I could easily have a China cabinet like hers. I have to watch myself.

The bedroom I like! Everything is arranged in orderly fashion on the walls, not piled up.

I wonder if, when you are losing friends and colleagues as she did, do you react by holding on to things with histories, as a way to keep things, life, memories, from slipping away?

I don't want to like it, but I can't quite help myself. It's obviously an exuberant collection of treasured pieces, and she seems like such a fun, interesting person. For her, it obviously works, so "you go girl" is applicable. She loves her home; what's not to love about that!

If I ever get to retire, I'm probably going to have a home like that . . . Sort of like a pandemic home . . . you can't go anyplace else to look at interesting things, so you can just walk around your own house. Why not. Obviously if you've got a lot of other stuff going on in your life and home, you will want a more functional space. She mentions that about when she was younger and raising a family and working. And of course, eventually I would need help dusting it all . . .

I still strive for something a little less though, always asking myself, "Is this needed, does it spark joy, is it useful in some way, is it meaningful enough to keep, will someone else get more utility out of it . . . "

I think this definitely reflects her aging, retired taste, she enjoys the memories and has a lot of them, and probably limited energy for creating new exciting ones compared to her entire life's work. My Dad jokes that his fun activity for the week is taking the recycling to the city recycling center. And it's a very ironic comment because he was a in the scrap business and a major player/innovator in his day . . .some losses cannot be just gotten over and left behind, at least not for the one who suffered the loss. Depends on the person. My aunt and uncle had a home filled with tchotchkes that were remembrances of a vibrant social, family and cultural life. So be it. Après moi, le déluge!!

Organized hoarding indeed.

I so pity the poor soul who someday has to clear out that space.

There's actually a thriving industry of people who do that. "Betty Brigade" is one example. https://bettybrigade.com/trust-officers/

Fairy lights seem the perfect camouflage for kitsch by Koons.

She’s wonderful, imaginative and a total individual! I‘d love to have her as a friend. Her home is cluttered, and as quirky as I imagine she is. Although I couldn’t live in that kind of congestion myself, she‘s obviously a person who thrives in it. As always, I applaud anyone who ignores the inane “what’s-in-and-what’s-out-this-year” mentality, and instead, surrounds themselves with what makes THEM happy!

Yikes - pretty wacky!

Her house, her rules.

No no no no. Please no.

It reminds me of the gorgeous Krispin Shop in Houston. Gosh, I loved that shop. I love her!

I knew a lot of people in San Francisco like that and lived with some of them. One roommate there (who was a Cockette) was friends with Divine and invited her over for lunch one day. Just before I moved there, he had a huge birthday party for Divine (he lived in a storefront that had been converted from a dance studio into a commune by the Angels of Light before it was a Cockette commune) that I went to, and there were photographers from Time-Life and Rolling Stone to cover the event. I've never met John Waters, but I was introduced to Van Smith, who was Divine's make-up artist.

Nice to see another friend of Divine's. She reminds me a bit of Delores DeLuxe (aka Dolores Deluce), another friend, who now lives in Venice. She has also worked with John Waters.