Mandy Ma is the creative, party-throwing, costume-wearing, cat-in-cage-putting cutie behind the blog Zippercut. By day she is a biochemist chemical engineer. By night she hosts tea parties at Culver City's Royal/T cafe. This is what her home looks like.
This is Mandy's cat Kiko. Kiko crawls into that vintage rat cage (bought at Rose Bowl flea market) voluntarily. Cat in a rat cage. Irony.
Mandy's friend, graphic designer Rion Suarez, made this lamp out of labware.
This is Mandy.
Rion made these animal butt and head mounts by sawing through some plastic animals and sticking them onto plaques. Rion is a DIY master. He says he's thinking of selling them on Etsy.
IKEA "Expedit" bookcase that Mandy painted to look like an expensive Eames cabinet.
Quoth the raven: Nevermore! Another Rion creation.
Wire rack purchased at Rose Bowl flea market, one of Mandy's favorite places.