great bank of information. ysl guy said we should upload pics to places like that for safe keeping. these are archives we’re all creating. thank god people are uploading stuff. i’m gonna do it too. it’s amazing just going through the ‘vintage valentine’ search. most of these are from suzee que.

anyway, i’m off, happy vday. have a great day and night whoever you’re with and with whatever you’re doing.

you know i love you but i’ll say it again cause it’s the day to say it =]

oh and mom, this is for you!

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February 14, 2009. Uncategorized. 19 comments.

i got a second shot

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hi everybody! hope you’re having a relaxing evening at home as you surf the wonderful web. guess where ALL the above images came from including the top one? the domino website. (have you written to them yet to at least keep the website)? just asking cause i’m embarrassed to tell you how many hours i was on their site that first day. i collected over 300 pictures from there, one prettier than the next. but then i crashed last week and all my pics were gone…18,000 in total over the years! but thanks to my dear young dad he was able to retrieve them yesterday (remotely at that) and save the day! danke dad! (i vow to back up better =)

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truth is i also had saved a bunch of things when i went to the conde nast website store to search for a contact name and was blown away by their collection too! who knows how many more hours were lost over there that day

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anyway the whole thing got me thinking about saving images. what am i waiting for? thank god for blogging. we can empty our folders and share them with each other. i bet you have tons of stuff too, right?

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anyway, if you have to have a reason to write conde nast about keeping the domino website up, this is about as good as it will get

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the site is loaded with history

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wonderful images of america, month by month

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capsules of color and hope

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and they’re suitable for framing…

in fact they sell the service.

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funny thing is that they really make great artwork

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and it just goes to show how deep decorating is in our culture, how much we enjoy it and always have

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(schiaparelli above)

so if you have some time go get lost

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i have to go now but wanted to share some that were saved in my files.

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but what’s the use in keeping them

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in a folder for some time in the future

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i’m gonna be unloading my archives, my files are stuffed. what about yours? do you love to save images for a rainy day? what are your plans for them?

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no one but an obsessed nut could go thru it all their stuff..

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domino is in a league with classics that conde nast has let come and go

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domino mag sure is part of a colorful past. at least now they’re collectors items, instant classics.

but if you still at least want the website don’t forget to write to them. i personally think it’s an important body of work that should be respected just like any of the magazines above. it’s a new era. maybe blogs are the new magazines and magazines are the new books! well then sites are the new encyclopedias! come on conde, don’t leave us hangin!

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(i even found lucite hangers on their site. nuf said)? bon nuit!

Conde Nast contact info:

maurie_perl@condenast.com or

laura_miller@condenast.com

Corporate Communications
The Condé Nast Publications
4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
212-286-2860

ps i just added a bunch of new chandeliers,

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some are made with natural crystals and semi precious stones. let me know what you think! (i know they’re cher, one day i want one…)

http://www.theparisapartment.com/boutique/index.php?p=113

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February 13, 2009. Uncategorized. 22 comments.

it’s been a long time coming

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hi guys, how’s everything with you? i’ve been pretty busy over the past bunch of months and especially last few weeks, trying to get the new web boutique up and at em as you know. thanks to so many of you blog friends who pushed me to quit stalling and let ‘er fly! there are still little things to fix but it’s finally a site i can manage on my own and it’s a dream come true!

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thank you, jeff for making it happen. he’s incredible to work with and has the patience of a pope!

! if you need a great web guy, check him out at www.wickersty.net. (he’s also a magnificent photographer as you can see from his shot above)

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i found him through my friend janet’s beautiful site, french blue and co. i hope to add a little animation (like make the feather write out the name) but that’s later. if i waited till it’s perfect then it would never launch!

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anyway i’m working with vendors from paris to podunk. the great thing about the bad economy is that everyone wants to sell their merch and work together.

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finding stuff to rep is endless! and sure saves on having to house inventory.  it’s something we can do with each other too. i have a stationery department and would love to carry my blog friends’ pretty things. textiles too

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and accessories too… anyway that’s my next layer, and i’d love you in it!

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big thanks too to tori of bella bella co., a true friend i met through blogging. she helped me with design and was more than generous with her bee graphic. she’s uber creative, you may have seen her as the first to do the monkey’s on a chandelier. now it’s everywhere, but she was the first! anyway, thanks for everything, t, and here’s to more in the future! (she’s also a master perfumer ‘nose’ and we’re doing some candles and scents)

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so please pop over and um, if you see any typos will you let me know, s’il vous plait? merci beaucoup

www.theparisapartment.com (boutique)

anyway now i can get back to having a life, more later! xoc

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February 11, 2009. Uncategorized. 43 comments.

you know what you’re doing

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happy monday gang! hope you had a killer weekend and are ready to take this new week by storm!

it’s been about a week straight of my domino rant and the only thing left to do is to tell conde nast how you feel. i’ve made calls, emailed, written snail mail, etc. here are some numbers and addresses you can use to bombard them too. but in the end, only we as a unit are going to make any difference.

