House Beautiful articles from May 2003

House Beautiful archives from May 2003

Amazing spaces with Alexander Julian. (Decorating with Color: Advertisement).(small talk with the expert decorator)(Interview)
May 1, 2003... Dressing a room is like coordinating a wardrobe. Once you've got the basics, it's color and fashion that make the difference, no matter what your style--casual or formal. Alexander Julian, renowned for his color expertise and ability to blend...

Editor's letter.(Editorial)
May 1, 2003... I love old houses. I remember as a child playing in the nooks and crannies of an antebellum house that was owned by friends of my parents. The place had been handed down through generations of the same family. Some of the furniture had been...

Winter respite.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... I have only had the April issue for a few days and my repetitive paging has already worn it out. The warmth and rich colors of the featured interiors are a balm for sore eyes. I smelled the wood burning in the fireplace of the Adirondack lodge...

Safe house. .(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... Marybeth Lambe's Thoughts of Home essay, "Runaways" [March], illustrated how our homes are not just structures, but places where We are nurtured and loved and where we seek refuge from a difficult and sometimes troubling world. Lisa...

History lesson. .(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... Mark Mayfield's editorial on antiques was timely for me ["Editor's Letter" February]. My mother passed away in February and I am in the process of dispersing her antiques. My daughter will receive the marble-top oak dresser and washstand we...

Art Deco redux: a decorative aesthetic returns with a flourish. .(Art Deco reproductions.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... 1. Tina vase by Donghia, available through designers: 800-366-4442. 2. Maria tieback, available through designers, from the Metropolis Collection by Declercq Passementiers at Clarence House: 800-803-2850. 3. Ondes cut velvet by Veral de Beval,...

Line items: patterns that are more than the sum of their parts.(Linens.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... 1. Tom striped table runner, $30; by Les Toiles du Soleil through La Cafetiere: 866-486-0667. 2. Square mattress throw pillow, $155; by C & C Milano through Bergdort Goodman: 800-558-1855. 3. Cyrrus multi-stripe salad plate, $33; by Platt and...

Black and white bravado: no shades of gray for these bold accessories. (style beat).(home furnishings )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... 1. Mini Cooper toy car, $12; at Karikter: 800-484-6846. 2. Pekin silk lantern, $700; by Thomas Boog: www.thomasboog.com. 3. Porcelain The a Deux teacup, $305, part of a set including a teapot and four teacups with saucers; designed by Peter...

Fashion week for fabrics. (swatch watch).(providers of textiles for interior decoration )
May 1, 2003... Every other year, Paris mounts a show of the latest curtain and upholstery materials. Here are HB's 2003 picks. STRIPES GALORE 1. Rubelli's moire pinstripe San Samuele #7491-4 is available through Bergamo. 2. A seven-color rainbow...

Art & antiques quiz: torn between two Monets? Unsure whether to take your restorer's advice? We have all the answers. (antiques).(buying and restoring antiques )
May 1, 2003... The antiques market is full of quirks. Similar--and sometimes identical--objects can vary dramatically in value from city to city, within a single neighborhood, and from shop to shop. Objects that are available in large quantities often...

The pretenders: despite their American roots, these fauteuils would sit well in France. (he said, he said).(antiques )(Column)
May 1, 2003... Leigh Keno: These upholstered mahogany open armchairs are rare examples of the sophisticated Louis XVI-style furniture produced in Philadelphia during the Federal era. Leslie Keno: They could easily be mistaken for French fauteuils, a form...

Insider trading: two resident design cognoscenti share their favorite shopping sources and dining spots in Venice and Rome. (designer file).(Directory)
May 1, 2003... VENETIAN CLASS As an architectural restorer in a city that seems constantly swathed in scaffolding, Toto Bergamo Rossi works frequently with Venice's most skilled artisans and craftsmen. This makes him something of an expert when it comes...

Spring bounty: too antsy to wait for fall harvest? Stop weeping and start reaping. (garden goddess).(vegetable gardening advice)
May 1, 2003... Waste Not, Want Not One autumn I tossed all my leftover lettuce, arugula, and spinach seeds into an empty potager bed. (What the heck, right?) Tucked under a floating row cover from my garden center, they were soon buried with snow and...

Open sesame: designer Joan Halperin breaks down the boundaries in a boxy New York apartment. (makeover).
May 1, 2003... It was a designer's dream apartment, which in this case meant a wreck. "But that was exactly what I was looking for," says Joan Halperin, a Manhattan-based designer who found her new home when she was working on a client's renovation in the...

