House Beautiful articles from July 2003

House Beautiful archives from July 2003

A good read. (letters).
July 1, 2003... I subscribed to House Beautiful immediately upon hearing that George Read was joining the magazine as an editor-at-large. I have attended several of the workshops he teaches in Charleston about antiques. Read's approach to the subject is not...

Return to Ireland. (letters).
July 1, 2003... Thank you for the article featuring designer Kathryn Ireland's work ["In Deepest France" May 2003]. Since first reading about Ireland in House Beautiful a few years ago, I have looked forward to pieces covering her wonderful aesthetic; I hope...

Longtime admirer. (Letters).
July 1, 2003... I started reading your magazine in the 1960s and I think it is first rate. The photography is beautiful and the articles enlightening. I have especially enjoyed "Thoughts of Home," and am grateful for its return. Eleanor Estreichen ...

Touchstone. (Letters).
July 1, 2003... I enjoy the honest and down-to-earth letters from editor Mark Mayfield. He is a real storyteller who draws me in with vivid pictures; the anecdotes he relates are real enough to touch. Bridget McKillop Moriarty via e-mail

Editor's letter.
July 1, 2003... I was having dinner recently with my two oldest children, Matt and Stephanie, at a restaurant near the University of Alabama, where both are in school. There is a river that runs just beyond the campus, and this restaurant, the Cypress Inn, is...

The great outdoors: co-opt these cool warm-weather accessories. (style beat).
July 1, 2003... 1. Stainless-steel barbecue sauce brush-and-holder set, $10; from Crate and Barrel: 800-967-6696. 2. Flyswatter, $6; by OXO Good Grips, from Gracious Home: 800-338-7809. 3. Oven mitt, $5; from Gracious Home: 800-338-7809. 4. Lemonade barrel,...

Beach day: head to the shore in style. (style beat).
July 1, 2003... 1. Batik paisley sun hat, $42; by Hat Attack: 800-982-1569. 2. Waves beach towel, $145; from Manuel Canovas: 818-887-5036. 3. Tarok Lux teak sling chair, $497; from Trip Trap: 866-490-2448; seat made from Barbados outdoor, fabric in lime,...

Swell fish: host a lobster boil with flair. (style beat).
July 1, 2003... 1. Shutters lantern, $40; from Crate and Barrel: 800-967-6696. 2. Large lobster platter, $21; at ABH Design: 212-249-2276. 3. Stock pot, $100; by Le Creuset, available through the Williams-Sonoma Web site: www.williams-sonoma.com. 4. Rams Murex...

Fabrics with SPF: new outdoor materials that stand up to the sun, mist and mildew. (swatch watch).
July 1, 2003... 1. Dek Tillet's Small Shells Soleil in aqua #103185, through Travers. 2. Waves and. swirls from Kravet #20472-505. 3. Blue and green, stripes from Giati's Hermosa Sea #4142. 4. Graceful lines curl around Scalamandre's Swirl #20391-008. 5. A...

Dallying in Dahlias: a recherche garden relic returns. (garden goddess).
July 1, 2003... With their big-bodied, brightly colored blooms, dahlias are suddenly hot again. The blossoms fill pages and pages of the White Flower Farm catalog, dozens of heirloom 19th-century cultivars are featured by rare-bulb purveyor Old House Gardens,...

New York's finest: an 18th-century chest of drawers fashioned in the New York style weathers generations to emerge as a superior example of the form. (treasure hunt).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... This little Chippendale chest of drawers was made between 1755 and 1770 and descended in the Livingston family, prominent in colonial New York. It is one of only a small group of chests that survive with New York characteristics typical of the...

Mirror gazing: a guide to the fairest of them all. (antiques).
July 1, 2003... The history of the mirror begins somewhere in the Middle East, where small hand-held pieces of murky vitreous matter, about four to six inches in diameter, have been found. These ancient mirrors were backed with either burnished lead or silver,...

