House Beautiful articles from July 2006

House Beautiful archives from July 2006

The best! So big and so ... pretty!
July 1, 2006... When disposable dinner napkins look this good, dry-cleaning your table linens seems a little silly. These are paper and popping with style. Grenadine napkins in gala size, $8 for a pack of 12; IDEAL HOME RANGE: www.bostoninternational.com. ...

Color/in the dining room: do you want to feel cozy, casual, glamorous, elegant--or evenings of all-out fantasy? Here, designers suggest colors to paint any mood you want.
July 1, 2006... MARTYN LAWRENCE-BULLARD BENJAMIN MOORE ORANGE PARROT (2169-20) It's very close to a color in a 1940s Billy Haines house I restores in Beverly Hills. I love pairing it with yellow on the ceilings and ivory crown moldings like he did. Doesn't...

Instant room bird prints: they're traditional, a little whimsical, and command a lot of attention. Here are two timeless patterns to build a room around.
July 1, 2006... HOW WE'D DO IT Here's HB editor Eddie Ross's ideal bedroom: For curtains and a bed canopy, KANCHOU (1) in Verdigris from Brunschwig & Fils; bed panels lined in MAYFAIR PLAID (2) from Scalamandre; under curtains are FORMAL WEAR (4) from...

I want to buy blue glass; eagle-eyed Carol Prisant shows us what to look for.
July 1, 2006... A LITTLE BACKSTORY Collecting glass takes courage. All those careless movers. All those Frisbees. All those cats. And all those perils, taken together, cause most glass collections to wind up in cabinets... behind more glass. Blue glass,...

Ask the dog shrink: bad manners and bad habits you didn't know you were teaching ... den and pack instincts ...
July 1, 2006... Q My dog is so hyper when guests come over that I have to put him in the yard. But he keeps scratching the door to get back in! A DOGS ARE BORN ACTING like, well, dogs. Sometimes their canine instincts cause them to act in ways that we find...

Maintenance ceramics: no, wait! Don't trash that pile of shards and dust that was once your cherished vase. Jim Nanos can make any piece whole again.(ceramic restorer)(Interview)
July 1, 2006... Once something's broken, what's the best way to gather it all up and get it to you? Pick up every shard you can find, even the dust. I'd rather be the one who decides what gets thrown out. Some pieces will fit, some will get in the way....

Weekend shopper/Eddie Ross.(Interview)
July 1, 2006... where: St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Los Angeles what Eddie found: a beat-up dresser what he turned it into: a sideboard How did you find this store in L.A.? Actually, I was on my way to the Rose Bowl flea market, and Ben...

Technophobia security systems: now, this is what it means to feel totally protected in your home. Keith Fisher, owner of Keyth Security Systems, explains biometric technology to Terry Trucco.(Interview)
July 1, 2006... I've heard that biometric technology is the hot news in security systems today. What exactly is it? It's the science of using physical characteristics such as fingerprints, eye structure, and voice pattern to identify individuals....

Cookbook: if you're tempted to try every recipe in the scrumptious Italian Two Easy by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers, that won't surprise our reviewer--she's right there with you.(Recipe)
July 1, 2006... THE COOKBOOKS written by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers of London's River Cafe are without doubt the books I am most inspired by. Their most recent book to cross the Atlantic, Italian Two Easy (Clarkson Potter, $37), is a companion to Italian Easy,...

With summer about to begin, with all that visiting and entertaining ahead of us, we've put together an issue of relaxed, friendly houses where we'd like to be guests.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... With summer about to begin, with all that visiting and entertaining ahead of us, we've put together an issue of relaxed, friendly houses where we'd like to be guests. Not huge style statements. Not houses designed to impress. We call them...

Such style--and kids, too?(Interview)
July 1, 2006... [MIMI READ] This might be an oxymoron, but what a worldly sanctuary this is! [DESIGNER KEN FULK] YOU walk in and there is an exhale that happens. Some of that comes from the way the house faces inward. It all surrounds a courtyard, so when you...

"Here we take our ease".(Interview)
July 1, 2006... FRANCES SCHULTZ: I understand this house belongs to merebars of your own family. Has it been passed down through generations? DESIGNER KATHRYN SCOTT: My great-grandparents were Swedish and they had a house directly in front of this one....

"Being a summer houseguest has its highs and lows. Here some of our friends and contributors recall their most memorable tales".
July 1, 2006... FRANCES SCHULTZ, WRITER "One morning I came downstairs to find a houseguest of my parents on her hands and knees scrubing away at a spot on an Oriental rug she seemed to think she was responsible for. My mother appeared and said, Lets have...

May we introduce Ruby Beets?(Ruby Beets Old and New antique store)(Interview)
July 1, 2006... PENELOPE GREEN: Your last store, Ruby Beets, is legendary. Now you've opened Ruby Beets Old & New, in Sag Harbor in New York. It's filled with quirky antiques, English upholstery, contemporary objects, and art. Are there particular shapes or...

Indestructible that's what they are: the newest outdoor fabrics are so soft, so stylish, so completely amazing--why not use them indoors where the going gets rough? We put them to the test ...(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... POPSICLE PROOF If it were real terry cloth, it would be a sponge for spills, but this great terry/stripe design is soil-repellent. Go on, make a mess. RIVIERA in Celato; Sunbrella through OLD WORLD WEAVERS; 212-355-7186. [ILLUSTRATION...

House Beautiful asks interior designers: Albert Hadley and Britton Smith what makes this house exciting?(Interview)
July 1, 2006... [ALBERT HADLEY] I think it's exciting because it has this kind of casual elegance. It's very light and colorful, sophisticated and appropriate for its time and place--it s on the water in Hobe Sound. FRANCES SCHULTZ: This house is so pretty...

Are you a traditional person?(dialogue with a designer)(Interview)
July 1, 2006... "That's hard to answer. I like so many things, but I do tend to go more for the classical in architecture and design. I like symmetrical arrangements. And I like adding surprises--collections of old globes, scientific instruments, the wasp...

Kitchen of the month/Chicago: it has a homey, retro feel, but it couldn't be more up-to-date--and its ingenious pantry closet is straight out of a cook's dreams.(Interview)
July 1, 2006... CHRISTINE PITTEL: You've created the kitchen that never was. An early-20th-century Colonial-style house like this would originally have had a no-frills kitchen, basically a servants' space. What was here when you started? MICK DE GIULIO:...

The look kitchen of the month: beautiful, durable bamboo butcher block ... a microwave drawer ... old-fashioned hanging lamps ... what do you like best in our kitchen?(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... 1. Ivory CERAMIC BOWLS have such a classic shape they could go either country or modern, and a spouted lip makes pouring easier, $200 for a set of five by Cote Bastide, available at INDULGE: 713-888-0181. 2. Even a custom island can't beat this...

Correction.(Correction notice)
July 1, 2006... April 2006: In the resources for "The History of Taste in an Object," p.88, the Web site for the 1990 Siecle, 1927 fork was listed incorrectly. The correct address is: siecle-paris.com.

The last words: even the nicest guest room needs some fine-tuning. What's the one thing not to forget?(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A choice of pillows. There should always be a firm one, a soft one, and a hypoallergenic one. I'd love to say something glamorous--a bottle of Champagne--but if I don't have a good pillow then I just don't sleep. AUTHOR CAROLYNE ROEHM ...