House Beautiful articles from February 2002

House Beautiful archives from February 2002

Viva la feedback!: {keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming ... }. (dear Marian).
February 1, 2002... WHAT A BUSY WINTER! FOR THOSE OF US who are deep into gracious nesting, the holiday spirit hasn't let up. The desire to pamper and delight the people you care about is stronger than ever. As one of you put it, "cooking and setting tables for...

High point high. (dear Marian).(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2002... Dear Marian, It was a pleasure spending time with you at the furniture market in High Point, North Carolina ["Style Beat," January]. As House Beautiful's "guest editor," I learned a lot and had a great time--and I love the darling black...

Table talk. (dear Marian).(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2002... Dear Marian, What was William Yeoward thinking when he designed his tall tableau ["Dinner at Eight," December]? When I'm at a dinner party I want to make eye contact with guests, not a tall vase or a stack of platters. Keep it low, Mr....

State of mind. (dear Marian).(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2002... Dear Marian, In November you printed HB's annual "Designer Directory," and I did a count of designers by state: New York: 87; California: 16; Washington, D.C.: eight; Georgia: five; Massachusetts: four; Connecticut: three; Illinois: two;...

Setting the table can be a colorful adventure. (style beat).
February 1, 2002... Worldly Goods 1. Shanghai Express rectangular tray, $125; Rosenthal: 800-804-8070. 2. Galet d'Or square tray, $200; from 800-884-7775. 3 & 4. Fleur d'Argent dessert plate, $50, and demitasse set, $60; from Christofle: 877-PAVILLON. 5....

Double take: {Greg Jordan's dos-a-dos goes back to the future}. (swatch watch).(dos-a-dos settee)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... INSPIRED BY PILLOWED MOROCCAN BANQUETTES, DESIGNER Greg Jordan's modern dos-a-dos has multiple personalities. The dos-a-dos (literally "back to back") dates from the era of Napoleon III and was actually called a boudeuse in French (from the...

Accessorize this! William Hodgins and Alison Spear tell us how. (dueling designers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Designer William Hodgins Boston, Massachusetts Mantra While accessories give a room character, don't overdo it. Words to the wise Don't spread...

Fete accompli: {for the New York City Ballet's annual spring gala, Carolyne Roehm created a design scheme that was right en pointe}. (at home with Roehm).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK IN DISBELIEF AT MY LIFE DURING THE 1980s AND '90s. WE baby boomers were young, full of energy, and, at times, probably full of ourselves as well! Some of us were privileged to be part of a new type of wealth--new in the...

A few things to note for February ... (instant message).
February 1, 2002... Great Dane The Egg. The Swan. The Ant. To Danish design aficionados these names don't conjure images from a biology textbook--they bring to mind the iconic creations of architect Arne Jacobsen (a group of his Ant chairs, right). Through June 2...

Plain & fancy: custom cabinetry.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Custom Cabinetry Well Within Your Reach. A delicious palette for discerning palates: cappucino with a hint of cranberry. This kitchen caters to many tastes, with just as many hiding places. You're getting colder. You're getting warmer. The...

Dutch treat: {exceedingly sensuous and intricately inlaid, 17th-century Dutch Baroque furniture has never gone out of style}. (antiques).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... DURING THE LATE 17TH CENTURY, HOLLAND WAS flooded with French Huguenots forced to leave their homeland because of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which had allowed them religious freedom. They brought along their sense of controlled...

Personal shopper: {what's in a name? The Web can help you put your stamp on style}. (Charlotte's web).
February 1, 2002... Blanket Statement Fight off big chills with a personalized wool blanket from www.thecompanystore.com. Available in Technicolor shades, it will keep even the iciest of drafts at bay. Tread on Me Charlotte never lets anyone walk all over her,...

Mrs. Rodgers's neighborhood: {decorator Dorothy Rodgers was her era's hostess with the mostest--and way larger than life}. (they're back).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IF TODAY'S GLUT OF DO-IT-YOURSELF LIFESTYLE GURUS had a forebear, it was Dorothy Rodgers. Wife, mother, inventor (with patents to prove it), hostess, decorator, tastemaker, and writer, she was charming and chic without ever being...

Busy Beeton: {decorator Thomas Beeton's Los Angeles office buzzes with organization}. (nine to five).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... TOM BEETON'S WORK OFTEN COMES WITH A DOSE OF TRADEMARK COLOR: AN ENTICING COMBINATION OF DEEP UMBER with a bracing hit of orange. It's on his business cards--a plump bee, outlined in inky brown, wings raised against a persimmon sky--and in his...

Pierce Martin: 50 ways to personalize your rooms. (editor's page).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * Add a contrasting colored trim to your living room curtains. * Line up ten different candlesticks on your fireplace mantel. * Flank every comfortable chair with a magazine rack or stand. * Honor favorite family photos with good-quality...

Personal best: one woman's bold originality turns a suburban Chicago house into a pastel wonderland.(Madeline Ward Roth's fanciful home decoration)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... STORYBOOKS HOUSES WITH HALF-TIMBERED walls and miniature turrets abound in America's older towns, but rarely does the front door of even the most picturesque open onto an eight-foot-tall topiary clipped like a pom-pom and an ice-green ottoman...

Soft touch: in both her New York apartment and her designs for Frette, Christina Azario proves that chic can also be comfy.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Cristina Azario has the excellent eyes and ears that every successful businesswoman needs, but it is her sense of touch that sets her apart. As the living room of her Manhattan apartment demonstrates, Azario knows the proper way to hang crinkly...

Major Barbara: at her glamorous retreat in the Bahamas, a 1970s spitfire proves she's still got the goods.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ON LYFORD CAY IN THE BAHAMAS STANDS A house that entices even the boldest of international society's boldface names to flock there. The waterfront property's magnetism is so strong that the Polish-born tycoon and horse breeder Henryk de...

A star is reborn: undaunted by dilapidation, Bill Sofield puts the luster back into a Hollywood house.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... "IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR," SAID the real estate agent over the phone to New York designer William Sofield, who was in search of a West Coast base. The house, which had come on the market that morning, was built as a hunting...

Team Schrager: make it fresh and make it snappy: those were the client's instructions to Behun/Ziff, hotelier Ian Schrager's design duo.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A DECORATOR TO CROSS OVER FROM THE PRIVATE TO THE public sector, but few have made the switch in the other direction, at least not as spectacularly as Kelly Behun and Natasha Ziff. The partners learned their trade in the...

Hudson Yankee: a passion for neoclassical furniture led two designers to a house that matched.(interior design project)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THEY WERE NOT, NOT GOING TO LOOK AT that one--too pricey. Until weary with the search, they came over an autumn-colored hill in the rural Hudson Valley and there it sat: an 1820 Greek Revival farmhouse, a compact version of a grand idea, set...

Tread brightly: carpet meister Jeffrey Bilhuber picks out 1,000 square yards of the best new looks underfoot.(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 2002... TO JEFFREY BILHUBER, CARPET IS KING. "IT'S NO LONGER A LUXURY," says the New York-based decorator, who is renowned for his flair with flooring. "New technology has made once-expensive weaves and piles more affordable." This explains why more...

Winter wonder: {if you want to be treated like a Rockefeller, get to the point}. (hot dish).(bread and butter pudding with bitter citrus marmalade)(Brief Article)(Recipe)
February 1, 2002... THE POINT IS A CURIOUSLY UNDERstated name for one of the most sublime resorts in America, set on ten wilderness acres overlooking Upper Saranac Lake in New York's vast Adirondack Park--a land so remote that few of the region's native Indians...

Bedroom eyes: {there's nothing chintzy about the boudoir Mario Buatta dreamed up after a visit to New York's Bed Bath & Beyond}. (designer challenge).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU INVITE MARIO Buatta to create a bedroom with goods from Bed Bath & Beyond? No stripes or plaids, thank you. Not that the nationwide chain doesn't carry those patterns; it does, and many more besides. In fact, BB&B is...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2002... In the January 2002 story "All About Folding, Rolling, Storing (and Eve), the following on-page credit was inadvertently omitted: Eve Robinson's hair and makeup by Annie Ing for Sally Harlor.

Billy Baldwin: {the darling of the smart set was the undisputed king of 20th-century decorating}. (encore).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... DAPPER, INTELLIGENT, AND REFRESHINGLY WELL-MANNERED, BILLY BALDWIN HAS always been considered one of the world's greatest interior designers, and his famous rooms look even better today, from the dramatically graceful Villa Fiorentina in Cap...