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My Traditions, New & Old • A holiday-season must: planting fragrant narcissus bulbs in glass pebbles.• I’m a Motown fan, like my folks: This Stevie Wonder album is on repeat at our home.• Burning Votivo Red Currant candles—just not in the same room as the narcissus!• Something new to try: baking homemade cardamom buns— I love all things Scandinavian. Crushing the seeds when they’re right out of the pods makes a big difference! n early all of my childhood Christmases were spent at our local VFW hall. For more than 20 years, my father, Wayne, organized the annual community dinner at our chapter—Post 7389 in Westminster, Massachusetts—and every one of those years, my whole family went with. For many of us, the holidays have a Groundhog Day effect, with familiar…

PLATINUM 1. Chinoiserie Spoon Straws. $140 for set of six. kim seybert.com 2. Silver Stellar Tree Topper. $150. christopher radko.com 3. Winter Glitter Lighted Tree. By Roost. $285 for 60″ H. artisancrafted.com 4. Confetti Champagne Flutes. $78 for four holiday colors. neimanmarcus.com 5. Bridal Faux Pearl and Crystal Tassel Pendant Necklace. By Oscar de la Renta. $1,190. saks.com 6. From Italy’s famous Ratti workshops. Hand-Screened Metallic Damask Linen Pillow Cover in Natural. $149. restoration hardware.com 7. Grant wishes in style. Magic Wand. $35. bonpoint.com 8. Stella Minaudiere Clutch in Ivory. $305. ingechristopher.com 9. String of Pearls Ice Scoop. By Mariposa. $36. michaelcfina.com 10. Designed in 1925 for L’Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Crystal Candy Dish II. $288 for 7½″ H. theline.com 11. Lingerie Cases in Bright Champagne and Ivory…

 Solutions for the Busiest Rooms in the House KITCHEN OF THE MONTH F or the young family who purchased a 1905 Georgian Colonial in Madison, New Jersey, modernizing the peachhued French-country kitchen (a ’90s addition) meant traveling to the past. “We wanted the kitchen to be truer to the home’s original history, but in a current way,” says designer Jim Dove. “It’s all about practicality when you have four children under age seven.” With the room’s original windows as the jumpingoff point, Dove created a luxe, streamlined cooking space with a charming, vintagefeeling canopy hood. Glossy ebony cabinets add drama, while farmhouse sinks and a 10½-foot long island—it seats six!—easily handle meal prep when there’s a crowd to feed. A butler’s pantry in gleaming red “was a push-the-envelope decision,” Dove…

“I TOLD THE CLIENTS, IF THE DINING ROOM IS A SEPARATE ROOM, YOU’LL NEVER USE IT.” CELIA BARBOUR: This North Carolina project started—as many do—with a client’s seemingly incompatible wishes. JANE HAWKINS HOKE: The client and her husband live in Birmingham, Alabama, and built this in Cashiers, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, as a year-round retreat. She wanted a great room, but not a huge country house, so we designed a “converted barn” with smaller rooms radiating off of it. So there wasn’t an actual barn on the site when you began? JAMES CARTER: It’s all completely made up! We used reclaimed barn wood and local stone to give the house instant gravity and history. In other ways, too, the house plays against type. The decor isn’t rustic, as you…

LISA CREGAN: This apartment is so well behaved. But isn’t “Laissez les bon temps rouler” a way of life in New Orleans? LYNNE UHALT: I admit we will give a party at the drop of a hat! And my client, Charlotte Bollinger—whose primary home is actually an hour away in quiet little Lockport, Louisiana—bought this almost-2,000-square-foot loft in the Arts District mainly as a place to host dinner parties. Sounds like these huge mirrors reflect an awful lot of fun. They certainly do. They also create the feeling of windows and bring in muchneeded light. The ones in the living area are belle epoque French and once hung in an orangery. In the dining area, the one over the console shows off the chandelier’s sparkle and visually expands the space.…

