Glamour Shots

Thanks to Domino's untimely demise, I am a Glamour subscriber by default. (It is what Condé Nast sent me instead.) While I still pine for my long lost Domino, every now and then, Glamour will have a piece beyond their usual love-your-imperfect-body genre. October's issue, for example, had a Nate Berkus designed, Paul Costello photographed treat...




...Berkus's sister, Marni Golden's studio apartment.

Oh, how I miss these types of design stories: beautifully photographed, brilliantly styled, budget-minded little spaces. In case you missed it, the rest of the photos and article can be viewed on MSN's lifestyle page.

Mrs. Joel Lives for a Day

Katie Lee Joel's dressing room in March's Town and Country reads like a jewelry box from the Deco era.  Designer Nate Berkus and architect Ahmad Sardar-Afkhami used $25,000 worth of gold-leaf transform a 105 sq. ft. vestibule between the master bedroom and bath into a glimmering, 1930's style boudoir. (Photographs by Miki Duisterhof).

"We wanted it to be a place where the act of dressing would be heightened to an exquisite ritual." -Ahmad Sardar-Afkhmi

To that I say, "mission accomplished".  The soft blue-greens and golds remind me of another glamorous interior that has been in the press lately.

Scene still from Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

It seems that Berkus, Sardar-Afkhami and Sarah Greenwood, production-designer for the upcoming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, had similar sources of inspiration.  (Habitually Chic has more on that subject).