House Beautiful articles from April 2002

House Beautiful archives from April 2002

Viva la feedback! Keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming ... (dear Marian).
April 1, 2002... LOTS OF YOU HAVE e-mailed to tell us that you love having spring back, but that you will "miss the closeness" that winter brings to your lives. It took me about 32 years, but now I appreciate winter, too. When you grow up in California, where...

Double take. (dear Marian).
April 1, 2002... Dear Marian, You misidentified the photos of the Keno brothers in January's "Talent." I am a longtime viewer of Antiques Roadshow and believe you mixed them up. J. Pugh Center City, Minnesota Dear J. Pugh, It's always a close...

Small talk. (dear Marian).
April 1, 2002... Dear Marian, Thanks for the January issue about small spaces. The information you provided is useful, but what can renters who are not able to alter their apartments (painting, wallpapering, etc.) do to improve their homes? Jennifer...

Pitch perfect: color palettes that strike a chord. (style beat).
April 1, 2002... 1. Union Jack lamb's-wool throw, $215; from Mackintosh, through Paulette Rollo: 207-563-5310. 2. Medium double-gourd lamp with gilt base, $1,250; from Christopher Spitzmiller: 212-563-1144. 3. Acqua di Parma cube candle, $55; at Neiman Marcus:...

Technicolor dreams: nine headboards worth waking up for. (swatch watch).(bedroom furniture)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IF YOU'VE BEEN LOSING SLEEP OVER YOUR boring bedroom, it's time to say good night to blah and good morning to color. With the click of a mouse, a flip through a catalog, or a chat with a decorating professional, you can change the scene in an...

Color wheel: expand your horizons by decorating from one end of the spectrum to the other. (at home with Roehm).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... COLOR TRANSFORMS OUR SURROUNDINGS AND ALTERS OUR MOODS, AND OUR REACTION TO IT exceeds our response to many other stimulants. As a former art student and fashion designer, I have spent my life discussing, admiring, and working with color. From...

The Halls of Montezuma: almost lost to vandalism and decay, a newly restored Victorian hotel in New Mexico is the proud centerpiece of the American branch of the United World College, where teenagers from 80 countries study together. (saving grace).(Montezuma Castle, Montezuma, New Mexico)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE TRUSSES WERE IN TROUBLE. THE 60-FOOT-long ceiling beams crisscrossing the grand dining room of the Montezuma Castle were cracked, sagging, and pulling away from the cast-iron plates that anchored them in place. Five columns added in the...

Shop talk: Cappellini, Moscow. (Instant message: new and noteworthy in April).(new furniture store)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Cold War thaw helped Moscow get hipper, but the city has yet to become a beacon of style. Lenin would surely turn in his tomb at the news that luxury Italian furniture maker Cappellini has opened an outpost in the Russian capital, bringing...

Designer Dossier: John Oetgen. (Instant message: new and noteworthy in April).(where interior designer relaxes)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... John Oetgen is well acquainted with the familiar stops along the style circuit--New York, Paris, St. Barts--but he reserves special affection for the slightly earthier attractions of Santa Fe. "Once a year I travel there for all that is...

Art smart. (Instant message: new and noteworthy in April).(industrial design; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Toledo, Ohio During the 1930s Toledo emerged as an industrial design center, and major talents like Harold Van Doren and Norman Bel Geddes came to town to produce everything from washing machines to fabric (William Pahlmann designed the...

Bookshelf. (Instant message: new and noteworthy in April).(recommended books about interior design and cooking)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Reservations at Babbo, the Manhattan Mecca of Italian cuisine, are notoriously difficult to snag, but now gourmands eager to sample Mario Batali's classics can cook them at home with The Babbo Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, $40). If your kitchen...

Haute Hotel. (Instant message: new and noteworthy in April).(interior design of Hotel Oceana, Santa Barbara, California)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Santa Barbara, California The Kathryn Ireland-designed rooms at the Hotel Oceana in Santa Barbara are filled with the designer's trademark English-cum-California coziness, down to the fabrics (a red-accented room is pictured above)....

Mayne line: Thom Mayne stitches together a new kind of architecture. (architecture).(architect)(Brief Article)(Interview)
April 1, 2002... THOM MAYNE STARTED OFF 26 YEARS AGO building granny units above garages in Venice, California. Neighbors had to steer clear of Nikon-bearing Japanese students who swarmed over small thesis buildings dense with new ideas about shifted grids and...

Paint job from chips to second coats, all at the flick of a wrist. (Charlotte's web).(buying house paint from recommended web sites)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Brushing Up Charlotte gets her paintbrushes, rollers, trays, and other professional-quality painting accoutrements on www.homedepot.com. One-stop shopping has never been easier. Moore Is More Charlotte went trolling for paint at the...

1stdibs.com: web entrepreneur Michael Bruno offers five colorful flea-market discoveries for HB readers. (Charlotte's web).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Meet Michael Bruno, the founder of 1stdibs.com, the most stylish French flea market site on the Web today. For two years, this keen-eyed New Yorker-turned-Parisian has been making his finds available only to the trade, but now the general...

He said, he said: a hope chest more valuable than its contents. (antiques).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... HADLEY CHESTS BRIMMED WITH HOPE for young women during the early 18th century. Imaginatively and innocently decorated with flower carvings and maiden initials, they were filled with handmade linens and other marital trappings that would later...

