House Beautiful articles from April 2004

House Beautiful archives from April 2004

Unsung hero.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2004... Thank you for the great article in your February issue on Paul R. Williams ("A Class Act"). Most people--even during his time were not aware he was black. I read the article with great interest and was pleased to sec photos of the work that...

Winter wonder.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2004... It was snowing as I sat down in my living room late in the afternoon with a cup of tea and the December issue. I flipped through the pages and came to an abrupt stop when I encountered "Snowbound" and the breathtaking photographs that...

Pounding the pavement.(Editor's Letter)
April 1, 2004... I've taken up jogging again, I'm proud to say. This is not some leftover New Year's resolution, or even a reaction to any eating binges. It just feels like the right time to do it. There was a time when this would not have seemed like such...

Memphis renaissance.(Of Note)(Italian artist exhibit)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Visitors to Memphis, Tennessee, will have a lot more to see than Elvis Presley's Graceland later this year when works by Michelangelo, da Vinci, Botticelli, and Raphael arrive in town. Paintings by those Renaissance masters and others will be...

Mexican luxe.(Of Note)(Palmilla hotel)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Famed for its remote location (on a peninsula accessible only by boat or plane until 1970) and once frequented by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Lucille Ball, and John Wayne, the Palmilla hotel in Los Cabos has been a top luxury destination...

San Francisco treat.(Of Note)(Town Hall restaurant)(decorator Hark Zeff)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The food at San Francisco's chic Town Hall restaurant is rated excellent, but the design is also something special. New York decorator Hark Zeff created Town Hall's unique look from the shell of a 1907 warehouse one of the first structures...

Danish style.(Of Note)(Ole Wanscher exhibit)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Decorators and collectors take note: The innovative and hard-to-find furniture creations of the late Danish designer and architect Ole Wanscher will be available at the Andrew Hollingsworth Gallery in Chicago from March 1 through May 31, Known...

Bravo Rio.(Of Note)(Private Rio.)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... If the mention of Rio de Janeiro conjures rote images of Carneval or Ipanema, then paging through Private Rio (Rizzoli, $50) will be revelatory. Authors Juan Pablo Queiroz and Tomas de Elia explore the interiors and gardens--from the Beaux-Arts...

Botanical bliss: tableware designers mine garden motifs for settings worthy of spring.(Style Beat)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Top row, from left: Tulip plate, $15; available at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 800-662-3397. Chevrefeuille soup bowl, $60; by Pupilles & Papilles, available at Michael C. Fina: 800-289-3462. Thistle dinner plate, $212; by Anna Weatherley,...

Spring fresh: Louis XVI-style chairs in Easter egg colors are as cheering as the first robin.(Swatch Watch)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Niermann Weeks's La Falaise dining armchair and La Falaise ottoman in custom-colored paint finishes showcase a flurry of pretty new fabrics. Clockwise from upper left: Flowers are machine-embroidered on Lorca's Laetitia ML554/04, an Italian...

Living room rules: designer Victoria Neale tackles the space central to every home.(Decorating)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... VICTORIA NEALE, a Washington, D.C.-based decorator, concentrates on three elements when it comes to living room design: color, furniture, and scale. While determining colors in this basement space at the Washington Design Center, Neale was...

The Home Depot[R] presents.(Special Advertising Section)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... When her neighbor wanted to introduce Claudine to a friend, she said she'd give him ten minutes before going to the gym. After meeting Paul, the minutes became hours. Within six months they were walking down the aisle. "Above and beyond his...

Cowboys and Indians: a marriage of the Far East and Wild West has many material manifestations.(Thoughts of Home)
April 1, 2004... THE FIRST TIME I SAW the sofa and chairs we sit on todd, I was in the 200-year-old stucco house of my husband's mother. It was on this Burma teak settee that my mother-in-law painted a red dot upon my forehead, made a gift to me of her own...

The catalog gardener: at the advent of a new planting season, you need not stray far from the sofa to lay plans.(Garden Goddess)
April 1, 2004... IT DOESN'T TAKE A MAJOR overhaul to create excitement in your beds and borders. With spring newly arrived, get yourself online and order a few catalogs--some new, some tried and true--and spend a few moments dreaming about what you need to add...

