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A Few Good Man Caves: Decorators Cashing In On Divorced Men

First came the proposal advisor, who helped you plan popping the question in the most romantic way possible (Knicks game, big screen baby!), then the wedding planner, and, two years down the road, the divorce lawyers, the fat alimony checks and the Tribeca re-bachelor pad.

Sadly, your new space  is lacking that woman’s touch: your loft is empty save the Playstation, beanbags and Miranda Kerr poster. What’s a newly single man to do? Hire a post-divorce decorator, of course! A new class of designers are catering their business specifically toward hapless divorcees hoping to spruce up their new spaces, the New York Times reports.   Read More

Observer Home Profiles: Elissa Cullman of Cullman & Kravis

Paint! Lampshades! “Dean of American Design” Elissa Cullman on therapy for apartments and why “in New York, our coats are our cars.” 

It was a failed attempt at a screenplay that sent Elissa Cullman and the late Hedi Kravis into the world of interior design; the producer whom the writing partners approached turned down the Read More

At Interior Design Panel, Second Thoughts on $22K Basket

Margaret Russell, Elle Décor’s editor-in-chief, is so over the $22,000 picnic basket.

Several months ago, she said, her magazine ran an item about just such a high-end weave. “I would never dream about doing that now,” Ms. Russell said. “It just seems vulgar, and vulgar is not a word I want to associate with Read More