Intro

You have no idea! People look at a set and they're probably paying attention to the actors. But they have no idea the script or location just changed the night before - or what drama and politics are behind any of the set decorating.

For example, the picture above is the living room on the show "Paris Hilton's My New BFF". I had 9 days to decorate a 10,000 s.f. mansion AND make sure Paris was happy with it. Oh, and with a micro budget and no petty cash until about 4 days before the shoot date. My shopper went off her medication and let's just say it wasn't pretty. The funniest thing was that Paris didn't think there were enough photos of her around the house (there were already about 10 huge photos including an 8'x 10' piece). So she had my set dresser pick up an entire truckload of her personal collection that she had around her house.

This life is surreal. Pretty much every day things happen that I almost don't even believe. And really, quite often, they're noteworthy. But it gets to a point when I really don't want to tell anyone because it might almost appear as bragging or most likely, it's just boring to other people. So here is my venting, thoughts or claiming my little victories... Now, it's the decorator's turn to talk!