Lyon's share: hunting for antiques in Lyon, decorator Matthew Smyth learns that the buck doesn't stop in Paris. (shopping spree).(Interview)
May 1, 2003... New York-based decorator Matthew Smyth owns a flat in Paris, where he stays during his frequent shopping forays, but even part-time Parisians need to get out of the capital once in a while. When Smyth feds the urge, he takes a high-speed train...

Far from the madding crowd: in the heart of Thomas Hardy country, Tom Helme and his family enjoy a rustic idyll.(interior designer)(farmhouse restoration )(Interview)
May 1, 2003... FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, WHEN TOM Helme began to rehabilitate this 1815 Wiltshire farm to share with his wife and their children--now numbering four, ranging in age from nine to sixteen--he was as ready as any man in England. Having spent his early...

The family taste: in Antwerp, the Vervoords furnish their homes as well as their antiques galleries with medieval purity.(Boris Vervoordt, antique dealer and collector )(Interview)
May 1, 2003... WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE IS in plain sight in Boris Vervoordt's apartment in the old part of Antwerp. The elder of the two sons of the distinguished antiques dealer Axel Vervoordt, Boris, 29, grew up amid an ever-changing kaleidoscope of the...

A new order: this re-created garden perfectly frames an elegantly proportioned Palladian-era villa.(gardens of Villa Emo in Padua )
May 1, 2003... VISITORS TO THE VILLA EMO, near Padua in northeastern Italy, encounter a 1588 house set comfortably among gardens that are less than 40 years old. The residence, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, a pupil of the Renaissance master, Andrea Palladio...

In deepest France.(designer Kathryn Ireland, businesswoman Anne Halsey)(renovation of farmhouse in southwestern France )(Interview)
May 1, 2003... THE MEANDERING COUNTRY road appears peaceful, but it winds through territory rent by history. This is la France profonde, deep southwestern France, old unchanged France, where ancient memories still taunt the present. Here the Gallic tribes...

Fair isle.(construction and interior design of island beach house)
May 1, 2003... Step onto the ferry and leave the rest of the world behind. In an instant, the jostle and jolt of fast food and fast cars gives way to the glint of sunlight on water and the cries of the gulls. The island on the horizon may be only 45 minutes...

Ice dreams: experts from Fauchon and Il Laboratorio del Gelato craft sorbets and gelati as satisfying and refreshing as they are easy to make.(includes recipes)
May 1, 2003... LEMON, PASSION FRUIT, AND RASPBERRY SORBET Sorbet is distinguished from sherbet by its softer consistency. It can be served between courses to refresh the palate. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MANGO AND RASPBERRY SORBET SERVED IN...

Mold attack! You may think it's a cold, but mold spores could be the culprit. (advertisement).(Tilex Mold and Mildew Remover )
May 1, 2003... For a while, it seems like you're coming down with something. But when the sneezing, wheezing and other symptoms don't go away, you begin wondering what's blooming outside. All the while, you fail to realize that the culprit could be the mold...

The Connaught's conversion: a London institution gets a face-lift, with a new chef and glamorous interiors by Nina Campbell. (hot dish).(restaurant remodeling)(includes recipe for sea bass )
May 1, 2003... When Nina Campbell ate at the famed Connaught Hotel dining room before it closed for the major renovation she had been commissioned to spearhead, she was shocked by its steep decline. The food at the venerated London establishment was...

The continental divide: the difference between American and European entertaining is all about attitude. (HB entertains with Carolyne Roehm).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... My first love introduced me to the delights of entertaining in a European manner. With him I learned how Europeans held flatware, served salad and cheese after the main course, and brewed real coffee (not the watered-down stuff I grew up with)....

A closer look: can't get enough of the great design in this issue? Look no further.(home furnishings providers )(Directory)
May 1, 2003... * After returning from the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington was a houseguest at the Bankes family home, Kingston Lacy, in Devon, England. To make him feel welcome, the family decorated the walls of the attic where he slept with a...

Corrections. (resources).(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2003... March 2003: In "Power Pastels," p. 78, the phone number for Design Workshop is 910-293-6765. For Swatch Watch, page 32, the following was inadvertently omitted from Resources: 32 WALLPAPER WORLD Paper Constructions: Matthew Sporzynski,...

Cecil Beaton: the Oscar-winning designer concocted the perfect setting for himself. (encore).
May 1, 2003... In June 1979, House Beautiful conducted a rare interview with Cecil Beaton at the 18th-century brick manor house in Wiltshire, England, that he had owned for almost fifty years. The celebrated photographer, costume and set designer, and author...