tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post2558446249543399946..comments2024-03-05T09:10:31.164+00:00Comments on Coulda Shoulda Woulda: Architectural Digest September 2014Coulda shoulda wouldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-59411288660230425962014-08-16T00:29:48.436+01:002014-08-16T00:29:48.436+01:00Gosh I'm in love with that violet transparent ...Gosh I'm in love with that violet transparent sink. Isn't it amazing how a huge photo of someone (anyone!) can make a room look so chic. About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-91601693852695383342014-08-09T09:47:21.070+01:002014-08-09T09:47:21.070+01:00I put a ban on book buying though I have sneaked i...I put a ban on book buying though I have sneaked in about 15 more since then. Imagine what it would be like without a ban...But I have piles to give away and do a jumble sale because I must edit. Your library must be huge!!! I hope your bookstore gives you loyalty points Pammie! xxCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-74305815125695192014-08-09T01:16:07.363+01:002014-08-09T01:16:07.363+01:00Yes also have trouble letting go of books I've...Yes also have trouble letting go of books I've enjoyed - and there are so many. But keep buying more so have to do it sometimes (also buy from fetes and Op. Shops). Either give them away to friends or to our local Op. Shop where I volunteer. Husband has a project of reading at least one work by every Nobel prize winner for literature - so you can imagine his collection alone (and he gets to keep all his). He's done it too, but now he buys more books by the authors he specially likes and then of course has to keep up with each new one as they're announced. Think they love us at our fave Canberra bookstore, Paperchain, we certainly spend enough money there. Pammie xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-22734053942130217012014-08-08T16:23:11.541+01:002014-08-08T16:23:11.541+01:00That country place must have been a stunner to be ...That country place must have been a stunner to be featured! I also love it when people share their opinions and I feel a little less lonely and realize I am not crazy in my thoughts! Thanks for your kind words though WFF xxCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-65207887221587461112014-08-08T13:24:39.389+01:002014-08-08T13:24:39.389+01:00I love your magazine reviews, and I love the discu...I love your magazine reviews, and I love the discussion that follows, and here everyone's outdone themselves. <br /><br />A friend's country place was in AD, they had a little old farmhouse upstate and added an attached barn. The barn was shipped in pieces from another state and reassembled and refinished on-site. They have a lifetime subscription to AD and a collection of back issues, all of which live in a long low bookshelf that doubles as a long low breakfast bar. This is why I don't read AD but wait for reviews instead. Like yours.<br /><br />xxxwellfedfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118802089389931227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-74645923956333090482014-08-08T10:07:46.881+01:002014-08-08T10:07:46.881+01:00Yes it is a mood killer isn't it?! I feel lik...Yes it is a mood killer isn't it?! I feel like calling a designer as well but I do like the not too try hard look from one designer either. But i think a makeover is alike a haircut - the mood just grabs you no? xxCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-90669590184831783372014-08-08T10:05:45.458+01:002014-08-08T10:05:45.458+01:00Scarf quadruplet! Sooo excited! Am going to get mi...Scarf quadruplet! Sooo excited! Am going to get mine on Monday :)<br /><br />But re books - it is a hard thing because even though I have read mine I can't let go and so they are in corners of the house and my favorite are displayed in all sorts of ways...But when I moved it really was just boxes and boxes and I was thinking I must edit! Spread the word eh? xxCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-69003588347818471052014-08-08T01:33:40.961+01:002014-08-08T01:33:40.961+01:00Naomi
Have come back and read all the new comments...Naomi<br />Have come back and read all the new comments. So interesting and entertaining! So many different points of view - but mostly in synch with your assessments. Love your new review take on magazines. Agree about the Cindy Shermans. Recently stayed in a couple of hotels, eg in Berlin Swissotel, where there were lots in public rooms and hallways, highly decorative and quite attractive but if you stopped to look more closely, most had a humorous twist, some quite macabre, even slightly sinister (though none like Dexter's victim). Enjoyed them in these areas as they were more interesting than the usual bland offerings. But agree would not want to be closeted with them in a hotel room or apartment.