Q&A.(Garden Goddess)
April 1, 2004... Q I planted two red rose bushes last spring. By the end of the summer they had grown to a height of five feet, but never bloomed. How can I get them to flower this summer? A Your red rose might be of the type that blooms on old wood, so...

Cabinets set the tone: the style and finish of a kitchen's storage system can make or break the look of this all-important room.(Kitchens For The 21st Century)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... It is no mystery why new owners of old houses and apartments usually remodel their kitchens before any other room. This space is the heart of the house, not only because we all have to eat, but also because this is where the family gathers--for...

Kitchen puzzle: House Beautiful turns to the Home Depot and designer Barbara Bell for help in renovating a reader's kitchen fraught with problems.(Problem Solvers)
April 1, 2004... JOAN WRIGHT SAILED THROUGH decorating the living room, dining room, and bedrooms of her Glenside, Pennsylvania, house. But when it came to the 10-by-13-foot, L-shaped kitchen, the stay-at-home morn was stumped. There were problems with the...

Surface story: a small, prosaic kitchen is sleekly revised with luxe new materials.(Makeover)
April 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO-BASED DESIGNER Jay Jeffers faced a phalanx of aesthetic ills when charged with remodeling a small kitchen in a drab Bay Area high-rise apartment. "It was a very nondescript space fitted with boring cabinets in a cheap finish and a...

... Design your kitchen: from lighting to flooring, backsplashes to countertops, Chicago-based kitchen expert Mick De Giulio has the know-how to keep things cooking.(How To ...)
April 1, 2004... Q What is a good, durable material for a kitchen floor? A I love using natural materials because of how they wear or show patina--especially stone. I have a tumbled Italian limestone floor in my own kitchen that we installed 15 years ago,...

Kitchen confidence: the latest pro-worthy kitchen appliances will make a master of any amateur.(Store Front)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Clockwise from top left: Gas cooktop with wok burner. $1,998; by Gaggenau: 800-828-9165. Professional Series gas char-grill range, from $2,900; by Viking Range: 888-845-4641. Fully integrated three-rack dishwasher, $1,079; by Jenn-Air:...

What's cooking? Over the years, the kitchen has changed more than any room in the house.(A Century of Style)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Once it was a room that only the servants saw, but gradually the kitchen has done a total about-face, evolving into a place where everybody loves to congregate. Usually, it's where the bulk of the budget goes when it's time to renovate. Here's...

Different strokes: three designers display kitchen styles that range from contemporary to traditional.(Kitchen Design)
April 1, 2004... PAGE GOOLRICK Pamela Hovland, an urban sophisticate who teaches design at Yale University, says she was "dragged kicking and screaming to the suburbs." Since then, however, she has made peace with her new life by means of a small but...

High style: designer Scott Salvator creates a glamorous aerie from three combined suites in Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland Hotel.
April 1, 2004... DECORATOR SCOTT SALVATOR has a motto when it comes to clients: "People either have style or they have taste," he says. "Good taste is just taste you agree with. So I prefer style, even if it's bad style. His clients Albert and Felice...

The Cuba you haven't seen: the colonial elegance and grand style of a storied historical island is rediscovered in a new book.
April 1, 2004... FOR MANY AMERICANS, especially those in the post-World War II generation, the island of Cuba stirs up mostly unpleasant memories of revolution, political fiascoes, and a missile crisis that put the United States and the former Soviet Union on...

French twist: a pedestrian house in Washington, D.C., assumes a patrician pedigree.(Cover Story)
April 1, 2004... AS THE EVENING SHADOWS DEEPEN, the stately French doors and windows are thrown open to the breeze. Leaves skitter across the living room's stone floor and the candles in the crystal-swagged chandelier flicker. Are we in the French countryside?...

Picture perfect: inspired by the stunning view beyond her own neglected Oxfordshire estate, novice gardener Gina Price bravely took up a trowel and developed an artistic vision of her own.
April 1, 2004... GINA PRICE HAD NO IDEA SHE POSSESSED an artist's flair for color and composition until twelve years ago, when she began developing the garden of Pettifers, the Oxfordshire home she shares with her husband, James. A sloped north-facing plot is...

