tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post7314647379421528880..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Kelly Wearstler Lists Beige Beast in MalibuYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-39893910057071699622012-10-25T22:09:23.066-07:002012-10-25T22:09:23.066-07:00Ahhhh.. Carbon Beach- made famous and trendy by Da...Ahhhh.. Carbon Beach- made famous and trendy by David " i was a free man in Paris" Geffen, Peter "i can design a house better than you douche bag" Morton and Zuma " i'm th fucking mayor!" Jay.. but Ms. Wearstler aint got the chops for this game kids- she's all hat and no cattle.. a modicum of talent granted but her very rich hubby paid for residences that only she would and could design as you dont see her work published with any other clients do you now? nope- was in the Boo late Oct- Mama this is your pal for NYC London Terrace chiming in- and saw this monster as my hosts know one of the other "owners". let me tell you pork pies this is a train wreck at half the price and any of those "i go more money than god but taste up my pooter" types will lap this up as they dont know the poor little rich bitch has no clothes..Matt Lapahttp://www.uniquehoodiareviews.net/hoodia-gordonii-truth-behind-the-debate/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91569783759136458722010-04-15T04:55:00.558-07:002010-04-15T04:55:00.558-07:00Your commentary is THE best.
Consistently uber wit...Your commentary is THE best.<br />Consistently uber witty.<br />Always good for a major LOL!<br />Too bad the (so-called)comedy writers on so many TV shows don't have your advanced talents.<br /><br />As far as this beige nightmare goes.....what the heck is up with the dinky twig ceiling fixtures? Did they spend so much on all the marble they had to rely on beach remnants to keep the budget in line?<br />Keep up the great work, Mama.<br />Luvs ya tons.Amanda B Rekendwithhttp://amandawood.homestead.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-6184008434518321662010-04-15T00:28:30.154-07:002010-04-15T00:28:30.154-07:00Purely from a design point of view, there are some...Purely from a design point of view, there are some serious problems here: yes, the repeated ziggurat motif (in various marbles), while ripped off wholesale from a marble table by Carlo Scarpa and Marcel Breuer, is admittedly genius; the living room chairs you so love (Momma, you do have exquisite taste!) are by Scarpa's son and daughter-in-law Tobia and Afra - also incredible; the Sottsass-inspired marble volumes and staircase - great too. But then it falls apart. The dining room chairs are bad Scarpa copies, and much of the rest of the house is filled with junk. <br /><br />It's one thing to curate an inspired collection of far-flung pieces; it's another to, say, ruche fabric around a king size bed in order to trick, say, at least THREE OTHER FAMILIES, into thinking the bed was made in Italy in 1970. <br /><br />For me - and I don't read shelter magazines so I rely on rare glimpses into Wearstler's ouvre - this particular property exposes her as a very unserious designer once and for all. The queen of Hollywood Regency (who, back in the day, must have gotten her hands on the now prophetic paperback "Exterior Decoration" by John Chase) has shifted gears and plunged headlong into a new, superficial "theme." It's 70's Italian-meets-Egon Von Furstenberg-meets-Michael Taylor! Except there's no scholarship, no bravura, no love. Nothing but a stack of vintage Italian Design books, a handful of tear sheets and a big dose of contempt for the true masters who came before her. And the uneducated nouveau riche of Los Angeles and beyond will line up to pay her for her services.<br /><br />Welcome to the future...final presentationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583722096460300687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-72257011137513867042010-04-14T10:39:55.810-07:002010-04-14T10:39:55.810-07:00They totally butchered this house, it looks hideou...They totally butchered this house, it looks hideous..."80s surf and turf." What rubbish. When Janet owned this house, it was quite beautiful and had an organic/natural charm. It was featured in Architectural Digest in the 90s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-80463127942065708642010-04-14T10:31:10.018-07:002010-04-14T10:31:10.018-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846335307902928269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-58711849348476677532010-04-14T10:18:21.698-07:002010-04-14T10:18:21.698-07:00I can imagine some buyer objections to the traffic...I can imagine some buyer objections to the traffic light immediately in front of this house.luke220https://www.blogger.com/profile/07809763931071806294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-13710644774272462332010-04-14T07:44:25.243-07:002010-04-14T07:44:25.243-07:00Hideous