House Beautiful articles from August 2006

House Beautiful archives from August 2006

The best! It will make any room ...
August 1, 2006... We keep seeing wooden chandeliers but none with quite this contemporary appeal. Flame bulbs are so obvious--play on its drama. Round ones echo the cerused-wood structure. 38-by-44-inch Isa, $2,350. OLY: www.olystudio.com. [ILLUSTRATION...

1 Stool.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... We've been waiting for this: venerable antiques dealer F.P. Victoria has started a new line of furnishings based on his archive. Our heroine Elsie de Wolfe had this bench made for herself, but finally it can be yours. Serge Roche bench, $8,000....

2 Plates.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... Wood grain makes for quite the china pattern. No fancy wood care kits needed here; they are made of melamine and fabulously unexpected. Smorgas Board plate set, $40 for set of 4. POP INK: www.popink.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

3 Tins.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... Everyone could use these. Adorable little storage bins for the kitchen, office or wherever you need them. And if not for organization, then simply for the colors! Cylinder Stripe tins, $20 for nest of 3. ROGER LA BORDE: 877-623-7275. ...

4 Swatter.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... There's nothing more unattractive than a flyswatter--except flies! Get 'em, with these stylish leather-and-wood switches. Spank swatters, $24. AMEICO: 888-350-8765. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

5 Bookend.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... This silverplate shell is meant to hold up books, but it is so lovely, it doesn't need to do a darn thing. Thank you, Oscar. Nautilus bookend, $150: OSCAR DE LA RENT A HOME FOR LUNT SILVERSMITHS: 800-242-2774. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

1 Candle holder.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... Forget the flashlight. Isn't silverplate chicer? It's from Barbara Barry's new collection for Wedgwood--and it's bigger than you think. Traditional Candle Holder, $250. BARBARA BARRY FOR WEDGWOOD: www.wedgwoodusa.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

2 Frame.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... How to make a child look angelic: colored crystals form a sparkling wreath around any portrait. Branches extend 5-by-8-inches. Leaves frame, $230. SWAROVSKI: 800-426-3088. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

3 Wall border.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... Decorative painter not in the budget? You won't need one with La Gioconda wallpaper border at only $32 a yard; from the ALPHA WORKSHOPS, for decorative arts trainees with HIV: 212-594-7320. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

4 Coasters.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... Enforcing the coaster rule seems a bit uptight, so here's a great way to lighten up: pub-style beverage boards, but letterpressed and without the Bud Light logo. Sesame Letterpress coasters, 8 pack for $10.50. SPROUT HOME: www.sprouthome.com...

5 Bench.(THE BEST!)
August 1, 2006... We wouldn't change anything about this charming wire seat, hut it comes in 48 fantastic colors, so you can change it all you want. 5'4", 6'1", or 7'4" Wirework bench, $1,480-$2,590. MARSTON & LANGINGER: 212-965-0434. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Color: great paintings.
August 1, 2006... Few of us actually get to live with a Sargent or a Hockney, but we can live with their colors. who understands color better than great painters? Garden foliage TRACTOR GREEN (GH 80) RALPH LAUREN PAINT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rose...

Instant room: linen in reverse.
August 1, 2006... Psst! We have a decorator's secret you'll want to steal: Use the reverse side of a brightly printed or hand-blocked linen, and suddenly you've got an Old World feeling HOW WE'D DO IT Here's HB editor Eddie Ross's ideal library: For...

I want to buy a doorstop: eagle-eyed carol prisant shows us what to look for.
August 1, 2006... A LITTLE BACKSTORY Do you really need a doorstop? Well, only when the groceries are coming in, or the movers are going out; when your house needs a little fresh air; when the door between the kitchen and dining room swings shut just as you're...

Q We're going away to our friends' summer house and they've invited our dog to come, too. He has never traveled before. I'm worried that he might not react well, and misbehave.(ASK THE DOG SHRINK)
August 1, 2006... Q We're going away to our friends' summer house and they've invited our dog to come, too. He has never traveled before. I'm worried that he might not react well, and misbehave. A WHILE IT'S WONDERFUL to have that kind of invitation...

