''Domicilium Decoratus: Hillcrest Estate, Beverly Hills, California'' is a 2006 book on interior design by noted designer

Kelly Wearstler Kelly Wearstler (; born November 21, 1967) is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (or KWID) in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, comme ...

, featuring her own home in

Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. B ...

as the subject of the book.

History

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published Kelly Wearstler's ''Domicilium Decoratus'' in 2006, a style book featuring photographs of her Beverly Hills

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and herself dressed in

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s. David Colman of ''

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'' described it as "a kind of lavish brochure for Ms. Wearstler's vision (she has a fabric line and has carpet, furniture and china lines in the works), which involves a decadent Hollywood riposte to

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's stolidly tasteful East Coast domesticity."

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External links

''Domicilium Decoratus'' at HarperCollins Website''Domicilium Decoratus'' Browser at HarperCollins Website''Luxury Interior Design'' at Nobili Design Website
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