and silly, but who knows what goes on in t...Hideous <i>and</i> silly, but who knows what goes on in the apparently weak minds of the fabulously wealthy? Just read that Janice Min's uber-pedestrian condo (featured on this terrific blog in March) sold for $7.3 million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3078534239520865682010-04-14T07:17:58.255-07:002010-04-14T07:17:58.255-07:00Wow. I'm not a huge fan but after reading the ...Wow. I'm not a huge fan but after reading the comments I think everyone here just wants to see Arch. Digest type interiors, nothing with personality or quirks. Anything outside of the limited and conservative design box gets slammed. It's unfortunate because there's a lot of really interesting stuff happening that's not getting in Arch. DigestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-25147650901452738092010-04-14T03:36:16.820-07:002010-04-14T03:36:16.820-07:00Yikes-- not my taste but what do I know? I like m...Yikes-- not my taste but what do I know? I like marble when done tastefully but this looks like they got a bargain at Home Depot and went crazy with the stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-20823788837524246102010-04-14T03:03:31.406-07:002010-04-14T03:03:31.406-07:00damn! i just thought of something... weren't w...damn! i just thought of something... weren't we taught that magazine coverage usually means a d.i.v.o.r.c.e is in the cards???? um in that case, kelly, it's lovely. would you like to drop by and sample some of my oils i picked up at panpipes? xoBabe "design polar opposite" Parishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-15972861191227937382010-04-14T02:56:46.174-07:002010-04-14T02:56:46.174-07:00this looks like all of my friends in echo park and...this looks like all of my friends in echo park and mt. washington got together for an indoor yard sale/art walk/ tag fest/free for all complete with the complimentary kush & vegan buffet. decidedly UN-hollywood regency and a tad overboard on the eclectic, i blame the influence on the bald kid who won top design last year who was so in his own head and the polar design opposite of most of the design militia on hgtv... how could margaret, india and kelly NOT love it for fear of appearing unhip. now, mama you know how much i dig la wearstler, but i must admit i've been unfaithful ever since i got a gander at cindy gallop's place on the selby blog. <br /><br />oh me, gallop's place makes kelly's look like something out of Love American Style. kelly better reboot, quickly. <br /><br />love,<br />BabeBabe Parishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-35388163778851653802010-04-13T20:05:31.046-07:002010-04-13T20:05:31.046-07:00I'd hate to have to sit in those "gorgeou...I'd hate to have to sit in those "gorgeous" dining room chairs all through a four or five course meal. If you wanted to lean back to rest you'd be too far from your plate to eat. Okay for a "salad and dessert" meal, not for anything more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-54797591580867585282010-04-13T19:58:15.460-07:002010-04-13T19:58:15.460-07:00I'm not defending all things K.W. but I think ...I'm not defending all things K.W. but I think you all are too hard on her just for the sake of being hard on her. In a world of really bad design–have you seen 98% of the houses in Calabasas? What about all that bullshit that gets printed in Architectural Digest by "real" decorators?–K.W. is hardly the worst of the worst. She's just an easy target because her "style" is just so over the top it makes people crazy. <br /><br />One wonders what some of you would say if Tony Duquette were a new designer today and not the legend that he is. Would you say his intense, over excessive work was crap too? Me thinks you might.<br /><br />I happen to think K.W. has got some talent and would do better by pushing herself and move away from recreating eras (first there was hollywood regency, then there was her duquette phase and now, apparently a 70s flea market sort of thing).<br /> <br />While her career is most certainly built on the back of her husband, she does get paid sometimes to do other people's houses...just look at her website. I wouldn't want a K.W. designed house, but I wouldn't want a Duquette designed house either but I still think he was brilliant.<br /><br />It's interesting how she inspires such vitriol and ire in people.T.T. Andreesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-963897611008754922010-04-13T19:55:00.330-07:002010-04-13T19:55:00.330-07:00This beach house is not merely beige........it'...This beach house is not merely beige........it's really most sincerely beige. Requiescat in pacem Rheinhardt.StPaulSnowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-88715435551562392682010-04-13T19:53:49.703-07:002010-04-13T19:53:49.703-07:00I've never really cared for her taste, and THI...I've never really cared for her taste, and THIS REALLY shows why!! FFUUGGLY......