Maintenance photographs: you've let those precious family photos get faded and tattered, but you just didn't know any better. Let conservator Paul Messier help you out.(Interview)
August 1, 2006... Can you fix a badly damaged photo? I can make sure the damage won't get any worse. I can make paper inserts for missing corners, straighten a bent print, and compensate for a scratch with minor retouching. And any photo you own can be...

Weekend shopper/Eddie Ross.(Interview)
August 1, 2006... where: Brimfield flea markets in Massachusetts... what Eddie found: glass domes... what he used them for: display cases We e market like in Brimfield? It's just enormous. They block off open fields for several days and you...

Technophobia digital cameras: so many cameras. So much confusion. These petite point-and-shoots may do everything you need. Terry Trucco talks to J&R Music and Computer World's Marty Singer.(Interview)
August 1, 2006... What's new in digital cameras? They're smaller, lighter, and more stylish. The newest point-and-shoot cameras weigh less than a pound without batteries and fit in the palm of your hand. And they come in colors, so you can have a red,...

Cookbook: does American home-style cooking really mean opening a can? Our reviewer weighs a top-selling cookbook against Debra Ponzek's much healthier The Family Kitchen.
August 1, 2006... It's not every day that you find a cookbook on the front page of The New York Times, but that is where I first read about Phyllis Pellman Good's wildly successful (7 million copies sold) Fix-it and Forget-it! series. I tracked down a copy of...

The childhood home fantasy.(Interview)
August 1, 2006... PENELOPE GREEN: You've taken an old family house and tweaked it just so. Now, it is the archetypal summer getaway. I know I've dreamed this house, right down to the robin's egg blue walls, the white picket fence, and the lupines standing like...

The privacy fantasy.(dialogue with a home designer)(Interview)
August 1, 2006... KATHERINE PEARSON: This whole place feels like a sanctuary that is a world apart. My client wanted a guesthouse that was private, sited away from the main house on her weekend property in Ojai, California, which is an easy drive from her...

Kips Bay showhouse 2006.
August 1, 2006... Showhouses are built on fantasy, and the most amazing fantasies of all are seen each spring at the Manhattan showcase to benefit the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. This year 24 designers each took a featureless room with a concrete floor and...

The rustic fantasy.(dialogue)(Interview)
August 1, 2006... MIMI READ: This house is such a lovely Colonial antique--so handmade, sheltering, and modest. It almost has an emotional life. How did you find it? ELDON WONG: We went online and Googled "stone houses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania." ...

The simplify fantasy.(dialogue with an interior designer)(Interview)
August 1, 2006... CAROL PRISANT: You two moved to this modern house from a shingled saltbox. Were you fulfilling your fantasy when you bought it? FRED DOSS: Well, in our old house--when we found ourselves in the middle of cleaning the basement, cleaning the...

The beach fantasy.(dialogue with an interior designer)(Interview)(Cover story)
August 1, 2006... FRANCES SCHULTZ: Hate to say it, but it's hard to believe this small, charming cottage is on the beach in East Hampton, where most beachfront houses could shelter a fleet of 747s. VALERIE SMITH: People do have this idea that if it's on the...

Kitchen of the month/Palm Beach Florida: bet you're wondering what that huge marble cabinet is all about. Imagine designing an entire kitchen around an ice cream counter.(Interview)
August 1, 2006... CHRISTINE PITTEL: Forget the preliminaries. Just tell me the story behind that amazing cabinet. How did it get into this 1940s Mediterranean-style house in Palm Beach, Florida? JOAN SCHINDLER: It's actually an ice cream counter. For years...

The look kitchen of the month.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Classic French porcelain... a floating shelf... new faux-stone laminates... what would you like to take home from our kitchen? 1. Get those ladles out of a crowded drawer and up on the wall with these UTENSIL BARS, in stainless steel,...

The last words: HB asks designers: "where do you go to really escape--your most personal hideaway?".(House Beautiful)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... My bathtub. Once I'm naked, work has ended--no one wants to hear paddling noises in the back of a conference call. CELERIE KEMBLE I like to sit on a chaise in my dressing room. It has a garden view, is all the way at the end of the...