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all this about the mag and the soaring sales of issues on ebay

got me thinking about the value of magazines in general. i collect old home and beauty mags whenever i can just to see what’s changed and what’s stayed the same.

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funny thing is, not too much has changed. unless of course you consider the styles, colors, and fabrics,

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but then again, a house is a home because you made it yourself and you like what’s there. (if not, ditch it)! so whether we get domino back or not, (we will, be positive)! you already know what you like. and i’ve seen your homes, you have exquisite taste and you know what you’re doing. you know where to shop, how to revamp, and where to get a bargain.

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i know personally i’ll be look ing at magazines in a different light now. where i used to tear them up and file the pics away, now i’ll keep more of them intact and use them gently as resources, something special that should be cared for, no less than a book. in our disposable society, this was a wake up call, at least for me, to treasure what’s current, not just the past, cause it’s just as fleeting.

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yesterday at the miami beach flea market (above)

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this morning in House Beautiful 1947

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sorry for the terrible pics but a pretty closet is still as current today as it ever was

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(she could be a domino cover)!

ok maybe not…

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so in conclusion (this will be my last domino post), and not for nada, but i just got a call from conde nast and was given a couple executive emails there. PLEASE email them with the same passion you did on the web, telling them what you think the mag is worth and what you’re willing to pay for a subscription or the site entrance fee.

maurie_perl@condenast.com

or

laura_miller@condenast.com

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to write or call:

http://www.condenet.com/contacts.html

Subscriptions 877-366-4665

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CONDÉ NAST INFORMATION

For media kits or information about advertising in a Condé Nast magazine, use the address below. You may also call this phone number for any Condé Nast–related questions.

Corporate Communications
The Condé Nast Publications
4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
212-286-2860

CONDÉNET INFORMATION

Use this address or phone number for all matters regarding CondéNet, including technical problems with the site, as well as any inquiries not relating to advertising or public relations. CondéNet 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor New York, NY 10036

Phone: 212-790-5100 Fax: 212-790-1822

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do you need a stamp?

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February 9, 2009. Fleamarkets, Florida, 1930's, Antique Shopping, Photography, Domino. 34 comments.

who really cares about Domino anyway?

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hey guys, happy thursday! i spent the day goofing off with liz even though we both had a million things we had to do. it’s funny cause we’ve been ‘guerilla decorating’ together for almost a decade. but we’re both complete clichés when it comes to not doing for ourselves.

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she would kill me if she knew this before pic was here but she doesn’t even know what a blog is so i’m ok for now :)

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anyway i love her chambre bleu but of course life got in the way of ever really decorating. to tell you the truth it’s been the last thing on my mind for years. i love furniture and goodies but after having a store it was nice to minimize and focus on other things.

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but as you know the domino debacle has got me fired up to get back in the saddle. i used their resource library again today to study beforehand.

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i actually wish there was someone who can take great shots, i’m just ok. i’ve come to understand photography is an art and a science. maybe photogs are born, not made. anyway the real ones should be celebrated. the infinite detail in styling and shooting has made me appreciate the whole crew at that mag, as you know by now.

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anyway you know who was you know where

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with us all day long

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i had to open liz’s closet to give you a peek inside (she’s a stylist). leave it to her to have diesel lingerie

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so anyhow, out of 300 shots these were the best and they’re only mediocre. my fantasy is that domino doesn’t fold and they shoot liz’s themselves as some of you suggested. liz has never cracked open a copy so she has no idea what that would mean to her! but of course that would take a miracle. but then again i believe in miracles. do you?

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well if you do, please join me over the next few days

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in recognizing and doing our part to save this incredible resource. here’s my daily dose of domino inspiration that got me kicked off today (i’m still at the tip of this collection)!

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i probably won’t be posting for a few days cause i screwed around a lot this week and even have a computer crash to deal with. in fact all my domino pics were lost! (another reason having them on their site would be a real plus instead of us saving them ourselves).

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i know not everyone who reads my blog loves domino. truth is i had no idea it’s as powerful as it is. if i hadn’t been to their website i still wouldn’t know as it just wasn’t on my radar. but i have come to treasure and value it so, i am going to ask you a favor

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if you’re here, right now, please leave a comment and just let me know if you think it’s worth saving? i’d like to show your responses to conde nast. i believe the blogging community whether it’s writers or readers are the wave of the future. that the connection they’re weaving is as strong as any spider’s!

is it infuriating to you that an institution like domino can just be cast aside? it makes me livid! so please, if you’re here, leave a comment and unite the power of the blogging community. tell conde nast that you don’t want to be forcefed architectural digest (or whatever), and that you do want domino and you won’t stand for another H&G travesty!

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ok that’s it for my rant, but mom, i mean everyone

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and dad, we need you too

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and all my friends who leave beautiful comments

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and all of you who are here but have never said a word

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i can provide a platform but you’re the one who can make it happen with numbers. so please don’t skip out on this, sign in anonymously…just leave a trace that you were here and that you cared.

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ok, that’s a wrap! big love to you!! xoxoc

(p.s. once you’ve left a comment, please go to www.savedomino.blogspot.com to sign the petition)

February 6, 2009. Bedrooms, Decorating, Designers, Domino, Florida, Friends. 79 comments.

synthesizable domino logic

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kitten little is such a muse! everywhere we fluffed he was the first to try out.

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hey guys, hope you’re enjoying a this night in at home. it’s hard for me to believe but after a few days i’m still as passionate about domino magazine alive as ever. in fact The Dom inspired another day of zhooshing and shooting, and although there were way more out takes than ins, today we had a good time playing.

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i couldn’t watch liz suffer with her florida room anymore. sweet jezabel is there most of the day since she’s 207 years old this month but still full of life and wants to be with everyone all the time.

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j.z. is daisy’s surrogate sister and part of a long era for liz and me. in fact our dogs were responsible for the start of our friendship and our move to florida.

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anyway it’s throw carpet central cause she slips on every floor and there’s always something to ‘clean up’. it made this room into a real throwaway. but we had the flowers so i was possessed to give it the old college try!

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everything in the room is ‘vintage’ so we tried to freshen it up with curtains and pillows. you may recognize liz’s mirror pillows. we move them around a lot :)

she wanted it to be completely neutral so we took out most of the color which was in the other pillows

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i tried to concentrate on details like straight pleats on the curtains

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and straightening the lines but it’s so exacting!

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and of course there are still things to work on like valances and rugs, artwork and stuff

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but at least it’s working now for some people….

and since we have at least another day with the flowers, tomorrow we’re doing liz’ room, le chambre bleu!

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please go to save domino.blogspot.com

to unite the blogging community to save domino magazine!

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so i can’t leave a post without giving some love to The D ever again. last night my computer crashed and all the hours of stuff i saved from the dom website went missing. i found a bunch just now and want to keep them safe and where better than the blog! these were some i found while searching ‘neutrals’. have you been there yet? hurry, it’s all either after all!

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February 5, 2009. Decorating, Domino, Florida, Friends, Photography. 13 comments.

the domino effect

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save-domino

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thank god another crusader! please visit this site that was set up to try to show conde nast what we want and what we will pay for. bloggers have great power in so many arenas. speak out if you won’t let Domino go!

what’s up with my new obsession with domino? it’s beyond my control and this is the only place i can let my love for it out! falling into their website has been like going on a shopping spree! i can’t stop trolling the images and can’t believe i never did it before. search anything from curtains, to diy to dressing rooms and they’ve covered it. not just skimmed it but nailed it with stunning pics and great info.

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domino mag is pretty special to me because they helped me launch a branch of my biz, the lucite handles. one tiny knob they featured got the whole thing rolling.

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they have a platform where people like di overton could write,

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small biz owners could be exposed to readers

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and ridiculously talented design team and photographers could be featured.

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it’s something of great value and i just can’t help it, i don’t want to see it go! petunia is putting a poll together that will track whether you’re willing to pay more for a subscription (and how much) and whether you’d pay to access the website. would you? have you been there? go soon cause it’s coming down! this is the tip of the iceberg!

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ok well back in real life, things are good, i’m working hard. monsieur is taking a nap.

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he’s where liz and i worked yesterday trying to jazz up every single corner and vignette in the house. she got 2 orchids and i got 4 bouquets including tulips and lilies along with a couple others for $9 each at whole foods. having flowers in the house is such a luxury we had stopped doing!

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anyway there’s an eyesore air conditioner outside one of the windows so we hung these ikea natural rings and covered it with lots of palms. it’s obviously not done so i’ll leave it dark and mysterious :)

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i was definitely trying to channel energy from you know where while shooting, thinking about their photogs and stylists. they have to be complete fanatics and perfectionists!

we were finally about to do the shots and send them to o magazine after all these months of procrastination. almost didn’t have the heart to break it to her when i remembered they just folded too…

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but what the heck, we decided to shoot a little anyway. funny thing is i kept putting it off cause shooting is really tough for me. it’s the ultimate art of detail. there are a million shots before you get one you like. unless it’s polaroid somehow. i just didn’t feel confident with what i had so far.

