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Decorating ideas to borrow from the stars

Quick ReadGlamorous-yet-inviting celebrity style to use at home

Los Angeles home of E! News anchor Giuliana

Los Angeles home of E! News anchor Giuliana DePandi Rancic and her husband, "Apprentice"-winner Bill Rancic. Rancic really did not like the uncomfortable, modern sofa that was originally in the living room. He was looking for this kind of big, deep, leather, very country-house kind of Chesterfield-y leather sofa," says Thom Filicia, the interior designer.

There will always be a place for irresistibly indecent excess in celebrity homes. But despite the long history of rooftop helipads and living room shark tanks that we mere mortals have come to expect, there's a growing movement toward a new kind of retreat - a style that's less Hollywood, more home.

Celebrity clients "are looking for spaces that are inviting, thoughtful, personality-driven...

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