Why is it NOT surprising LIMBOsevic would live in a "gaudy, tacky" pad?!1 (It's for sale)

[UTUSN]

Many more pics at the link. #s 3 & 4--BEDROOMS, with windows-----yaas, that's where it ALL happens!1

And as for the living room chimney, why have chairs in front of it instead of the cuddly sofa----oh, wait, nevermind!1 And those drapes and those murals!1




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http://gawker.com/5482793/rush-limbaughs-gaudy-fifth-avenue-penthouse-is-now-for-sale/gallery/?skyline=true&s=i

Rush Limbaugh's Gaudy Fifth Avenue Penthouse Is Now For Sale

It looks like Rush Limbaugh is moving ahead with his threat to leave New York City. He's (finally!) put his tacky Fifth Avenue apartment up for sale. The cost of ridding NYC of Rush once and for all? $13.95 million.

Limbaugh promised that he'd sell his Manhattan apartment last March after the Paterson administration proposed raising taxes on New York residents who make more than $500,000 a year. (That wasn't the first time he'd made the threat. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Limbaugh said he was "seriously considering selling it," since "it may now become stupid to own any property there.")

Limbaugh was lying at the time, unfortunately. Months after making the "threat," he'd yet to actually put the Fifth Avenue apartment on the market.

But now he has! The 20th-floor penthouse at 1049 Fifth Avenue, which Limbaugh purchased in 1994 under the name RH Trust (Rush's middle name is Hudson) was officially listed two weeks ago for $13.95 million. And although he's described the place on his radio show as "fashionable," it's doubtful that will be the word that comes to mind when you look at the photos below, which show off moldings of "hand painted gold leaf" and his "hand painted ceilings and walls" by "renowned artist" Richard Smith.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Life is tough for us elite. Smirk." - Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R-Propagandist)

"I do hope you smelly unemployed and underemployed American proles will not be so declasse as to whine with envy about my digs. That is sooo unbecoming.

"As premier spokespuppy for the CRFCH (Corporate Republicon Fatcat Cronies of the Homeland) I have propaganda to catapult: MORE TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY. Bwa ha ha ha ha. Smirk.

- Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

[sharp_stick]

2. Holy Shit

I've seen some gaudy shit in my time but damn, that place is fucking hideous. Painted ceiling tiles, is this place in ancient Rome or something? I wonder what room functions as the vomitorium? I'd need to visit it after a tour.

The furniture looks like something an 80 year old widow would own.

[leftstreet]

3. Would that chair on the right even support his...um, girth?

[babylonsister]

4. If he'd like to give it to me, tax-free, I'd take it-and redecorate. nt

[JohnnyLib2]

5. Somehow, it just seems right for him.

Enough said.

[sufrommich]

6. Looks like tacky Las Vegas hotel. nt

[arthritisR_US]

15. ty! I was trying to remember where I'd seen that type of ostentatious crap before:-) n/t

[roguevalley]

35. I like the view and some of the colors but it looks like a rich old

lady's boudoir.

[notadmblnd]

7. I hopeit's listed for a very long time and he's stuck with it.

[louis-t]

21. More than that, I hope he loses his ass on it.

After all, his boys created the mess where property values have plunged. I hope he loses WAY more money than a small tax increase would have cost him. I assure you, he will still say he 'won'.

[Richardo]

8. The comments are fantastically hilarious:

Funny, I was looking for the room he stores his ego in and then I realized — they're all ego rooms.

Bedroom mural: classy! Very Michelangelo meets Liberace meets Miami tee-shirt stand.

I'm guessing the library's books were likely purchased in bulk from The Strand--a buncha mail-order gilt-edged monstrosities and a full set of Durants' The Story of Civilization, no volume cracked open even once. At least there's no Britannica Great Books.

@Dickdogfood: Though it's possible one of them's the Physicians' Desk Reference.

I think the books in the library are all hollowed out and holding various prescriptions and liquors.

Where's the elevator filled with blood? :rofl:

It's like a cheap, Disneyfied theme park version of Versailles got raped by a Pirates of the Caribbean backdrop from one of those old timey photo places. And then someone threw the worst of a Restoration Hardware catalogue in for fun. I bet he strolls around that place in his underwear, scratching his belly and smiling and feeling like a king. I bet he invites ladies back to his place for falafel and watches their faces to see how impressed they are that he lives so nonchalantly in this luxurious place, like he's just born to be fancy.

The bedspread in #3 is Viagra blue.

Pic 2 - I have a dream... of that chandelier over the Jacuzzi descending into the water in a hail of sparks and volts as he flops around like a mudskipper at low tide and the scent of bacon fills the air.

Who was his designer, Dame Edna?

I see England, I see France, I see Rush's crippling Oxycontin addiction and dangerous rumors about child sex tourism.

It's like a Sheraton threw up on Versailles. :rofl:

Don't the ceilings seem really low?

@Richard Lawson: Yes they do, cause that's what happens when you add beams, trompe l'oeil, crazy, and chandeliers to regular old 8 foot ceilings.

In his defense, when you're hopped up on the prescription pills, you actually think you're at a Sandals Resort when you're in that ugly bedroom.

As an added bonus, if you search hard enough you can find a hidden stash of Oxycontin underneath one of the floorboards.

[sufrommich]

13. Lol!

"I see England, I see France, I see Rush's crippling Oxycontin addiction and dangerous rumors about child sex tourism."

[YOY]

17. ROLF

"Also? Those bedrooms are the gayest things I've ever seen. And not gay like Tom Ford gay. Gay like Liberace gay."

Apparently I was not the only one who had Liberace come to mind...