Island rescue: Tom Scheerer turns a bland but distinguished Nantucket colonial into a chic yet simple haven.
July 1, 2003... TURNING A BLAND BUT VENERABLE 18th-century house into a chic summer retreat is not a task for an amateur. That's what one Nantucket homeowner discovered when she tried to decorate her new house on the resort island off the coast of...

Carribean Sanctuary: West Indian antiques and island elegance enliven the St. Croix hideaway of connoisseur Michael Connors.
July 1, 2003... "IT'S MY PRIVATE SANCTUARY, AN escape from the stresses of the city," says Michael Connors of his tropics-inspired apartment on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix. Connors, a Manhattan-based connoisseur, collector, and dealer in West...

The Charleston pedigree: taking a grand Southern tradition both serious and lightly is the hallmark of designer Amelia Handegan.
July 1, 2003... THOMAS RAVENEL'S GREAT-grandfather once owned three houses in Charleston's distinguished South of Broad neighborhood, an address of quite exceptional architectural cachet. Now Ravenel has returned to those roots in his own Federal house close...

Rocky mountain comfort: Evelyn and Ronald Lauder transform an ugly duckling guesthouse into an oasis of western hospitality, with the help of designer Linda Bedell.
July 1, 2003... THE VERY LAST PEOPLE YOU'D expect to buy an undistinguished 1970s-era A-frame house are Leonard and Evelyn Lauder. After all, as chairman and senior corporate vice president of the Estee Lauder Companies, respectively, they have set the...

Chilling out in the sunshine state: a busy New Yorker arranges a breezy retreat for himself in Miami's South Beach.(Tom Fallon)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... AT HIS ONE-BEDROOM CONDOMINIUM IN MIAMI'S SUPER-CHIC South Beach district, Tom Fallon likes to spend long winter weekends riding his bike, sunning on the sand, and listening to the sounds of the surf. A public relations director for 36...

Tower power: architect Hugh Hardy's summer refuge grew from a tiny hideaway into a roomy retreat.
July 1, 2003... WITH SHOW-STOPPING CREDITS RANGING FROM restorations of the dazzling New Amsterdam Theater to the effervescent Rainbow Room at the top of Rockefeller Center, Hugh Hardy is one of the brightest stars in New York's architectural firmament. But...

It's the berries: fruits of the season are paired with a red currant coulis, a rose-geranium-wine syrup, lemon verbena cream, and creme fraiche sorbet to create easy, delicious desserts.
July 1, 2003... Recipes RED CURRANT COULIS WITH SUMMER BERRIES Adapted from Michel Roux: New Creative Techniques from A French Master Chef (Rizzoli, $40) by Michel Roux. 2/3 pound red currants, stripped from stalks About 1 cup...

Recipe round-up: win a trip to the legendary better homes and gardens test kitchen.
July 1, 2003... The makers of Hidden Valley dressings want to discover your hidden talent for combining just the right flavors, colors and textures to make a dish your family asks for over and over again. We're looking for recipes that use Hidden Valley[R] The...

A closer look: can't get enough of the great design in this issue? Look no further.
July 1, 2003... * The Rawalpindi retiring chair (#360) is crafted in the British Colonial style, spawned when British colonists found traditional tufted upholstery uncomfortable in the steamy climate of India. Cane replaced much of the fabric. Price: $1,915....

Born again: Randy Ridless injects classic forms with modern glamour in a new line of furniture. (market report).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... "There is something familiar in everything I do," says interior designer Randy Ridless, whose new furniture line--a byproduct of his having amassed a repertoire of custom pieces for clients--will be available through his New York showroom this...

Transplanting romance: Cecelia Heffernan brings fanciful flowers to a rugged Wyoming valley. (entepreneur).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... When Cecelia Heffernan packed her bags and left sunny, homey Augusta, Georgia, for austere Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where minus-40-degree weather frosts people's eyelashes, her family and friends were shocked. She only planned to stay in the...

Please do eat the daisies: flowers add piquant flavor to a summer meal. (encore).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... There's something inherently subversive about eating a flower. Children can't quite believe they're allowed to, and even adults bite in with a mischievous, delighted grin. Back in April 1960, when House Beautiful published a selection of flower...