Lifestyle controversialist Ayelet Waldman and novelist Michael Chabon, but mostly Waldman, overshare the decor of their Craftsman bungalow with Remodelista. Pick your favorite line. ("The house was built in 1907 by a physician," Ayelet says. "Someone in the historical society told us he did abortions.")

A South Carolina woman was arrested Wednesday for stabbing her common-law husband in the chest with a ceramic squirrel. His offense? Returning home without beer on Christmas Eve.

It shouldn't be surprising that rich people hire decorators to deck their halls with Christmas decoration, but the details, lavishness, and pervasiveness of it are staggering. Think about that as you hang your three ornaments on your $10 tree.

The White House has released the following video of its staff decorating their Christmas tree. Not bad, but just one question: is this where the Obamas will celebrate Christmas morning?

With beau Andrew Cuomo headed to Albany soon to assume the Governorship of New York, Food Network personality and champion of tablescapes Sandra Lee will have a new locale to set her decorating sights on: the New York Executive Mansion.

Yesterday a brave Martha Stewart Living employee brought the company's prison-like office decor to our attention. (No personal photos!) And now, hilariously, Martha is so upset about this that she's talking and talking about it!

Jared Paul Stern, the ex-Page Sixer who ALLEGEDLY tried to extort billionaire Clinton pal Ron Burkle out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for good coverage, is keeping busy—in style. If you want to know how to decorate your office in a way "that won't make you look like an emotionally retarded teenager with his first credit card and a Sharper Image catalog," who better to ask than a foppish, scheming pseudojournalist? I can't think of anyone! So what's the recipe for a powerful office environment? "Manly wrenches." You're a natural, JPS! [Men.Style.com]