Angel or the Todd Oldham influence?

Angel Dormer was a former assistant to Todd Oldham. This was her incredibly tiny Manhattan apartment in the 1990s.

Oldham said in a quote from the article: "I love(d) visiting Angel's house because it's like a tiny museum show. Her style is eclectic, luxurious, and pedestrian---all at the same time."

• Angel's rug was made of inexpensive runners she found at ABC Carpet & Home that she then nailed in place.
• Curtains were made out of scrap canvas then appliqued with black velveteen cutouts resembling huge eyelashes.
• Her sofa was half of a sectional (the other half wouldn't fit) that she glued fabric over the original upholstery with a glue gun.

• If you look closely you can see where she applied a Sharpie marker to the walls, creating scalloped moldings.
• The apartment decor is mostly DIY, including all the upholstery work and her homemade leopard spotted and patchwork pillows.
• Did you see all of that built-in storage? I believe the two doors near the kitchen are for her Murphy bed.

Her wall of thrift-store art.

Angel also painted the interior of her non-working fireplace with polka dots and used it as a picture gallery and studio space where she created her thumbnail painted canvases.

The Killer quote that ends the article,

"A house," explains Dormer, "is like a jewel box. It's a place to keep your dearest treasures."

Said just like a true SHELTERgirl.

Credits: HG magazine, date unknown. Article by Amy Taran Astley.