Decorating Wisdom Straight From the Pros NEXT WAVE ELEGANT AND WELCOMING? It’s an all-too-rare pairing, but these words perfectly describe Chad Graci’s interiors, in which rich fabrics and white glove– only antiques become, well, cozy. “I used to work for Greg Jordan, and the number-one thing I took away from that job was that glamorous rooms shouldn’t feel inaccessible, no matter how formal,” the New Orleans native recalls. He points to the exuberant yellow living room that Parish Hadley dreamed up for Babe Paley in 1965 as inspiration. “It’s everything I love about decorating: color, comfort, exoticism, elegance. Every time I look at that room, I just want to be there.” HIS FAVORITE THINGS 1. MAGNOLIA FLOWERS “They have a deeply intoxicating Southern scent and are so fragile, they bruise…

MIMI READ: Last we heard, you were living in a prewar studio in downtown Manhattan. How did you wind up on the 40th floor of this sleek Upper East Side spread? TOM SCHEERER: After eight years, I lost my lease and decided to look for something modern and crisp. I’d always admired this building—a black glass tower built in the 1970s by Sheldon Solow, a developer with good taste. It has high modernist values, dazzling views, and is quite Miesian—like the Seagram Building but with rounded corners. The leasing agent showed me this one-bedroom apartment; two weeks later, I moved in. As an interior designer, you’re known for nuanced and layered interiors that can take up to a couple of years to finish. How did you decorate this place in…

Bright Holiday Gifts in Every Hue RUBY 1. Tubéreuse Rouge Candle. $90. diptyqueparis.com 2. Regency Garnet Cut Wineglass. $80 for four. williamssonoma.com 3. Poinsettia Waxed Planter Grow Kit. $10. modsprout.com 4. Le Creuset Cerise French Press. $65. crateandbarrel.com 5. Agate Pedra Coaster by Anna by Rablabs. $80 for four. shophorne.com 6. She has everything? Try houndstooth Legle Limoges. Red Pied de Poule Plates. Salad plate, $90; dinner plate, $110. thesilver peacock.com 7. For the one who spins you right round (like a record, baby). Crosley C10 Manual Turntable. $430. potterybarn.com 8. Red Gramercy Diamond Bike. $1,100. saks.com 9. No more jangling keys. Red Premium Leather Orbitkey. $40. orbitkey.com 10. Leave it to Italians to create a paper wine tote that’s wash able and feels like leather. Wine Bag in Toscana.…

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1. GIVE NATURE A BOOST “I often use pine, spruce, and juniper garlands on my mantels,” says Moss, who keeps them fresh with daily spritzes of water. “I’ll wire in birch twigs, winterberry, and silvery pinecones to give them a bit of sparkle.” By early December, decorating doyenne and HB columnist Charlotte Moss’s sixstory Upper East Side townhouse is a veritable Christmas wonderland, laden with evergreen boughs and fragrant with dried oranges and cinnamon. But look around and you’ll notice one thing is missing: a traditional holiday tree. “We don’t do one because it takes up too much space,” Moss says. “A tree would eliminate three guests from our lunch!” At Moss’s home, even though holiday celebrations begin at Thanksgiving and continue until after New Year’s, the highlight has to…

 HOUSE BEAUTIFUL • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2017  THE SYMBOL (T) = TO THE TRADE. “To the trade” means a manufacturer sells primar ily to design professionals. Many design centers offer hourly decorating and shopping services that can assist you; some fabr ic shops, workrooms, and websites may be able to place an order for you as well. PAINT BEHR behr.com BENJAMIN MOORE benjaminmoore.com CLARK+KENSINGTON thepaintstudio.com DUNN-EDWARDS dunnedwards.com FARROW & BALL farrow-ball.com PRATT & LAMBERT prattandlambert.com RALPH LAUREN PAINT ralphlaurenpaint.com RESTORATION HARDWARE rh.com SHERWIN-WILLIAMS sherwin-williams.com FABRIC & WALLCOVERING AMERICAN SILK MILLS (T) americansilk.com BRUNSCHWIG & FILS (T) brunschwig.com CHELSEA TEXTILES (T) chelseatextiles.com CHRISTOPHER FARR CLOTH (T) christopherfarrcloth.com CLAREMONT (T) claremontfurnishing.com CLARENCE HOUSE (T) clarencehouse.com COLE & SON (T) cole-and-son.com COLEFAX AND FOWLER (T) through Cowtan & Tout cowtan.com ELIZABETH DOW (T) through Holland…