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I have to add Hannah and Her Sisters---Woody's double-height apartment, the soho loft, Hannah's rambling 5th ave apartment. OMG, I would take any of them!

The Philadelphia Story is my all-time favorite movie, def agree with that.

I'd also add Gilda.

Sorry, I looked at the other photos too and it still looks like an ugly dorm room.

Whatever---its a nice beige apartment with a typical mix of MCM furniture and FAKE art. And a fancy California Closet. The most interesting thing is the cerused furniture, which was profiled in an earlier issue of the mag.

The fake art is really, truly sad. He couldn't find any REAL art in all of NYC with that budget? These *obviously* phony Klines cast an ersatz pall over the entire space---it lacks authenticity, and personality. Anyone who collects, makes or sells art would be nauseated by this.

I have no problem with seeing apartments of people who have the $$ to buy beautiful furniture and get a decent paint job. How many all white living rooms with an electric guitar in the corner, Keep Calm poster, rainbow throw pillow and messy stacks of books does anyone really need to see? Bring on the velvet mohair and custom finishes! Bring on the glamour and sophistication! But not in place of originality or style. Without interesting taste, its just expensive beige upholstery and sad fake art.

where did you get the tripod standing lamp? Love it!

I'm pretty sure they are Milo Baughman. There have been a set of 6 on NY Craigslist for weeks. Search for Chippendale. Good luck!

I WISH Graham and Green would open an NYC store. Love their stuff. And not terrible price-wise.

The problem isn't MCM per se, its just the way trends spread so quickly and become totally pervasive, drowning out all individuality. When every magazine, blog, etc is showing basically the same look, one has to wonder if the editors are being paid off or if no one has any original ideas anymore.

I think the most interesting homes (and this goes for art collections, wardrobes, music, etc) are those in which the person picked exactly what he or she loved, regardless of what was in fashion at any given times. Most amazing homes these days seem to be long-term accumulations of beloved personal favorites. The big-shot decorator on a huge budget thing is so obvious and forced---its just ego most of the time.

My current list of "Please, please go away I can't look at you anymore" is:

---cutesy patterns i.e. Orla Kiley, etc
---Charley Harper-ish anything
---kitchens with 8,000 cabinets and an island the size of a small country
---wainscotting, ESP painted white!!! Ohmigod, enough already.
---ironic throw pillows
---zen-modernist bathrooms

If you truly adore all these things, then keep enjoying them! They just are not for me.

I have several modern/deco pieces, some painted (I bought them that way) that I would like to have stripped and restored. I don't know what's underneath, but I assume its veneer since that's typical of the period. Does anyone know a good refinisher in Brooklyn that they trust and isn't wildly expensive? I heard there was someone decent on Atlantic Ave.

The pieces in question are a Heywood-Wakefield dining set and 4 chairs, a painted vanity with a huge mirror, a matching painted bedside table, and a large bureau with lots of chipped veneer (though I think it looks fine this way and will probably keep it).

Thanks!