The man who's supposedly dated Vanessa Carlton, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelly, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston called on Giorgio Armani to design his SoHo apartment. "After I finally figured out how to behave, and how to dress, I wanted to get the next thing — my apartment — right," he tells Elle Decor. Mayer wore an Armani suit to the Grammys and it blew his mind or something. "For the first time in my life, I understood what healthy messaging was all about." Armani's translation: Shades of gray.
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"I make fantastic fajitas after a late night out," Mayer says. "I can rock a skillet." We've heard that both Jen Aniston and Jess Simpson like Mexican food, so maybe they perched at this very counter, watching John whip up some culinary delights?
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Here's the master bedroom, with what the magazine describes as a "low, shapely Botticelli bed framed in gleaming lacquer and set against walls the color of candlelight." Translation: Zen, with a side of meh. Other than the bed being GIGANTIC, it doesn't really seem like a snare lair. How come the room is not strewn with the underthings of starlets? Where's the "Jessica wuz here" graffiti? In Touch said he keeps a guitar by the bed, for spontaneous serenades! Oh well. At least we know what his sex faces look like.


Seriously, the polka dot guitar is the most exciting thing in his apartment.

Earlier: Jessica Stam Does Elle Decor: A 22-Year-Old Should Not Live Like This

Domino had friendly tone, hip aesthetic and, unlike most other shelter magazines, affordable price tags (featured items were often from West Elm, Target, and Pottery Barn). Where Condé Nast's other title, Architectural Digest, is snooty, aspirational and stuffy — with a median reader age of 50 — Domino was fresh and young. So: The magazine was popular, readers loved the magazine. What happened?

Writes Penelope Green:

In under four years, Domino had succeeded in attracting the young, energetic readers that all media profess to desire beyond all else… But while its circulation was strong and growing, advertising numbers, much more important, demanded it die: it received less than half the amount of advertising pulled in by Architectural Digest last year (a drop of 26 percent from 2007, according to Media Industry Newsletter).

Where will the readers who loved Domino go now? If you say "blogs," you're only partly right. While many Domino readers also blogged about decor or visited decor blogs, one Domino fan, Sandee Royalty, tells the Times about a pasttime she calls "magazining" - sitting on the couch with her friends and "traveling" through the pages of Domino. A blog isn't the same: "I need something I can archive, something I can 'magazine' with my friends," she explains. Another reader, Jamie Meares, would buy two or three copies of each issue: one to save in a binder, the others to rip up for ideas.

The question here is: Will another publisher realize the hole left in the market by Domino? Women are willing to buy magazines, are interested in decor, and would follow a brand online and on newsstands. While it's true the economy's tough, the readers are there, and the advertisers — brands like Target, West Elm and Pottery Barn — seem obvious. Plus: Aren't there a bunch of suddenly unemployed editors who would be willing to work at the new title?

A Girl World Closes, And Fans Mourn [NY Times]

It's clear that he has sex on his mind. But when he's NOT thinking about getting laid, it seems that he enjoys stuffed animals. Elephants, especially. Plus, he's got quite a few tiny elephants in that charming wooden hutch behind him. I refuse to acknowledge the hideous bedspread. But honestly, people: Would you want to have sex in this room?

Here's another gentleman from Lurid Digs. The Candles are a romantic touch. Everything else screams "Marriot Courtyard." Which could be sexy, but in this case, simply isn't.

I'm not a total diva: I don't need satin sheets or 300 thread count (though it would be nice.) But I once dated a guy who was really into Planet Of The Apes. Do you know how hard it is to feel turned on when Cornelius is staring at you?

Anyway, these images got me thinking: What was the most hideous bedroom you've ever been in? Have you ever been in a guy's bedroom that was so awfully decorated that you could not have sex there? Have you experienced décor-as-prophylactic??? Spill, please!

Lurid Digs [Official Site - NSFW]
Boudoir Lulz [Ephemerist]
Adult Interior Design [Lady Bunny]