Chateau d'Or, a dream nightmare come true.

For those of you who are looking for a new home I just found an estate that is available.  Chateau d'Or is a huge mansion located in Bel Air, California, right next to Sunset Boulevard. With that cosy retreat you'll definitely turn to the "Prince of Bel Air" and for 39,995.000 USD it is quite a steal. I mean, look at the photos, you get quite a lot for your money! Well, jokes aside now, if I would have the money, I would consider buying the place and burning it down. ;) Despite its recent fame from beeing the location for Lady Gaga's Paparazzi video. So, enjoy the photos. You're not gonna see things like that very often on my Blog!

Finally for those who haven't seen or don't remember Lady Gaga's Paparazzi video:

Dinner, an arrangement part one.

Once in a while I love to invite guests over for dinner. But as I'm a bit of a perfectionist that requires some serious changes to my apartment. Since it is lacking an actual dining room there is the need to improvise on the layout of my living room. Depending on my mood and the number of guests I figured out two possible changes to the arrangment of the furniture. The first one, that I'm gonna show on the pictures below, is based on a cosy atmosphere that allows to just add a dining table in the left corner of the room. The chairs are usually spread around the whole apartment and are gathered around a classic round dining table with a long white tablecloth. The sofa arrangment is just moved towards the entrance hall but is fully useable and mainly used to drink an aperitif there and also enjoy a casual desert and coffee after the dinner. Of course it also means that every little piece of furniture like sidetables or so and of course all the lamps have to be moved to different places to provide for the perfect atmosphere. To help you figure out the changes the first photo posted below is the usual layout of the room. Enjoy ;)