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and i’m learning more each day. my angles are way off but i’m ironing out the wrinkles and crisping the edges

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of course then there’s lighting to work on but that’s another art. these are some shots from yesterday:

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so i have to give credit where it’s due, back to ‘that’ magazine

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that made me see things in a different way, and gave me a little more incentive to capture simple things in the day

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and inspired this uninspired and accidental and just barely so so photographerto at least try to get better at it. especially since it’s a pretty handy skill to have if you want to travel and write. shooting great shots takes tons of practice.

of course there are still more than a few elephants all around like this mantle.

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what would domino do? i’m still not sure there’s hope but now i’ll just embrace them!

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and anyway, some things are just right when they’re not perfect ;)

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ps i just found this cool site www.polldaddy.com

where you can make a poll and ask your readers and friends what they think. maybe if there’s an uproar and good numbers they may actually listen. stranger things have happened, oui?

it’s a little annoying cause you can only choose one answer but give it a whirl if you don’t mind!

February 3, 2009. Bedrooms, Domino, Florida, Friends, Photography, Uncategorized. 28 comments.

something to believe in

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this photo is from athena says, one of a hundred great blogs i discovered while searching for domino images the other day. above is her own breakfast that was inspired by simply breakfasts. her pretty home was chosen as a winner in one of their readers’ contests. (below)

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good morning monday! hi guys, hope you’re raring to go after a weekend of kicking back.

if you were reading this weekend you probably know that our passion to fight for domino magazine (at least online), has been building steam. funny cause i was never really super that into the mag, just liked its fun spirit. but its effects can’t be denied. petunia shares my newfound fanaticism for it and drafted an eloquent letter that spoke to me and if it does you too, print and send it to them or craft your own. next step i guess would be picketing but i don’t think i’ll brave ny for that this month. so thanks petunia, i couldn’t have said it better myself:

Corporate Communications
The Condé Nast Publications
4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
212-286-2860

To Whom It May Conern:

I am heartbroken that you have chosen to stop the publication of Domino magazine. I am one of many of your readers on line and in the subscription world who feel that way. We all know and feel the results of an economy that has taken a drastic downward turn. We understand the position it puts you in with your advertisers. I would like to tell you a different story, one many of your readers will agree is their story, too. It is the story of how Domino made a real difference in the lives of real people not only in the Untied States but across many continents. If you don’t believe me, enter Domino’s name into any search engine of any blog host and you will see what I am talking about. You will see our tributes to your lovely glossy.

What Domino has done and should continue to do is to tell and show regular people, who make up the majority of our country and the world, how to make their lives beautiful and esthetically pleasing without breaking their bank. It is pages of the attainable. It is pages of escape in a world where escapism is highly in demand. I personally have never known anyone who turned to the pages of your Vogue magazine to figure out what to wear to their next party. We can’t afford that dress. We can’t afford that lovely watch with all the diamonds you advertise. We read Vogue to see how the other half lives. Today, we don’t really care how they live. We don’t have that kind of time or daydreaming energy. We are trying to keep it all together. That being said, it doesn’t mean we don’t have disposable dollars to decorate our lives with. In hard economical times women will always find a way to stretch the budget to afford the latest shade of lipstick, a new pair of shoes and to decorate. We find treasures in alleys. We find treasures at flea markets and garage sales. We find treasures where ever we are. Domino showed us what we could do with them. Domino showed us what to look for when we were out on the hunt. Domino showed us that no matter how much money we had or didn’t have we could still live with beauty around us. It is hard for me to believe that a magazine that showed us how to save money would fold at a time we all really need to know how to save money and where the best design deals are.

I know you have laid off much of your staff. I know you won’t print the magazine again. What you do have is a fabulous website that could become a money making venture for you. You didn’t charge enough for your magazine. What you don’t understand is that we would have paid more for it. You forgot to ask or didn’t believe enough in Domino it to ask us to do that. You have at least 800,000 subscribers. Don’t let that source of income go. Make your website a monthly or annual subscription site and we will all show up! Your overhead would be almost nonexistent. You have the IT people in place and if you charge us $4.99 per month you have an annual operating budget of $4,704,0000.

You could even charge more and we will pay if you continue to deliver the quality we have come to know, love and cherish. Your advertisers would no longer have to off set the cost of publishing.

I am really struggling with what your reasoning could be to keep magazines in circulation that truly do not represent where the majority of us are or will be anytime in the near future. I realize that there is a small majority that can afford what those magazines have to offer but I will venture to guess that the longer we feel the ever tightening strangle hold of an economy out of control, even those who have the ability to attain what those magazines have to offer will not be exercising their buying power and your advertisers will pull back.

Domino is still a viable entity and can continue to provide a revenue stream for Conde Nast. Please don’t forget who you created the magazine for. We are telling you we will still pay for what you have to offer if you will continue to give us what we want through your website.

Sincerely,

this is the only place i’ve found to email them so far:
http://www.condenaststore.com/SupportHome.aspx

February 2, 2009. Uncategorized. 14 comments.

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