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24499014243460912622010-04-13T19:30:16.153-07:002010-04-13T19:30:16.153-07:00OMG, talk about butt ugly boring. However, on the...OMG, talk about butt ugly boring. However, on the other hand, I guess we should all be thankful she didn't use a lot of different colors--can you even begin to imagine what a nightmare that would have been? I realize this is her own house (well her's with others), but do people really pay her to "decorate" their homes? Scary if anyone does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-25509733922910669682010-04-13T19:12:15.361-07:002010-04-13T19:12:15.361-07:00Oh, my gosh...can someone tell me where the sand e...Oh, my gosh...can someone tell me where the sand ends and where the house begins ??????Sean Penn's best palnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-69203442873605834762010-04-13T18:28:16.243-07:002010-04-13T18:28:16.243-07:00Ahhhh.. Carbon Beach- made famous and trendy by Da...Ahhhh.. Carbon Beach- made famous and trendy by David " i was a free man in Paris" Geffen, Peter "i can design a house better than you douche bag" Morton and Zuma " i'm th fucking mayor!" Jay.. but Ms. Wearstler aint got the chops for this game kids- she's all hat and no cattle.. a modicum of talent granted but her very rich hubby paid for residences that only she would and could design as you dont see her work published with any other clients do you now? nope- was in the Boo late Oct- Mama this is your pal for NYC London Terrace chiming in- and saw this monster as my hosts know one of the other "owners". let me tell you pork pies this is a train wreck at half the price and any of those "i go more money than god but taste up my pooter" types will lap this up as they dont know the poor little rich bitch has no clothes..barton keyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-56247005636787658992010-04-13T18:24:57.868-07:002010-04-13T18:24:57.868-07:00Does it not strike anyone else as meaningful that ...Does it not strike anyone else as meaningful that both their Dolena on Hillcrest and this place are up for sale at the same time? <br /><br />Nothing says 'money troubles' like multiple properties on the block, Kel. Ask Nic Cage.<br /><br />And PS: what is UP with this 'shared' business. As in, shared on the Title?Carla Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-81532947431726915392010-04-13T18:20:25.101-07:002010-04-13T18:20:25.101-07:00What's hanging above the bed in the second bed...What's hanging above the bed in the second bedroom...a tagger's creation? East Los meets Malibu...wow, edgy! Beachfront meets the Barrio! Taco Lengua, with peach salsa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-73401666227381418752010-04-13T16:41:16.373-07:002010-04-13T16:41:16.373-07:00This from the woman who wrote a book called "...This from the woman who wrote a book called "Hue"?!? Granted, it's her beach home shared with three other famous, but Jeezbus Christus, Mama! Talk about boring. I fell asleep in my bourbon & ginger ale halfway through the photos -- good thing I'd already read your commentary.Madam Pincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581788699758821238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-37125149777860402562010-04-13T16:35:23.317-07:002010-04-13T16:35:23.317-07:00Yuck. These rooms look like the "after" ...Yuck. These rooms look like the "after" scenes from that cottage in Beetlejuice, when the oh-so-trendy artiste mom comes in with her screamingly gay decorator (sorry) and turns the whole house into a modern monstrosity... except in beige.<br /><br />Maybe Kelly really liked that movie.<br /><br />The rest of us chirren have the good taste to adore you, Mama!<br /><br />Hugs from the Colorado Sunny :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-54993611258716813362010-04-13T16:13:44.320-07:002010-04-13T16:13:44.320-07:00Anyone know if the'Marble Us All Over' cle...Anyone know if the'Marble Us All Over' clearance store ships outside california?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-2153732282379494752010-04-13T16:00:50.909-07:002010-04-13T16:00:50.909-07:00Oh, Mama. I just clicked through on the hair don&...Oh, Mama. I just clicked through on the hair don't.<br /><br />My eyeballs are bleedin'.Maimounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-63188813310058329582010-04-13T13:47:27.115-07:002010-04-13T13:47:27.115-07:00I think I just threw up in my mouth a bitI think I just threw up in my mouth a bitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com