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Mid-Century Marvel: Shia LaBeouf’s Sherman Oaks Bachelor Pad

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Success is not easy to come by in Hollywood; millions of hopefuls try, but only a fraction of a fraction actually succeed. There is no doubt that Shia LaBeouf, 25, star of hit films such as “Transformers”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Eagle Eye” and “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps”, is breathing in that rarefied air of su[...]

Mid-Century Marvel: Shia LaBeouf’s Sherman Oaks Bachelor Pad

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Success is not easy to come by in Hollywood; millions of hopefuls try, but only a fraction of a fraction actually succeed. There is no doubt that Shia LaBeouf, 25, star of hit films such as “Transformers”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Eagle Eye” and “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps”, is breathing in that rarefied air of su[...]

Hide Your Valuables: Hidden Passageways from Creative Home Engineering

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Everyone has something to protect: perhaps cash, jewels, gold, family heirlooms or sensitive documents. Many homeowners opt to keep a safe in the house to store such valuables. However, there’s an alternative to the safe that is perhaps even safer: the hidden passageway. Creative Home Engineering is in the business of designing, fabricating and installing[...]

The Art of Glass: Cheryl McNeill & Rabbit Canyon Designs

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It’s not a very difficult task to find beauty in glass; as artist Dale Chihulyss once said, “Glass is one of few natural materials that light goes through, and where colors can be so intense, or so subtle.” In these trying times of rampant environmental destruction, glass is also a pure and sustainable material capable of being recycled indefinitely. Cher[...]

The Art of Glass: Cheryl McNeill & Rabbit Canyon Designs

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It’s not a very difficult task to find beauty in glass; as artist Dale Chihulyss once said, “Glass is one of few natural materials that light goes through, and where colors can be so intense, or so subtle.” In these trying times of rampant environmental destruction, glass is also a pure and sustainable material capable of being recycled indefinitely. Cher[...]

The Modernized Laundry Room

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For most homeowners, the last room of the house to get any love and attention when it comes to design and functionality is the laundry room. Beyond a functioning washer and dryer, the design elements and amenities are usually about as bare-bones as you can get. But the fact is, the modernized laundry room, with well-designed appliances and fixtures, is inc[...]

Books as Décor

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As a follow up to the post we did the other day about the trend of books in Los Angeles bars, today the company responsible for the book collection at the XIV in West Hollywood was featured in a story in the Home section of the New York Times. The article profiles Thatcher Wine of Juniper Books and goes into depth about books as décor. Book lovers, you can[...]

Books & Bars: L.A.'s Thirst for Literature (and Style)

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When you think of Los Angeles, books and literature are probably not the first things that come to mind. Possibly sun, beaches, earthquakes, riots and even screenplays enter your imagination, but certainly not bound hardcover classics that create an atmosphere of intellectualism and sophistication. Maybe not even pulpy paperbacks that sell for a shiny quarte[...]

Books & Bars: L.A.'s Thirst for Literature (and Style)

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When you think of Los Angeles, books and literature are probably not the first things that come to mind. Possibly sun, beaches, earthquakes, riots and even screenplays enter your imagination, but certainly not bound hardcover classics that create an atmosphere of intellectualism and sophistication. Maybe not even pulpy paperbacks that sell for a shiny quarte[...]

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

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Interior design is much more than a land based activity - it also extends to the high seas. Depending on your thoughts on global warming we could be designing quite a bit of interiors for water bound vessels once the polar ice caps meet their demise and we're up to our necks in H2O. But putting those gloomy prognostications aside for the moment, the designi[...]