Strange Closets

Last weekend I attended a dinner party hosted by former Open House star, interior designer and vintage furniture expert Dave Hopkins and his boyfriend Jeremy, and I was just obliterated by his creativity, ingenuity and refined aesthetic.  As you may recall, Dave doesn’t have a dining room and no real private outdoor space suitable for [...]

Thanks to Backgarage blogger Katherine Raz for contributing today’s guest post about my favorite topic Decoratus Absurdum.  I love the lead photo of Katherine visiting her grandmother’s final resting place . . . with her grandmother.  It perfectly captures the essence of Decoratus Absurdum, which interprets the macabre in often humorous ways. I signed up [...]

I meet potential Open House stars in a variety of ways: friends refer friends, Interior Designers refer clients, people email me out-of-the-blue and of course I shamelessly ask everybody I meet (and which often works strangely enough).  But I met Dave while searching for a piece  of furniture on Craig’s List.  As I perused his [...]