House Beautiful articles from January 2003

House Beautiful archives from January 2003

Editor's letter.(Editorial)
January 1, 2003... I have this romantic notion of winter. What can be better than a roaring fireplace on a cold winter night? There is no particular reason why I should have become a cold-weather person. I grew up in the South, where the summers are long and hot...

Karsh course. .(Of particul enjoyment was the article on T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, including the portrait by Yousuf Karsh, who lived in Ottawa for many years. )(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... The eloquent mix of traditional and modern design featured in your November issue is exactly what I have been looking for in a magazine. I particularly enjoyed the article on T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, including the portrait by Yousuf Karsh, who...

Fan mail. .(Alexandra and Michael Misczynski are designers featured in "The Next Wave" [October].)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... My husband and I are thrilled to be clients of Alexandra and Michael Misczynski, designers featured in "The Next Wave" [October]. We recognized them as up-and-coming design stars and hired them immediately after out first meeting. They are...

Manners matter. (letters).(Photograph of Albert Hadley in your November "Editor's Page.)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... I was thrilled to see a photograph of Albert Hadley included in your November "Editor's Page." Mr. Hadley's ability to incorporate the beauty of the past with a forward-looking point of view is something every magazine should aspire to. It's...

Boxes that rock: chic storage ideas for tight spaces.(Directory)
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Clockwise from top: Pipistrello silk box in red, $198; from Stella: 212-233-9610. Galvanized bin, $15; from Pottery Barn: 800-922-5507. Five-level box in brown, $25; from Sam Flax: 212-620-3000. Calypso...

Sky high: etageres with towering ambitions. .(Directory)
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Left to right: Gustav etagere, $2,900; by Richard Wrightman: 646-382-4904. Grande Tour etagere in white (#MV023), $198; from Ballard Designs: 800-367-2775. Five-shelf Alex etagere (#86059), $299; from Crate...

Nesting instinct: these tables stack right up.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Clockwise from top: Syrie nesting tables, $100; from Brenda Buell & Associates: 214-350-2380. Westfall lacquered alderwood nesting tables, $1,980; by Gerard, available to the trade: 185-434-2777. Crisp Nest...

Editors' choice: House Beautiful comes home from High Point with 11 favorite picks.(Furniture.)(Directory)
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Sebastian sofa in red, $1,995; from Highland House: 888-831-5313. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Lily Pond campaign side table, $1,400; from the Martha Stewart Signature Furniture Collection with...

Pillow talk: costume jewelry for your furniture, pillows are small but potent style-setters. Want to change your look? Throw in a little something new.(Directory)
January 1, 2003... 1. Decorators Walk's Hand Embroidered Crewel through F. Schumacher & Co. with Samuel & Sons' wool tassel fringe. 2. Raoul Textiles' Sari through A.M. Collections with M&J Buttons' natural tassels. 3. Alexander Girard's Quatrefoil through...

Box goods: the age-old axiom "form follows function" could not be better exemplified than in the Shaker fingered oval box. .
January 1, 2003... Leslie Keno: These Shaker boxes range in size from three to 15 inches wide and are constructed with maple sides and pine bottoms and lids joined by copper nails. Most retain an old, if not original, wash or painted decoration. Leigh Keno:...

Cold comfort: easy to grow, low-maintenance root vegetables are the unsung heroes of winter. .
January 1, 2003... Beets and Carrots The minute your spring lettuces start to bolt, rip out the bitter old things and plant beet and carrot seeds. Keep them watered, and eat the tiny vegetables that you thin out. (Seed packets are specific about spacing.)...

A French Quarter memory: the first apartment, like first love, is never forgotten. .(Column)
January 1, 2003... New Orleans in January anticipates the Carnival, tends to perversity, and sometimes flashes unseasonably warm. When the spell lasts long enough, a wholly irrational jubilation breaks out among the sweet olives, creating a scent unforgettable....

Red alert! This tiny studio apartment really smartened up. .
January 1, 2003... This is the smallest apartment I've ever seen," says Elizabeth Davis, whose fourth-floor walk-up in a Manhattan brownstone measures a minuscule 250 square feet. The less intrepid might be discouraged by those dimensions, but Davis, the director...

