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The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)
Mad Men is hands down my absolute favorite show on television. If you’ve watched Mad Men, you know that Sterling Cooper is in the business of making things look good. Appearances are everything at this fictional 1960s New York advertising agency, both in and outside of the office. [...]

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Look at these cute miniature buttoned ottoman boxes by Kimberly Applegate {yes the same Kimberley Applegate who paints those gorgeous chair paintings}. They are available for purchase on her website Live a Plush Life. Wouldn’t they look gorgeous on a desk or even in a coffee table vignette filled with little treasures! [...]

Continuing on the theme of luxury. The trend ‘Understated Luxe – 2008′ is all about “whispering” luxury and elegance in home decor, furnishings and accessories. To “Live Highly” (quote from an ad for luxurious hotels) does not necessarily always mean to spend fortunes of money. How do you create the feeling of luxury in interior [...]

The Regency style , called thus by the regency (1811-1820) of prince George of Wales, later crowned like George IV, king of England (1820-1830), was mainly a delayed development of the neoclassic style. The forms were made heavier, larger and more ornamented. Often an increasing taste by the exotic Turkish, Indian and Egyptian topics [...]