Sunday, November 6, 2011

HOUSE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNER VISIONS: CINEMA STYLE SHOWCASE HOME

The House Beautiful Designer Visions: Cinema Style showcase home was designed by interior designer Heather Moore for Jed Johnson Associates. The apartment was inspired by the movie, Factory Girl, based on the life of Edie Sedgwick. There was nothing dull about Sedgwick, and there is nothing dull about this home.

The Fifth Avenue apartment is decorated with midcentury furnishings, and the eclectic mix melds beautifully with the contemporary art, such as the Warhol shown here. Moore drew inspiration from the fabrics, and there is an edge to everything she created. ENJOY!

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

CREAMED ONION GRATIN


Creamed Onion Gratin

Sweet, translucent roasted onions marry beautifully with the béchamel and Gorgonzola in this rich casserole.

SERVES 6–8

INGREDIENTS

2 medium yellow onions, cored and quartered lengthwise
¼ cup olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp. flour
1 cup heavy cream
¼ cup dry white wine Freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
½ cup finely grated parmesan
3 oz. Gorgonzola, crumbled
¼ tsp. paprika

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat oven to 350°. Toss onions with oil in a 9″ × 11″ baking dish and season with salt and pepper. Bake, stirring occasionally, until soft and lightly browned, about 1 hour; set aside. Heat oven to broil.

  2. Heat butter in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat; add flour, and cook, stirring, until smooth, about 1 minute. Add cream and wine, and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

  3. Pour sauce evenly over onions. Sprinkle with parmesan, dot with Gorgonzola, and sprinkle with paprika; broil until cheese is melted and golden brown on top, about 2 minutes.

 SAVEUR ISSUE 142 NOV 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011

SALVATORE LAROSA AND RONALD BENTLEY ~ DESIGN IN MIAMI

When prominent real-estate firm owners and philanthropists Adam Rose and Peter McQuillan decided to renovate and design a nineteenth floor apartment in Miami as their second home, they called on designers Salvatore Larosa and Ronald Bentley. The designer’s company, B Five Studio, have been designing homes for the couple for 20 years, including the client’s main home in Westchester on fifty-six acres of landscaped land.

After gutting the apartment, the design team began in the middle and worked out designing the home around the media room, designing much of the furnishings themselves. The floor to ceiling windows and the white walls and furnishing showcase their extensive artwork and sculpture pieces.

Landscape architect Douglas Reed designed the terrace of beautiful gardens that surround three sides of the home. ENJOY!

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

ROBERT BROWN ~ DESIGN FOR MACRAE

First, let me warn you ahead of time about something.  I have just downloaded Lion to my my computer, and it is changing my words.  For example, it changed "catcher" to "catheter" and would not take no for an answer!  I just need to learn more about it and how to use it, but if you get a strange message, blame it on Lion, haha!
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When Mary Prillaman asked interior designer Robert Brown to design a line of furnishings for MacRae, he obliged. When she divulged that this was her second design request from a southern designer, the first being Bobby McAlpine, I knew that I was going to love this new line. It also tells me that Mary Prillaman has great taste in designers, Robert Brown included.

Brown describes his new line as "simple, refined and functional." I describe it as perfection. ENJOY!










Brown's collection is available through Holland & Company. 
To see something that will put you in the fall/winter spirit, visit my daughter's blog here.


Photography by Erica George Dines
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles November 2011
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

ALLEGRA HICKS ~ INTERIOR DESIGN

Interior designer Allegra is full force ahead after her divorce from husband Ashley Hicks, son of David Hicks. Hicks completed design school in Milan, studied trompe l’oeil and fresco painting in Belgium, and later attended Parsons School of Design in New York.  Her line of fabric, rug, and curtain designs show not only evidence of her training, but a natural ability to create.

An eclectic mix of furnishings and art are a backdrop for Hick’s use of fabric, paying special attention to texture, patterns, and color in her London rowhouse. ENJOY!








You can find Allegra’s line of fabric and tabletop accessories at West Elm, and her rugs at The Rug Company.


Elle Decor November 2011
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