Bedrooms

The $5 starting point

The $5 starting point

Isn’t this bedroom yummy? It’s in the Rosarito Beach vacation condo that Don and Gigi Maurizio remodeled. Gigi, an administrator with the Glendora Unified School District who lives in Claremont, told me she found the headboard (which is really a footboard) for $5 on closeout at a Pier One Imports store. That was the starting…

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Famous folks at home: quiz

Famous folks at home: quiz

This is a nice bedroom. Do you wonder who sleeps here? What to notice: Walnut writing table.Albert Bierstadt paintings.George Catlin print.John Rosselli bench.Schumacher lamp.Stark carpet. Give it your best guess then click here for the answer. See more famous folks at home. (Photo: Architectural Digest)

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Bedrooms blunders that hinder sleep

Bedrooms blunders that hinder sleep

A lot has been written lately about insomnia. An L.A. Times piece asks "Can insomnia kill?" and author Gayle Greene wonders if Heath Ledger’s death was due to insomnia and the subsequent overload of insomnia drugs. Greene is a professor at Scripps College in Claremont and the author of "Insomniac," a first-person account of living…

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Trends, we’ve got trends

Trends, we’ve got trends

Trends are a big deal here at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla. That’s because the housing market is down, way down, and builders need to figure out what buyers want. A trend forecast conducted by researcher Gopal Ahluwalia, with the National Assn. of Home Builders, and Gayle Butler, editor-in-chief of Better Homes and…

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