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Clear the shelves for colored glass, now setting a fashionable table near you. Top row, from left: Cordial glasses ($75 for 6); Frank McIntosh Home at Saks Fifth Avenue, (212) […]

Quilted linens have started sewing circles around plain vanilla bedding. From top: "Graham" silk-charmeuse pillows (about $175 each); Ann Gish, (805) 498-4447. "Matka" embroidered silk-and-linen sham ($280); Royal Hut, (877) […]

Long live ornament: beading and embroidery bring a sumptuous, handcrafted flair to the latest home accessories. From top: Beaded fruit ($10) from William-Wayne & Co., (800) 318-3435. Christina Ojo beaded […]

Town & Country was cordially invited to decorate a freshly built house, with a designer of our choice, at the Ford Plantation--a new type of development on the outskirts of […]

1. Though it isn't exactly a secret source, Claremont Inc., the London-based maker of distinctive textiles and trimmings since 1931, deserves to be much better known. Maybe its new Manhattan […]

Textile designer Sabina Fay Braxton turns a very chic Sixties cheek in her new collection of devore silks for the home Fabrics, hanging from left (all prices per yard): "La […]

A GUIDE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS Home altars and steel-paneled safe rooms. Pool speakers and private sushi chefs. The affluent Hollywood lifestyle is a subject equally fascinating and confounding to outsiders, […]

SPIELBERG, KATZENBERG, GEFFEN, DILLER, CRUISE: NAOMI LEFF HAS WORKED FOR THEM ALL, AND KNOWS HOW MEMBERS OF THE HOLLYWOOD POWER SET REALLY WANT TO LIVE. "BOATBUILDERS, LIKE AIRPLANE BUILDERS, ARE […]

IN 1949, FRANCES BRODY COMMISSIONED A COOLLY STYLISH NEW HOUSE. FIFTY YEARS LATER, IT EPITOMIZES L.A.'S LOOK OF THE MOMENT. IT'S A BUSY DAY AT THE GIFT SHOP OF THE […]

Los Angeles decorator Barbara Barry is a California girl with the moxie and taste to make it just about anywhere. WHY IS LOS ANGELES HOME TO SO many of the […]

In Napa Valley, Garen and Shari Staglin excel in blending wine, food and friends. At cocktail time on a late spring day, Garen Staglin, in a rose-colored flannel shirt and […]

NOT TOO LONG AGO, L'Ermitage Beverly Hills was discreetly known as L.A.'s "retreat" hotel, a place to check in for a few nights following a rip-roaring argument or a little […]

SISTER PARISH In the rules-bound 1930s, Parish inherited a fine suite of ebony furniture from her husband's family (whose house on East 79th Street was one of the grandest in [...]

* JOIN THE TRIBE Albert Hadley for Dorla Leslle Blau wool carpet (4' X', $3,360; also custom sizes), 212-752-7623 * REENVISION A QUIET CORNER Meier/Ferrer Katherine vanity and jewel box [...]

FOR FIFTY-SOME YEARS, an apartment on London's St. James's Place overlooking Green Park took on an indelibly French twist in the hands of New Yorker Jayne Wrightsman. She and her [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TAKE A FEW of the world's most ingenious architects, ten under-utilized acres and the cultural ambitions of wealthy north Texas and you have the makings of the Dallas […]

Let the alluring colors and patterns of Turkish-inspired designs help you tap into a year-round summertime vibe. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vaughan silver-plated-brass Shadow Ball lantern ($855), 212-319-7070. Get a taste of […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MIRRORS Onik Agaronyan started sculpting with shells as a boy in Southern California. His fascination with them--and his eye for visual impact through repetition, greatly inspired by Gaudi--continues […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RAZZLE-DAZZLE IN BASEL THERE IS NOTHING provincial about the pocket-sized city of Basel, Switzerland. Daily trains link it to Paris, Geneva and Zurich, the last just an hour […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Q. When is a chair just like this season's "It" bag? A. When you have to put your name on a waiting list to get one, only to […]

OSCAR DE LA RENTA updates an 18th-century shape with bold, hand-painted leopard spots. Bombe chest for Century Furniture ($2,985). centuryfurniture.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Troyes gold-leaf nesting tables from ARMANI/ CASA add […]

Indulge those on your gift list with designs from around the world. Japan: HANA HANA ceramic three-petal stacking dishes ($18, $29 and $42), at the Conran Shop, NYC, 866-755-9079. [ILLUSTRATION […]

It's the fashion designer in Ralph Lauren that enables him to take the timeless marriage of blue and white and create a new luxury-bedding trend. "The Villa America Collection was […]

Suddenly, contemporary architecture is selling. After years of fighting for private commissions, prominent architects are being signed by developers left and right to create condominiums whose innovations are more than […]

