His shower curtain was homemade, just like MarthaвЂ™s.

His furniture included pieces that had been antiqued and gilded according to MarthaвЂ™s instructions. Paul loft that had string lights covered in MarthaвЂ™s origami paper boxes. Actually, she was probably at the height of her stardom for all things home and garden (it was about a year before she was indicted on federal charges related to insider trading).ДЄhead of StewartвЂ™s appearance at вЂњArt in BloomвЂќ at the Minneapolis Institute of Art that spring, we profiled a few super fans - or, as we described them, вЂњMartha groupies.вЂќ Richardson was one of those fans (this was before Richardson had met Raihala, who started at the paper in 2004).ДЄt the time, Richardson lived in a St. It was 2002 and Martha Stewart was coming to town.Д«ack then, Martha was the rising star. So a few of us here at the paper, especially those of us who also write about arts and entertainment, have known Richardson for years, since before he became known locally and nationally as a laundry expert.ДЄctually, some of us have known Richardson even longer than weвЂ™ve worked with Raihala. Richardson, 48, is the partner of Ross Raihala, the Pioneer Press music critic and an arts and entertainment reporter. PaulвЂ™s cleanest celebrity for a disclosure:

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