<br />Also just a bit of special pleading about the shelving of books. It is really difficult to shelve the lovely huge coffee table books if you also have hundreds/thousands of normal books as well. Sometimes it's tempting to build little piles of them on each other, not too bad for the books, I hope, if there aren't too many in each pile. Admit to doing that on coffee tables. Some books are for devouring cover to cover and some we buy just to drool over the pictures. I do admit. Also, remember having seen a picture of a room in one of the Italian publisher Signora Feltrinelli's houses - she had huge teetering piles of books on her floors. Don't think she could be accused of not reading.<br />Once worked for a short time in the Cambridge University Library - their solution was to include a special size factor in the cataloguing and shelving of books, eg at the end of their classification number would be an A, B, C etc. The books were shelved within their classifications but also by size, large books together, middle sizes, small and even tiny sizings. In a huge library like that it was more efficient in fitting all the books in - but who can do this at home? The method I have serious problems with is the one where they shelve them with the spines at the back of the shelf! Just don't get it. <br />Cheers from the scarf quadruplet! Pammie xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-3990783368352807302014-08-07T21:32:21.552+01:002014-08-07T21:32:21.552+01:00Oh my goodness, that mirrored powder room/bathroom...Oh my goodness, that mirrored powder room/bathroom. I feel like calling an interior designer right now! The problem with these magazines is that they make you reflect on your own home and realise it needs a good ole makeover. So interesting to have a tour of the Net a Porter entrepreneur - not sure what I imagined and not exactly my taste but I love it nonetheless. I don't mind writing on the walls, quotes can be quite nice but I don't like the idea of featuring another person's name, especially in the bedroom! xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533644247275257358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-23040489787589222082014-08-07T17:47:20.769+01:002014-08-07T17:47:20.769+01:00Me neither - not my sort really!Me neither - not my sort really!Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-16335204205171953182014-08-07T17:44:52.215+01:002014-08-07T17:44:52.215+01:00Oh dear - that detail passed me by! Alas all mogul...Oh dear - that detail passed me by! Alas all moguls of all sorts have media rooms...You have the eye for detail but this has made me laugh :)))Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-3833352968222804972014-08-07T16:10:59.591+01:002014-08-07T16:10:59.591+01:00Cazzo!...the Agnelli's have a television room!...Cazzo!...the Agnelli's have a television room!<br />That's it. They're off my Christmas card list.<br />Trop plouc pour moi!Si je veuxhttp://si.jenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-23270246917243906262014-08-07T16:06:52.960+01:002014-08-07T16:06:52.960+01:00Wow. So that's how the other half lives?! Ne...Wow. So that's how the other half lives?! Never been a Tommy fan. Is he color blind, bless his heart, or a six year old man child? And then there is Dexter's home. Don't think I could be friends with him....Blue Boobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504819843930360278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-69562203968350778282014-08-07T14:19:29.815+01:002014-08-07T14:19:29.815+01:00Darlings G and Naomi,
Richard's apartment has...Darlings G and Naomi,<br /><br />Richard's apartment has just been featured in two Hungarian publications with pictures far more professional than ours. His previous flat in London was featured in World of Interiors. We hope one day to invite you both personally to see for yourselves......we do think that it is lovely!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-85419612346953038042014-08-07T14:16:31.553+01:002014-08-07T14:16:31.553+01:00Hello Naomi,
We do love to peruse a magazine with...Hello Naomi,<br /><br />We do love to peruse a magazine with you. It is like having a jolly companion by one's side with whom one can stare, shout and roar with laughter out loud as page after page is turned.<br /><br />We have to say that we are seriously underwhelmed by most of this. We do wonder if these houses, the Agnelli's is an exception, are really lived in since it would surely be far more attractive and comfortable to live in a good hotel. The choice of works ( we hesitate to use the word Art ) to cover the walls is a particular worry. There are so many wonderfully talented contemporary artists that we cannot believe the choices which have been made. Or, why not splash out on a grand old master rather than banana wallpaper. Has the world gone mad?<br /><br />We were beginning to think that at least the Agnellis could be relied upon.....until we caught sight of the words......television room......oh dear. Plouc! Or NOCD..... Not Our Class Darling!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-54534792328217848542014-08-07T13:30:36.314+01:002014-08-07T13:30:36.314+01:00Pantone vomit exactly Cilla!
