Strange Closets

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 [...]

“Frances and I were talking about you earlier this evening,” wrote James in his response to my email.  “Are you a mind reader?”

I first met Cesar, writer of the popular blog Urraca: Cesar Torres’ Blog on Writing, at a party and before you know it we were geeking out talking about technology, blogs, Twitter*, graphic novels and of course, Decoratus Absurdum, of which the subject of today’s Open House is a connoisseur.  Intrigued, I invited myself to [...]

Thanks to fellow Chicago blogger Design Watcher for sending me this image of the Moooi horse lamp (recently determined to be Decoratus Absurdum by Midwest Chicago Home) providing appropriately low- lighting* in a W Hotel room.

The Renegade Craft Fair Holiday sale was one ape-bleep-crazy event (as my photos demonstrate) . . .

And I agree. I finally had an opportunity to read my new Midwest Chicago Home this weekend and was surprised to see this Moooi horse lamp (available locally at Haute Living) classified as an example of Decoratus Absurdum. From Midwest Chicago Home’s website: Decoratus Absurdum On his deliciously readable design blog, “Strange Closets,” local writer [...]

Decoratus Absurdum lovers should check out the new website Transmission Atelier for a creepy but chic-y selection of prints. While the website just launched, there are a number of interesting (and quite frankly . . . somewhat chilling) options available with many more to come.