Set the m+ood, Bedouin-style, with oil-burning lanterns in burnished copper or brushed stainless steel from JANUS ET CIE ($36 each). 800-24-JANUS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Go wild for MARIANA ANTINORI'S small-scale ottomans, […]

Time to place your bets: April is the cruelest month for architects worldwide, when the Pritzker Prize winner is announced and all but one walk away empty-handed. Last year the […]

Many men consider the home bar their personal territory, right down to the glassware they stock. Weighty and elegant score higher than delicate and precious. With that in mind, we've […]

1. Take a crystal vessel, add freshly cut flowers. Steuben's 1942 hand-formed vase ($600) is a pure winner. 800-424-4240. 2. Monogrammed linens make everyone feel like royalty. According to Leron, […]

The article focuses on Italian architect and landscape designer Paolo Pejrone. He apprenticed under English landscape designer Russell Page as well as Brazilian landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx. It discusses his attitudes towards sun and shade, weeds, garden pests, optimum watering stratagies, and fertilizer.

In memory of Mark Hampton, America's best-known and most-admired interior designer. It is only fitting to pay tribute to Mark Hampton, who died in July at age 58, in an […]

The Ralph Lauren Home Collection celebrates fifteen Years atop the home-furnishing heap. In the age of instant celebrity, you know you've really arrived when your name falls into use as […]

Paint guru Donald Kaufman unravels the mysteries of choosing a hue. Is there anything more terrifying than making a commitment to a one-by-one-inch paint chip? Well, no, at least not […]

Now that hotels have become style statements, they're influencing the way we want to live. With some' of the world's premier designers draping and tucking for the hospitality industry, is […]

SoHo may have lost some of its clout in the past year or two among contemporary art buyers, but it's just beginning to buff a reputation as the nation's best […]

The article focuses on home decoration of penthouse located in Manhattan, New York City owned by fashion designer Lisa Perry with information on use of contemporary furniture, snowy walls and oval shaped sofa in her living room.

A work of art can provide pleasure while its value increases. To evaluate a painting's future worth, investigate whether the artist has been reviewed and whether the gallery displaying the work has a good reputation. A study of market trends can help the investor decide when to sell.

Blackman Cruz bronze-and-iron Prana Hand andirons ($10,200; limited edition of fifty), 323-466-8600. Alexandra von Furstenberg acrylic Charm candy bowl ($350), alexandravonfurstenberg.com. Michael Smith iron-and-brass Montclair Campaign Bed, to the trade, [...]

'When I first got here, Renzo had sketched out a master plan for future growth: a large central pavilion that's one floor with natural light at the heart of the [...]

Gold-leaf walls shimmer in Eva and Michael Chow's Los Angeles living room, featured in Rima Suqi's American Fashion Designers at Home (Assouline; $65). L'Objet 24k-gold-plated-brass Pleated frame (4' x 6', [...]

THE RIVIERA A fruity cocktail chills out in a Chateau Blue recycled-glass decanter ($150) and tumblers ($30 each) by Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda. kostaboda.us. Ralph Lauren Home's Owen napkin [...]

1 Pollack Glyph Matelasse fabrics (shown on pillows), to the trade, pollack associates.com. Part of each sale benefits Alpha Workshops, which trains New Yorkers with HIV/AIDS in the decorative arts. [...]

INDIA Udaipur, in southwestern Rajasthan, is quickly becoming the subcontinent's version of Palm Springs. Newly flush Indians speed in for spa treatments, some jewelry shopping or a whiz through the [...]

INSPIRATION: Marie-Antoinette for style; her companion Princesse de Lamballe for friendship; and, above all, Johann Sebastian Bach, whose music is unthinkably, creatively luminous.' NEW STORE: 'Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle [...]

Most women consider their bedrooms their places for peace and privacy. Bedrooms should reflect the personality and needs of their owners. Men often surprise their mates by reacting positively to feminine bedrooms.

Lightness and elegance are qualities not usually associated with iron, but when designer Christophe Come (above) is finished with it, iron really becomes something else. It may morph into a […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Carre walnut mirror by Rose Tarlow Melrose House, to the trade, 323-651-2202. From top: Mercury hemp, Carre Stripe linen blend, Isle Flower hemp and Star Atlantico hemp from […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bare feet absolutely love plush carpets, like Kevin Walz's wool-and-silk lone Silver Moon for TUFENKIAN (above; 8' x 10', $14,400; 800-298-1749) and Helen Amy Murray's ivory wool Peony […]

Inspiration is thick on the shelves this season as decorators and design impresarios past and present become the subjects of glossy new titles. Enjoy a trip back in More Is […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chances are you've heard of SCANDIA DOWN and its made-to-last-a-lifetime products, the most luxurious of which are the new St. Petersburg silk comforters and pillows (near left), available […]