This House Is The Reason I Think Most Interior Designers Suck

Ok, so as you all know, I love bad reality TV. And the bad reality TV I probably love the most is the Real Housewives franchise on Bravo. I watch every season, know every housewife...I'm in it to win it, ppl.

The addition of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this year has been nothing short of epic...and I pretty much love every goddmamned second of it. But these photos of Demi Moore lookalike housewife Kyle Richards house kinda make me want to take my own life.

B/c she has a beautiful house, and all the $$ in the world, and yet it's VERY clear to me that she hired a 2nd rate interior designer, with no sense of space, drama, intrigue or warmth. I mean, look at this bullshit:

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Is Anyone Surprised That Dan Faires Has A Totally Adorable Apartment?

Nicole Bengivino for the NY TimesI mean, I'm certainly not. I am, however, slightly surprised that this great little NY Times feature about Dan and his new wife Dasha didn't mention his stint on the last season of HGTV's Design Star (wonder if that was on purpose? Maybe he's trying to separate himself from that whole scene?).

Anyway.

Dan and Dasha live in a 375 square foot apartment with a little back yard. And while their style is totally different from mine, I still find their space to be warm, and homey and well, fine: totally adorable.

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[I'M OBSESSED] Aphro Chic Pillows

So I write this other blog about the Park Slope neighborhood I live in in Brooklyn (with a bad word in the title...you've been warned); and also I write this little Design Blahg. And it's pretty friggin rare that those two worlds collide. But today they do--with Aphro Chic pillows!

Aphro Chic is a fabulous blog in its own right...but whoa! There is also a killer product line developed by Aphro Chic-er Jeanine Hays to go along with the snazzy blog, and just so you know: their new Brooklyn inspired pillows are srsly to die for.

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[MAYBE SHE LIVES HERE?] Julianne Moore in Allure Mag

So, sometimes I like to pretend that I know the people who are in all of those pretty fashion magazines, and by "know them" I mean know them well enough to get invited over to their houses for dinner. The only hitch is, I don't know them...like at all. And so I need to use my imagination and guess where they live based on how cool they look. It's kind of sad, really, but then sometimes it gets me thinking: Maybe She Lives Here?

I would TOTALLY go gay for Julianne Moore. So for those of you playing along, so far I'd be a lez for: Nigella Lawson, Penelope Cruz, and now JM. As long as we're on topic, I may as well add Portia de Rossi (a real life lesbian!). Anyway, I'm completely obsessed with this photo of JM from the Nov. issue of Allure.

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[I'M OBSESSED] The New Traditionalists-n-Design TV

BREAKING: looks like its time to dump all my references to Vintage Modern, cause I'm now officially a card carrying NEW TRADITIONALIST. Like, I'm ready to print that on a mug or a mousepad or some shit.

Last night I was lucky enough to get my ass invited to the Design TV party, thrown by a couple of my Twitter BFF's @JonathanLegate and @ABCDDesigns. If you don't follow them on Twitter, you're kind of crazy, and if you don't join in on their always lively #designTV chat every Monday from 11:30-1:30 EST you are REALLY stoopid.

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