In London, a 19th Century house with a 21st Century kitchen Modernizing a kitchen in a Victorian house in England is no small accomplishment, even for a designer as celebrated as Robert Couturier. When a longtime client moved from New York to London, Couturier chose the classic black-and-white color scheme using white Smallbone cabinetry with [...]
Archive | August, 2009
3 Things to Know About Dhurries
The top three pros-and-cons of owning a flat-weave carpet When House Beautiful featured a room makeover by New York designer Jonathan Rosen, my eye went straight to the rug. It appeared to be a dhurrie. There is a clue in the image that makes me think that but meanwhile it’s good to know that dhurrie [...]
Custom Cherry Kitchen Tour
An amazing update from disco silver to natural country wood When Margie B set out to renovate the ‘70s kitchen in her New England home she hoped to keep the original footprint of the room but wanted a peninsula instead of an island. “We were a bit apprehensive about this as the trend is to [...]
Katharine Hepburn’s Kitchen Redone
The dressy new kitchen in Kate’s getaway When classic film star Katharine Hepburn died in 2003 at age 96, Fenwick, her 8000-square foot beach house on the Connecticut coast, came onto the real estate market for $12 million and sat there for a year. When the price was halved, a New York construction magnate and [...]
Stain Proof Sisal
The popularity of sisal and natural fiber area rugs is far from waning A look made popular by interior designers years ago is still going strong, if not stronger than ever. Touring the San Francisco Decorator Showcase this past May I noticed most of the rooms had a natural fiber rug as a base floor [...]