[Cirque du So-What]

18. Although I'm not gay, I suspect OxyRush's pad

has a bit too much frou-frou for even the most outlandish of tastes. I can envision interior designers retching in disgust upon seeing those rooms.

Speaking of over-the-top...

I see that Liberace is mentioned a couple of times. Is there any celebrity who approached Liberace's flamboyance? I've never heard anyone described as 'he's like Liberace...only more so.' Liberace reached the apex of Liberace-osity and it's unlikely that he'll ever be surpassed.

[YOY]

25. Watch this and compare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dioRwB4RvrQ

Not a question of sexuality...just bad bad bad bad bad taste.

[Cirque du So-What]

28. Yes, there's a difference

between showy and gawdy. Liberace was quite the showman, but everything about OxyRush just reeks of bad taste.

[YOY]

45. No...both had horrible taste in decor.

Gold leaf an making everything look like a kitschy version of Versailles.

[progressoid]

23. "It's like a Sheraton threw up on Versailles."

That's gotta be my fave so far.

Lot's of great comments out there!

[smoogatz]

30. Truly funny. My fave:

"Bedroom mural: classy! Very Michelangelo meets Liberace meets Miami tee-shirt stand."

It's like a room designed for a teenaged Dominican boy, almost.

[YOY]

9. "Talent on loan from God" and furniture on inheritance from Liberace apparently...

Looks like that place is haunted by the ghost of Louis XIV's royal wigkeeper.

[Supersedeas]

32. delusions of grandeur

[redqueen]

10. LOL... "Who is his designer, Dame Edna?"

Some of those comments are pretty good. :)

[Richardo]

12. "Where's the elevator filled with blood?"

I laughed my ass off on that one. :D

[calimary]

44. That one is my favorite!!!!

Who was his designer, Dame Edna?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

EXCELLENT!!!

[Initech]

11. What is it with rich fuckers like Limpballs not wanting to pay taxes?

Shit at the very least he could afford a decent interior decorator.

[Faygo Kid]

14. Looks like Norma Desmond's home in "Sunset Boulevard."

Somebody put in a call quickly to "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Not exactly sure what this says about Limbaugh, but whatever it is, it's disturbing (not surprising, though).

[YOY]

16. That show is for folks down on their luck.

Not the assholes who enabling the apathy and lack of human concern that allow many people to be down on their luck.

[hyphenate]

19. Tacky is right

There are quite beautiful apartments in NYC in really nice areas for a lot less than that. I guess whoever buys it will be buying it because it's Rush's.

This one is in the same neighborhood, priced about the same, but is light and airy.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/721-Fifth-Avenue-Unit-61-L_New-York_NY_10022_1115425087

Here's one at half the price:

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0016890

A fantastic one for $7 million:

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0016574


And tons more, far nicer than Limbaugh's POS, or even Bernie Madoff's place.

[supernova]

50. Bottom two are good for me

I could see myself buying either one... if I were in that kind of market. :P

But all three of the spaces are an improvement and look like they are for sale: decluttered, minimal color, lots of space.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

20. Wow --

so whooda thunk it, Limbaugh is a Fop! That has to be one of the least "masculine" (in a good way, not man-cave way) abodes I have ever seen a man inhabit. Hell, Tim Gunn's home is more butch than that!

On edit:

[mitchum]

22. Apparently not all big old queens have good taste

[Canuckistanian]

24. It's like the only criteria for his decor is that it's expensive

What a mishmash of over-ornate and mismatched junk.

[superduperfarleft]

26. Did his grandmother decorate or something?

Ew...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Now if he can just move out of the United States and to somewhere else...

....my suggestion is Lost Island.

[smoogatz]

29. Reno on the Hudson.

Hell, it's not so bad. I've been in Mexican whorehouses a whole lot tackier than that place.

[DCKit]

31. Who knew rent-boys were so hard to impress?

On edit, I'm getting flashes of OxyRush dressed as Marie Antoinette and floating around the place a la Baron Harkonnen from Dune.

Wish I never saw this post.

[Arkana]

33. Jesus Christ.

Man of the people indeed.

What a lying, hypocritical piece of shit.

[Heddi]

34. "I wonder what kind of sound Rush's fat ass made when he sat on the leather cushion next to the tub.

I wonder what kind of sound Rush's fat ass made when he sat on the leather cushion next to the tub to rub lamisil onto his cloven hooves

ha ha ha

[Octafish]

36. Tasteless.

Most revealing, like when he opens his gob.

[lunatica]

37. Gaudier than Mary Matalin and Carville's living room? Nope

[HarveyDarkey]

38. That's just garish

It's not really a room anywhere, is it?

[lunatica]

41. It was in an Arquitectural Digest magazine

Here's a link. The entire house is like that. And who knew they have two very lovely daughters.

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/01/carville_slideshow_012008#slide=7

[Lars39]

43. Looks like a room in a Barbie Doll house.

[tabbycat31]

39. I'm surprised all the books there are not "written" by his RW buddies

[Lars39]

40. I like this comment:

"...and walls are upholstered in Fortuna fabric.

Like a fancy padded cell!" :D

[Contrary1]

42. As far as the draperies go, word has it...

that Laura recently had a yard sale, and sold many of her formal "gowns".

[LibertyLover]

46. The comments are truly wonderful -

The apartment, not so much. There were one or two pieces of furniture that were ok, but in the main, the place was tacky and not particularly well done. Too much frou-frou.

[peekaloo]

47. I'm surprised there aren't mirrors on the bathroom floor.

A disgusting thought for sure but that's one view ol' Tubbo rarely sees.

[supernova]

48. Like an 1850s gold rusher who could get TV

:crazy:

Dude definitely has no taste. :P

I would hope that whoever buys it would gut it and redo it with some class.

[Jim__]

49. Just one of his homes. -n/t