Honor Roll

You guys are almost as split as I am in regards to the trim color decision for the rainbow room! Green is winning out by popular vote (though it’s closer on Instagram), but I’m still thinking pink. Possibly a slightly darker/dustier version than what’s in the mockup so it doesn’t go too pastel, but pink. There’s so much going on in there and the trim is kind of the least important part. I’m editing photos today from a Christmas shoot, and then I’m hoping to get to work on painting and wallpapering over the weekend. A decision has to be made!

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• Macabre meets adorable. Arts and crafts meet forensic science. The story of the ‘Nutshell Series of Unexplained Deaths’ is fascinating, and the details in these miniature crime scene dioramas from the ’40s are incredible.

• If you like your dollhouse scenes creepy but with a lot less murder, I’ve got you covered there too.
  In case you couldn’t tell, I like miniatures. The kids still play with the dollhouse I made for them, and one of my favorite flea market finds is a vintage doctor’s office diorama, complete with hanging skeleton model.

• Conde Nast announced layoffs and the end of Teen Vogue’s print edition. Meanwhile, Domino and other magazines have been taking a page from the influencer playbook to bring in revenue. (And this is one of the more accurate rundowns I’ve seen on rates for influencer marketing.)

• Did you hear the one about the blogger that got sued by a mattress company?
  Some mattress reviewers are making bank! This is a completely different business model from what I’m doing, but it’s super interesting. And kind of shady.

• “Why do women get all attractive if they don’t want to be harassed?”

• French kids eat everything.

IMAGES: Frances Glessner Lee, the Glessner House museum. All other images via the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Collection of the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, courtesy of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD