House Beautiful articles from February 2003

House Beautiful archives from February 2003

Editor's letter.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... It will come as no surprise to those who know me that I have a thing for antiques. (No jokes, please, about me being an antique.) I think anyone who has an interest in history can naturally relate to old furniture and imagine--as I do--the...

Good gardening. .(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... I was pleased with December's "Garden Goddess," in which Katherine Whiteside says that "giving a live plant is like giving a kitten or puppy." Often the responsibility involved in caring for a plant is overlooked. Catherine Cleeremans...

It's a wrap. .(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... I have a small-space storage tip for your readers. When moving recently from a home to a small apartment, I found that there was not enough closet space to hold all my possessions. I wrapped seven medium-size Boxes in shiny gift paper in shades...

Hit list. .(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... I devoured your fabulous November issue, and while I think the directory of America's top designers is great, I would like to see decorators from every state included. Most of the designers on the list are from New York or California, but I'm...

Silver streak: kitchen accessories that prove their mettle. .(Directory)
February 1, 2003... Clockwise from top: Grind and brew coffeemaker, $149; by Cuisinart: 800-726-0190. Soho Spice rack, $45; through the Terence Conran Shop: 866-755-9079. M[C.sup.2] three-quart cassoulet, $120; by All-Clad: www.allclad.com. Insignia steel paring...

Retro renaissance: paying homage to the 1950s kitchen. .(Directory)
February 1, 2003... Clockwise from top right: Enamelware nesting bowls, $19 for three; from the Golden Rabbit: www.spattermatter.com. Red tin canisters, $120 for four: www.twoscompany.com. Fait-toute pot with cover in citron yellow, $79; from Emile Henry:...

Colorful cooking: make your kitchen sizzle with energy.(Kitchen applicances.)
February 1, 2003... Clockwise from top left: Ojex Juicer in tangerine, $100; from Williams-Sonoma: 877-812-6235. Vacuum jug, $57; by Erik Magnussen for Stelton: 888-484-6846. Red wood salad bowl, $50; by Granville through Lancelotti Housewares: 212-475-6851. Whisk...

House seats: six takes on the evolving bergere. .(Directory)
February 1, 2003... A classic French armchair with upholstered sides, the bergere has played a vital role in decorating since the early 18th century. The back shape has changed from rounded to squared off, and until recent years the chair always sported a visible...

Almighty Oscar: fashion designer Oscar de la Renta trains his eye on a new line of furniture for Century. .
February 1, 2003... You'd think that designer Oscar de la Renta would have his feet up on a sofa at this point in his career. But one night last fall at the High Point furniture show in North Carolina, there he was, fluffing pillows and moving large pieces of...

A step above: a hefty step-back cupboard that was the original multitasking kitchen tool. .
February 1, 2003... Leigh Keno: This Chippendale-style step-back walnut cupboard was probably made in Pennsylvania in the second half of the 18th century. Leslie Keno: The grand scale and vibrant scrolled details typify German-influenced furniture. Leigh:...

The sideboard: revisiting an American classic. .
February 1, 2003... A sideboard is no ordinary piece of furniture. Ranging in style from the traditional larger cabinet supported by narrow legs to a more solid streamlined look of the 1940s (above), it has been a centerpiece of the American interior since the...

Let it snow: the white stuff is the right stuff for the garden in winter. .
February 1, 2003... Hale and Hardy Thoughts of the tropics may be seductive at this time of year, but many cold-climate gardeners look forward to snow. Shrubs and perennials planted in autumn have a better chance of surviving winter under a deep layer of...

Come to order: taking the concept of storage to new heights. .
February 1, 2003... Walking into the kitchen Michell Prentice acquired with her new Manhattan apartment was like stepping into an identity crisis: the washer and dryer sloshed and tumbled right below the stemware, hogging space better spent on such necessities as...

Darkness and light: a refuge in the canyons of Manhattan radiates an inner glow. .
February 1, 2003... In that most practical of everyday spaces, the kitchen, Catherine Sadler asked for Zen. "I'm attracted to things that have great depth in their simplicity," she says. Her architect, James Sanders, adds, "Catherine likes natural materials and...

Ready for action: streamlined and set up for a range of activities, this kitchen is family-friendly.
February 1, 2003... Built in 1955 in the Berkeley, California, hills by architect Henry Hill, the house was a modernist gem, with a striking exposed-timber framework. The kitchen, however, was dated by the time Rosemary and Larry Ward moved in with their four...

House beautiful.(Features of the February issue.)
February 1, 2003... This February issue is all fired up with a cross-country tour of memorable design stories, from Philadelphia to Chicago, New York to Los Angeles. The legendary decorating firm of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler lends British charm to a-pedigreed...

Midwest manor.(Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler of the United Kingdom decorate a Mid-west manor.)(Cover Story)
February 1, 2003... WHEN A YOUNG CHICAGO COUPLE asked the very English firm of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler to decorate their very American residence, they were hoping to instigate a little cultural revolution. The Britons' imagination was stirred by the clients'...

Sassoon style: Vidal Sassoon, father of modern hairstyling, fell for a 1950s house in L.A. and, with his art-savvy wife, gave it shape and texture.
February 1, 2003... As soon as Vidal Sassoon and his wife, Ronnie, stepped inside the mid-20th-century house in Los Angeles, they knew it was what they were looking for. "It's all about shapes, isn't it?" said the creator of modern hairstyling, responding to the...

A Philadelphia story: combining a hodgepodge of furniture in a house of mixed styles, a decorating team creates clarity and warmth.(Celerie Kemble and Christina Murphy, interior decorators.)
February 1, 2003... SOME CONSIDER IT A CALLING, some a curse. But judging by Celerie Kemble, a talent for decorating may simply be genetic. Her mother, Mimi McMakin, founded the Palm Beach firm Kemble Interiors 30 years ago; Celerie still remembers "being...

Jewels of design: bowled over by the bijoux of Verdura, ten top decorators create vignettes that sparkle.(A salute to Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura, arguably the most talented jeweler of the 20th century.)
February 1, 2003... On opening night, an international crowd of bold-faced names swirled through Sotheby's New York headquarters to kick off the auction house's salute to Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura, arguably the most talented jeweler of the...

Divide and conquer: in a classic Manhattan apartment, architect Paul Gleicher does some space exploration with floating planes and sliding panels.
February 1, 2003... This page: Architect Paul Gleicher hung a crystal-and-chrome Venini chandelier above his clients' dining table and designed a console of wood, granite, and bronze. The chairs are upholstered in Donghia's Au Marche jacquard. Facing page: In the...

Florida's Panhandle: with sophisticated dining and architecture and miles of beaches, it's the new American Riviera.(Review of Fish Out of Water at the WaterColor Inn.)
February 1, 2003... HOT DISH Fried okra and boiled peanuts? They're not necessarily a thing of the past, but the important point is that you can get so much more in the Panhandle these days, from nuevo Creole at Criolla's in Grayton Beach to sushi out of an...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2003... December 2002: In the HB Entertains section, pages 69-78, a credit was inadvertently omitted. The credit should have read as follows: Menus, cards, place cards designed by Ellen Weldon; 212-925-4483.

Jekyll on Lutyens: the legendary partnership between architect Edwin Lutyens and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll was rooted in the notion that a house and its garden should seem to grow out of the landscape. One hundred years ago this month, House Beautiful published Jekyll's account of Orchards, one of their first and most influential collaborations.(Reprint.)
February 1, 2003... On the sandy soil of the west Surrey hills, where one of their many valleyfolds runs up to the edge of a half-mile-wide, well-wooded, and sheltered plateau, is this newly built house. The 26 acres of land on which it stands are for the most...