Patterns of behavior: Suzanne Rheinstein and Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz are a breed apart. (duelling designers).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Designer Suzanne Rheinstein Los Angeles, California Patterns add dash to a room Viewpoint and contrast with solids, ...

Ranch dressing: a down-home party deep in the heart of Texas. (entertaining).(party planning)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... FROM HER ASH-BLOND HAIR TO HER POINTY cowboy boots, Ann Barbier-Mueller is pure Texas. She grew up on a 1,000-acre cattle ranch in the idyllic town of Sunnyvale, and although she currently lives in Dallas with her husband and three children,...

12 ways to color up your life.... (editor's page).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * This is the moment for real, convinced colors, but more important, the key to the 2002 color mood is pleasing, inventive combinations. Living with color is a passionate, inspirational, and joyous experience. Now is the right time to dive in!...

Easton's own: nestled on a bucolic plot in upstate New York, the country digs of decorator David Easton are the benchmark of a brilliant career.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... FEW PEOPLE LEAD CHARMED LIVES; EVEN FEWER can create charmed homes. David Easton manages to do both. Beautiful rooms have fascinated him ever since he was a boy visiting his grandmother in Chicago. She would take him to see the Thorne miniature...

North by Northeast: on the far shores of Long Island, Katherine Bryan transplants the luminous look of Scandinavian decorating to her Shingle-style summer house.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE HOUSE KATHERINE BRYAN ALMOST DIDN'T BUY IS A DIGNIFIED LATE-19TH-CENTURY THREE-STORY cottage on what many consider the best street in East Hampton, Long Island. Thanks to her good friend Jaquelin Robertson, former dean of the School of...

Three's company: looking to overhaul their bungalow in Santa Monica, a young couple ask designer Kim Alexandriuk to help redo the place inside and out.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... EVERY COUPLE DIVVIES UP THE HOUSEHOLD DUTIES, AND JOHN BERNATZ AND JOSEPH MAREK ARE no exception. But with their Santa Monica house and garden, the separation of powers was an act of nature. Marek, a licensed landscape architect, took on the...

Layla's lair: it's hard to believe that this multitiered Victorian flat in London once sparkled white from head to toe, but textile designer Layla Moussa saw the potential for more.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... PERCHED ATOP A STATELY VICTORIAN MANSION IN LONDON'S CHELSEA, textile designer Layla Moussa's penthouse is an unexpected slice of exotica: an oasis of opulent colors and museum-quality fabrics spanning a dramatic three-level space that is...

Darkness visible: from his unprepossessing perch in suburban Greenwich, Connecticut, decorator Barclay Fryery ups the drama quotient with basic black.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... "I WAS READY TO DO SOMETHING DARING," SAYS BARCLAY Fryery, a Mississippi-born designer who now juggles clients, a local newspaper column, and his own decorating talk-radio show in Greenwich, Connecticut. He had already embarked on an...

Antonia's line: a producer's Spanish-style house in the Hollywood Hills gets the star treatment from decorator Antonia Hutt.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE HOUSE THAT CONVINCED producer Jane Berliner to hire designer Antonia Hutt wasn't laudable just for its decor, but for its logic as well. "Actually, that project really wasn't my taste," Berliner says, "but I was drawn to the way Antonia...

Color up! Princes of the palette William Diamond and Anthony Baratta show us how to go bolder.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IT'S TEMPTING TO AVOID RISKS and decorate in shades of bland; saying bye-bye to beige isn't easy--it takes confident and know-how. House Beautiful asked New York-based decorators William Diamond and Anthony Baratta, master colorists whose idea...

Maine chance: Arrows in Ogunquit finds quality growing in its own backyard. (hot dish).(restaurant in Maine; includes recipes)
April 1, 2002... WHEN CLARK FRASIER AND Mark Gaier moved from northern California to coastal Maine to open a restaurant in 1988, they were in for a shock. Both were alumni of Jeremiah Tower's influential Stars restaurant in San Francisco, and both considered...

Mr. Tea: designer Thomas Jayne shops the Bombay Company in Short Hills, New Jersey, to craft a royal tea room. (designer challenge).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THOMAS JAYNE IS A TOWERing figure in design circles--and not just because he stands six feet eight. Get him going on decorative arts and furniture, and this soft-spoken connoisseur sounds like a seasoned museum curator. House Beautiful...

Resources.
April 1, 2002... Products and other resources for this month's features follow. All prices are approximate suggested retail. Symbols in parenthesis identify service type: (R) retail; (T) trade, through decorators; (MO) mail order; (M) manufacturer or...

Raves for Roehm. (dear Marian).
April 1, 2002... Dear Marian, Thank you for including Carolyne Roehm's column each month in HB. I'm a great fan of hers and had been wondering if HB would feature her work. You didn't disappoint me. Olga Russell via e-mail

Steel deal. (dear Marian).
April 1, 2002... Dear Marian, How did Molly Luetkemeyer edge her tile-top storage cabinet in stainless steel in "Molly's Folly" [January]? It looks great. Julie Drechsel San Francisco, California Dear Julie, The storage cabinet was original...

Roger Banks-Pye: breaking convention and championing invention. (encore).(decorator's attitudes and technique)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... WHAT A CHARACTER! Roger Banks-Pye, perhaps the most artistic designer ever associated with that doyen of decorating companies, Colefax and Fowler, was a true maverick. He covered floors with chintz, filled tiny spaces with huge furniture, piled...