My masterpiece?? Do ...Pantone vomit exactly Cilla!<br /><br />My masterpiece?? Do as I say and not as I do hehe<br /><br />But seriously - it ain't even done yet and still have unexplained leaks and need to seal and unpack boxes...le grand sigh. But will post something eventually even if undone I think :)Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-32418703260242407552014-08-07T13:29:23.826+01:002014-08-07T13:29:23.826+01:00I think he hosts parties and does photo shoots and...I think he hosts parties and does photo shoots and goes to a hotel!! ;)Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-27290558245790708722014-08-07T13:16:11.898+01:002014-08-07T13:16:11.898+01:00Tommy hilfiger's place looks like somebody ate...Tommy hilfiger's place looks like somebody ate Pantone sample cards and vomited them on the decor (that was the cleverest thing I could think up)<br /><br />When u gonna unveil your masterpiece ?cilosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733313024890630138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-75029705148854828832014-08-07T13:14:11.855+01:002014-08-07T13:14:11.855+01:00And that gets to the problem doesn't it? For ...And that gets to the problem doesn't it? For instance, the Hamptons guy, I refuse to believe that man ever has had one meal in his dining room, let along spent a night in that dreary, dark, overly thought, overly pretentious (can that be), beach houseā¦thegentlemanfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673352410400405604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-45106025656477214862014-08-07T12:56:06.202+01:002014-08-07T12:56:06.202+01:00Yes two polar opposites indeed. AD sometimes does...Yes two polar opposites indeed. AD sometimes does go against taste level for PR behind the scenes politics but to their detriment. Being friends IRL doesn't help being honest - I mean we have all been there haven't we but if I were paid to be an editor for such a publication I would not have included that house. And yes you are right - a home can't be a stage set but a platform for real life.Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-12523890362603137782014-08-07T12:53:51.259+01:002014-08-07T12:53:51.259+01:00What the heck were the photoshop team thinking? C...What the heck were the photoshop team thinking? COuld you imagine if you dated that guy and it was the first weekend away at his house!! psycho killer...But I think you would love Adam Lippes clothes as it is quite you Dani! xxCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-60219397847070559892014-08-07T12:52:31.485+01:002014-08-07T12:52:31.485+01:00I would be lying if I didn't question what on ...I would be lying if I didn't question what on earth MBL was thinking... She does have a great location but I think she has gravel bc that courtyard is on basement level. Let's face it - not a sun trap especially in South Ken and I noticed those courtyards end up mossy so that is probably why they did gravel just because of the maintenance versus usage of it. Plus a lot the drains go into courtyards so it tends to be dampy too. But if budget were no concern I think I would have done something bc I wouldn't be the one mucking it all out anyway hehe Love "Plouc"Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-22378916410228768442014-08-07T12:49:25.765+01:002014-08-07T12:49:25.765+01:00Ghastly!!! I must read that article. I haven't...Ghastly!!! I must read that article. I haven't read Tatler in a while - I usually read at the hairdressers. Yes the movie theatre or the ipad for viewing things but a media room just seems so forced...Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-17009619732848951982014-08-07T12:48:14.758+01:002014-08-07T12:48:14.758+01:00I think I would cook everyday in a kitchen like th...I think I would cook everyday in a kitchen like that!Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-39700289209271796492014-08-07T12:36:22.974+01:002014-08-07T12:36:22.974+01:00'Like a womb about to shed'...Ha! 'Like a womb about to shed'...Ha!Si je veuxhttp://si.jenoreply@blogger.com