how to pull focus front and center.

{via the selby.}

proof that when you design gorgeous furniture, you have a gorgeous pad.

{finn juhl's home - now a museum - located in ordrup, denmark.} {via the north elevation.}

a shipping container transforms into a fabulous little guest house thanks to brilliant talent poteet architects.

{see more at poteet architects.} {via jared erickson.}

the devine shell residence in the nagano prefecture of japan sprang from the magnificent mind of architect kotaro ide.

despite the mad challenge of hanging wall art, it's practically perfect in every way.

and of course...exhibitionists welcome.

{shell residence by kotaro ide of artechnic. via yatzer.}

this delicious dollhouse was designed and actualized by the amazing nicole balch of making it lovely for emily henderson's "i'm a giant" project.

the petite pad features everything from mini barcelona chairs to teeny tiny jonathan adler vases.  the digs were inspired by nicole's own ultra lovely home and will be a gift for her daughter eleanor.

pretty much perfect from floor-to-ceiling.  who needs barbie when you've got her dashing decor?

over the weekend, i slipped into my swan dress and checked out a few halloween shindigs around town.  we started at an eclectic co-op in the sunset junction, stumbled into a strobe-lit bouncy house in echo park, and did some dancing at a gold lamé queen's lair.

around 2:00 a.m., we found ourselves at this entourage-esque mansion off of mulholland drive.  rumor has it, the grand pad belongs to some mysterious, music mogul's kid who only lives there a few days out of the year and uses it primarily for throwing parties that he may, or may not, attend.  nobody really knows who he is or what he looks like.  he's like the banksy of trust fund kids.

ohh-kay.  anyways...

mixed amongst the cleverly-costumed patrons, sexy chewbaccas, and black swaned ballerinas was a house filled with some mightily impressive furnishings.  it broke my heart a little, because the place was getting trashed and all i wanted to do was rescue the furniture.

in an attempt to honor the few pieces that remained unscathed, i pulled out my pocket camera and snapped a few shots of some of my favorite decor moments. 

{above:  a white, mid-century, metal flower pendant lamp hangs amongst a field of subtlety psychedelic wallpaper.}

{above:  a steel, studio 54-style, beaded curtain separates the screening room from a surprisingly quiet reading room.}

{above:  cobweb-covered sputnik lamp and vintage sunburst clock.}

{above:  a vintage floor lamp with gorgeous orange and turquoise glass shades, which appear white in the photograph.}

oh, and the top photo is of me and my hubby steve in the backyard cemetery.  as we like to say, "till death do us part is for wussies."

have a happy halloween, darlings!

darling, mama has needs, and i need this pad.

it's located in ojai, CA, and can be mine (or yours!) for 3.9 million.

if 3.9 million of people donate one dollar to me, i promise to throw fabulous parties and prance around the house wearing this outfit.

i promise!

{stalked on dee dee 914.}  {see more images of the rodney walker residence here.}

it's that time of month again, darlings...time for WHORANGE'S monthly pad.

this month's pad is a "modest" mid-century hailing from the city of oakland.  the super talented owner, eric pfeiffer, designed furniture for OFFI and founded the multi-disciplinary design studio pfeiffer lab.   naturally, eric's home is decorated delectably from head-to-toe -- filled with flea market finds and furniture for his own making.

plenty of ply and light makes this bay area pad pretty as a picture.  period.

{above:  eric pfeiffer's furniture design sketches.}

{thank you, japanese trash!}

kittens, it's that time of the month again...time for WHORANGE'S monthly pad.

today's 4000 sq. foot pad comes to us from the land of ABBA and is filled with life-sized horse lamps and a rainbow parquet floor.  the visionaries behind this swedish lair hail from the architectural firm tham & videgård hanson.  the view of humlegården park, with its changing leaves, inspired their colorful concoction.

each room is voluptuously vivid from floor to ceiling.  with stark white furniture and tons of places for prancing and posing, it's like a minimalist's dream house on designer acid.

of course, the sensory stimulating floor beckons the question:  should i shimmy from room to room wearing go-go boots or roller skates?

decisions, decisions.

{discoved on the always magnificent designer pad.  love him!}

it's that time of the month again, kittens -- time for WHORANGE'S monthly pad.

this month's pad comes to us from the los feliz neighborhood in los angeles.  it's called the sowden house and was built in 1928 by lloyd wright, jr..  i've been obsessed with this house since i was three-years-old.  we drove past it almost daily and i always wondered if the person living inside was utterly fabulous or completely crazy -- or both.

it's most notable feature is it's mayan temple facade that resembles the mouth of a gigantic shark.  in other words -- hot.

i expected the interior to be fantastical with turquoise waterfalls and parrots pouring flaming rum cocktails.  but, alas...it is very beige, brass, and brown.

 but, check out that window.

perhaps your recognize the sowden house from films such as "the aviator," where it doubled for ava gardner's lair.

or, perhaps you know it best as the model pad on "america's next top model."  if this is the case, congratulations, you have just been elected to the WHORANGE board of directors.

on a darker note, theory has it that a famous murder took place at the sowden house in the 50s.  but, i'm not going into detail here.  after all, it's not the house's fault.

did i mention the sowden house is for sale?  price tag: $4.2 million.

that's a bunch of millions out of my budget.

therefore, if anybody purchases it, please invite me over for a round of parrot-poured rum cocktails and a romp through the turquiose waterfalls.  i promise to bring cupcakes.

{via the huffington post.}