A doll's house: a classic 17th-century pavillon de chasse becomes home to a Franco-American family.
April 1, 2004... WHEN SALLY AND MICHEL Perrin met in Seattle only Frenchman in town and she had already developed a penchant for Europe, having traveled extensively there after her studies. After marrying and working for two years in Istanbul, they had the...

Pacific paradise: designer Kelly Harmon's Malibu beachfront retreat exemplifies the spare, simple beauty of her singular style.
April 1, 2004... YEARS AGO, she was a young art student living in Michigan, far from her native Los Angeles, Kelly Harmon went for a drive through the countryside. She came upon a small abandoned house half-hidden in trees, the sight of which struck like...

The Anglo-Irish kitchen: cookbook author and food journalist Tamasin Day-Lewis dispenses with formality and entertains with uncomplicated flair.
April 1, 2004... Tamasin Day-Lewis has a style of entertaining that's resolutely breezy and appears effortless--but isn't, of course, because she always makes marvelous food. She routinely gives dinner parties at her 15th-century country house in rural...

Make-ahead: spring into action.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... This is the time for fresh ideas, especially those that save time in the kitchen, Why bother with complicated meal preparation when you can be out enjoying the season? With the right tools and tips, taking a new, more efficient approach to...

Bed Bath & Beyond office makeover.(Highlights)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Carol Boyd, the AVP of Communications at Cartier, recently received a colorful office makeover compliments of House Beautiful and Bed Bath & Beyond[R], House Beautiful Style Editor, Marisa Marcantonio chose an assortment of color-filled...

Couristan.(Highlights)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Couristan, Inc. is proud to introduce the Everest Collection to its renowned residential broadloom assortment. Woven of a 100% heat-set polypropylene and available in a 13'2" width, each design offered is inspired by Antique Persian designs....

Calvin Klein Home.(Highlights)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Simple refined luxury. The Calvin Klein Home Collection offers modern essentials for bed, bath, tabletop, tablelinen and floor covering. For store locations nationwide, (800) 294-7978.

Natuzzi.(Highlights)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Natuzzi its how you live. From Natuzzi, this chaise, shown in spice toned "Cumin," exemplifies innovative Italian design No fuss, just great color and style for simple comfort. Natuzzi model #V159 Call (800) 262 9063 or visit www.natuzzi.com to...

Storehouse.(Highlights)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Storehouse is all about making good design accessible and offers a sophisticated, eclectic blend of home furnishings that include all the elements of home decor in styles ranging from contemporary to classic. The Forum location is Storehouse's...

Charles P. Rogers.(Highlights)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Charles P. Rogers, est 1855, manufacturers of original handcrafted beds and traditional quality bed linens for seven generations. Now on sale: our queen size "Stratford" sleigh bed and our European linen and Egyptian cotton bed linens. For a...

Spiegel.(Highlights)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... Discover Spiegel's Fabulous New Look. New designers, hot boutiques, celebrity stylists, chefs, and experts--your ultimate idea resource. "Get Smart. Get Spiegel." Request your free 400-page spring catalog (a $10 value) by May 1,2004. Simply ask...

Color them healthy: a vibrant new bedding line from Organic Home is both great looking and environmentally responsible.(Market Report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... GOODBYE, OATMEAL AND BEIGE" was the guiding principle behind Organic Home's first bedding collection. "We were not interested in making the typical no-color ecological statement," says Allison Wing, co-founder of the California-based company...

Lighten your load.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... With a family, it seems like every day is washday. Save time by doing a load first thing in the morning or having the older kids help with folding and putting things away. Here are three other tips to make the job easier. TIP 1 The...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2004... In the story "Jungle Beat," March 2004, the following resources for garden landscaper Wade graham were inadvertently omitted. Wade Graham Landscape Studio; 323-664-2104. Web site: www.grahamstudio.net

Rock out: it's the ultimate fantasy--cast off the bonds of the workaday world for a Caribbean island idyll.(Encore)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... EVER FEEL THE urge to escape--permanently? In 1960 advertising executive Tom Johnston and his wife, Gladys, quit their jobs, sold their house in the Chicago suburbs, and headed for Bequia, a tiny island in the Grenadines chain, just south of...