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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board

LB — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:57:22 +0000

Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time.

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This room is, believe it or not, a closet.

LB — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:06:26 +0000

This closet/dressing room is part of a townhouse on NYC’s West Side. The house was decorated by interior designer Samuel Botero in a mad eclectic mix of all possible ornate styles, including Egyptian Revival and Biedermeier and art deco, at his clients’ request.

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Home 1980!

LB — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:47:15 +0000

From the standpoint of 1970, this is apparently how “1980” was going to look. Actually, this vision wasn’t that far off, not as far off as Kubrick’s 1968 vision of what the year 2001 would look like.

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The Standard Hotel in New York

LB — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:46:09 +0000

Tip! Thanks to the recession, NYC hotel room rates are way down, and if you can also take advantage of a new hotel’s soft launch prices – the new Standard Hotel is sort of open while they iron out the bugs – you can get an amazing deal for a week in New York.

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How rooms and architecture affect mood and creativity

LB — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:38:55 +0000

Jonas Salk claimed that it wasn’t until he left his basement lab in the States and went to clear his head in a monastery in Assisi that he was able to solve the puzzle of polio.

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New York loft with stripes

LB — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:50:04 +0000

Probably everyone and his/her dog has seen this NYC loft apartment by now, and possibly also blogged about it, but this is one of those places that is so hypnotizing I can’t stop looking at it.

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Sublime 1960s interior

LB — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:08:12 +0000

Beautiful, inviting 60s room from English textile designer John Hopper‘s amazing Flickr collection of textiles and interiors from the last several centuries. That hidden door!

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Minimalism vs. maximalism – “minimum is maximum in drag.”

LB — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:54:38 +0000

It would be hard to count the number of times I’ve seen a photo of a beautiful minimalist interior in a blog and then scrolled down to the comments to discover that many people find it cold, sterile, clinical, unfit for kids, even morally reprehensible.