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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The Printed Page: Paying homage to the little guys,...
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? Previous: Adweek's Hot List Nominees
? Next: Willem de Kooning's Studio; "Ikea for Barbies;" West Elm; More!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
PriceChopper: Billionaire's Row Mega Mansion Takes a Little Off the Top
× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, October 10, 2011, by Sally Kuchar Was: $32,000,000
Now: $28,500,000
You Save: $3,500,000
Now: $28,500,000
You Save: $3,500,000
There's no denying that 2701 Broadway on Billionaire's Row is one of San Francisco's most opulent, expensive and talked about properties. The 7-bed, 7-bath, 16,400-square foot mansion has been sitting pretty (and large) on the market for quite some time. The property was completely rebuilt and restored in 2002, and features an indoor basketball court and elevator to all five levels. It sat on the market for a year at $32,000,000, and just recently took a price chop of $3,500,000, bringing down the asking price to an obtainable $28,500,000. Dear readers, do you think this price reduction will motivate a buyer? Let us know in the comments!
· 2701 Broadway [Redfin]
· Take a Look at Some of the Most Expensive Properties in SF: Billionaire's Row Edition [Curbed SF]
Friday, September 9, 2011
Jagged Little Pills: The Chinese architecture firm Taranta Creations...
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? Previous: President Obama's Martha's Vineyard Getaway Now on the Market
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Fine Little Day's New & Expanded Online Shop
We here at Apartment Therapy have long admired Fine Little Day's Elisabeth Dunker. Her pillows adorn our couches, we admire the style in her home and her posters have shown up in a few house tours. Good news for us and the other Fine Little Day fans out there: Dunker has opened a new and expanded online store.
The store features a few favorites, such as the Splash pillowcase and Apple Papple poster, as well as new items like an exclusive poster by Finnish artist Hanna Konola, a pattern called GRAN, and some well-curated vintage finds. Dunker's patterns range from quirky to classic and embellish everything from postcards to blankets — a variety that's sure to please her current fans and to attract plenty of new ones.
• The gorgeous GRAN print adorns wallpaper and pillowcases, $37/m2 and $50 respectively.
• The bright, whimsical Magic poster by the Hanna Konola, $52
• The timeless, neutral-hued Harlekin Green blanket, $260
• A silly, unexpected print decorates the Flower People cutting board, $52.
• This vintage Kelim wall hanging is elegant and classic, Price TBA.
Browse the goods at the Fine Little Day shop.
Images: Fine Little Day
Monday, March 7, 2011
Moonlighting: Venus Williams Puts a Little Tennis Elbow Grease Into Interior Design
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Welcome to Moonlighting, a new Curbed column in which the talented Raina Cox of If the Lamp Shade Fits takes a look at design players whose first job may not have been design. Some triumph, some flop, and some should never, ever give up their day job.
Not content to dominate the world of professional sports, tennis superstar Venus Williams—named one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes last year—fancies herself a creative soul. She produces a line of tennis wear, is a published author, and happens to head her own interior design firm, V Starr. Founded in 2002 near Williams's winter home of Jupiter, Fla., the company was set to take advantage of the early Aughts building boom. V Starr soon ran afoul of the Sunshine State's strict interior designer licensing laws by operating for a year without a license. It was sidelined with a cease-and-desist order from the Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design and rallied by filing the proper paperwork.
Williams again stepped over the center mark by calling herself a "certified interior decorator" in the firm's literature, which at the time was a no-no under the notoriously strict Florida law. Williams's "certification" came from Certified Interior Decorators International, a private organization that requires members to pony up $295 in yearly dues, pass a 40-question exam, and hold a certificate from a recognized interior design program. Yet Williams's design education consists of a still-unfinished correspondence school course that she frequently tweets about; her decorating "credentials" are no longer mentioned in V Starr promotional materials.
But Williams is enthusiastic about decorating and draws parallels to her sport. "Design mirrors tennis as you have to find a new design solution for every project, every new space, each new city, and understand the nuances of each client," she writes on V Starr's official website. "I love taking in the varied architecture of different countries."
Given her busy tour schedule, Williams isn't able to devote much time to V Starr. "She really enjoys meeting with the clients at the initial meeting, at first design and at installation, depending on her schedule," said a former project designer with the firm. The company's brochure promises all clients only a basic meet-and-greet with Williams.
So who hires a tennis champion to decorate their home or business? V Starr has designed McMansions for sports stars, a model for a high-end Florida builder, and the studio of PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley. Oddly enough, even when he was dating dating William's sister and fellow tennis legend Serena, film director Brett Ratner did not choose V Starr to decorate his Hollywood home.
That's the official word! But for our take on it all, click through this photogallery of projects from the V Starr portfolio:
· V*Starr Interiors [Official website]
· Venus Williams Prevents Her V*Starr Interiors Skills From Rusting [Curbed National]
· Design Dames on Forbes' List [Curbed National]
· The Private World of Hollywood Honcho Brett Ratner [Elle Decor]
· Come to Win [Google Books]
· Rising star: tennis great Venus Williams tries her hand at interior design in a move that hints at her life after she retires from the court [BNET]
· If the Lamp Shade Fits [official site]
Saturday, March 5, 2011
House of the Day: Oahu Boathouse Needed A Little Help With The Whole Boat Thing
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Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got.
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Price: $34,000,000
The Skinny: When a property lingers on the market for too long, brokers tend to get some crazy ideas in their heads about how best to rectify the problem. Take this coveted waterfront parcel on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Purchased by the current owners in 2000 for $9.6M, the famed Kaiser Estate, on 5.4 acres, has been split into three plots for resale and priced for a tidy profit. The asking price for the trio is a whopping $80M, and this parcel, the largest of the three at two acres, is asking $34M. Those kinds of profits don't roll in without a little tweaking of the truth. In earlier sales literature, aerial photographs of the property showed the boathouse and pier, but no yacht. Well, apparently, the broker wasn't convinced the whole boathouse vibe was being adequately portrayed in pictures. So she went out, chartered a yacht, and hired the aerial photographer and pilot all over again, right? Maybe, but we don't think so. After taking a good hard look at the photo, we're going to call her bluff, or rather, her Photoshop. While the boathouse casts a shadow in the foreground, the yacht's white hull is reflected off the water. And the perspective shifts are nice and obvious, too. For shame! With $24M+ in profits on the line, we'd expect a bit better.
· Famous Kaiser Boathouse [Sotheby's]
· Honolulu’s Kaiser Estate Still Seeks Buyer [Honolulu Magazine]
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