Tiny triumph: in Paris, decorating prodigy Jean-Louis Deniot makes 377 square feet seem downright palatial.
January 1, 2003... When six-foot-three-inch design student Jean-Louis Deniot loped into the real estate agent's office three years ago, he could tell she thought he was wasting her time. He had come to view a thimble-size Left Bank apartment, tucked above a...

Boca Rococo: Diamond Baratta design unleashes a carnival of color in a Florida oceanfront condo.(Mae Baratta.)
January 1, 2003... "In my new place in Boca Raton, there are no gloomy days, even when it's cloudy," says Mae Baratta, a longtime resident of the Northeast who just moved into a ground-level winter condo with her husband, Anthony Baratta, Sr. "I love to walk from...

Simply elegant: in a Manhattan pied-a-terre, designer John Oetgen evokes the Cole Porter era, when luxury went hand-in-hand with wit, and the time seemed always to be around midnight.
January 1, 2003... "HE WANTED A 1940s SENSE OF romance, but with a soft edge," decorator John Oetgen says of the bachelor businessman who alights in this two-bedroom pied-a-terre from time to rime. With the turn of a key and some fresh flowers, it's ready to be...

Hot stuff: tea for two or ten, mod or trad--these pots are brimming with style.(Tea sets.)(Directory)
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: This page, top to bottom: Bamboo-motif teapot, $65; from Takashimaya New York: 800-753-2038. Blue teapot with vines, $95; from Takashimaya New York: 800-753-2038. Dragon Phoenix Pearls tea, $15 for two...

Greek to him: Gabriel de la Portilla's Hudson Valley cottage renovation sprang from an original 1830s cornice.
January 1, 2003... Before the real estate agent even opened the front door, she said, "Turn around." Gabriel de la Portilla spun on his heel and faced woods and farmland rolling in majestic cadences through the Hudson River Valley. The view melted whatever...

Gustavian reigns: traditional Swedish furnishings strike a casual yet sophisticated note in a Beverly Hills guest cottage.(John Bercsi.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... One year ago, John Bercsi, a native Southern California real estate developer, bought a Beverly Hills property for himself. His girlfriend, Mary McDonald, decorated the rather formal main house, but when the time came to do up the newly...

The country girl: to get away from it all, a Manhattan money manager retreats to a Sunday house in her native Texas.(Cydney Donnell.)
January 1, 2003... Cydney Donnell has one foot in a Manhattan apartment and the other one planted in her vacation house in idyllic Fredericksburg, Texas. It might seem like a long trip to make for peace and quiet, but that's the way she likes it. A New York-based...

Double take: nothing is inimitable, whether it's Greek Revival or modern Gustavian or Texas-spiked traditionalism. Getting the right look is only a phone call away.(Directory)
January 1, 2003... The BRONZE ODEN PHARMACY FLOOR LAMP will light up your life. PRICE: $179; FROM RESTORATION HARDWARE: 800-762-1005. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Got milk glass? Left to right: DOGWOOD JUICE GLASS (42050), $11; HOBNAIL IVY BOWL (5585), $20;...

Match game: Denver's Adega puts the spotlight on wine--and the food shines right along with it.(Adega Restaurant & Wine Bar.)
January 1, 2003... In many a trendy restaurant, the chef is the star, cooking and orchestrating meals in full view of the patrons. At Adega Restaurant & Wine Bar, the hottest eatery in Denver's stylish LoDo district, the centerpiece is a gleaming glass cube--a...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2003... September 2002: The tufted armchair on pages 110 and 111 in "Spare Sanctuary" was credited incorrectly. The credit is as follows: Redgrave chair, #207536; $899--Ethan Allen (R); 888-324-3571. November 2002: In "Double Take" on page 190, the...

Opposites attract: to clutter or not to clutter? That was the question posed by House Beautiful in January 1948. .(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... More than 50 years ago, House Beautiful pitted two tastemakers against each other in a contest of wills. Harry Gladstone, an interior decorator, championed the basic human right to collect, and proudly showed off his stuff in cornucopian...