New Look!

New font for House Beautiful.

I really like it -- soft and pretty.

Nice job!!

I can't wait to pick this puppy up!

VIA

She Who Loves Butterflies and Design That Makes Me Say, "Hot Damn!"

Wednesday and Thursday nights are hockey nights and waiting for my son's practice to end provides me with an hour to peruse Barnes & Noble.

I always make a beeline to the magazine section.  I love the magazine racks; all those fresh glossy beauties winking at me from their shelf.

For the first time in a long time, I was drawn to the cover of Architectural Digest.

Flipping through was delightful, but finding Daphne Guiness' spectacular Manhattan apartment was jaw-dropping.

I wanted somebody (anybody, really) to join me in my magazine gawk.

Caption reads:  "A colossal 2003 Damien Hirst butterfly painting, Another Amazing Transcendental Experience, and a circa-1050 Jansen palm tree floor lamp from Maison Gerard greet visitors in the entry hall.

Funny, this is not my typical style.  I'm not sure why I'm so completely taken with this space.  (I know one lovely blogger who shares the butterfly love, though!)

I do believe, however, I could put every single item, on it's own, in my house and it would fit right in. 

I was quite lucky to find these images scanned by 2THEWALLS.COM

(A very good post accompanies the pictures -- great read!!)

I'll buy the March issue of AD next time I'm in Barnes & Noble.  I need to ooh and ahh over Donna Karan's home.

What Will It Mean?

I'd love to hear from those of you "in the know" about the recent purchase of Elle Decor.

What do you think it will mean that Hearst now owns:

House Beautiful, Veranda, Country Living, Town & Country and Elle Decor?

Good Lord, talk about a monopoly. 

Wouldn't it be fantastic if someone created Living, Etc. U.S.A. ?  

Found the news posted on All the Best.

The Hottie Is Taking Over

Jay Fielden (former editor of the now defunct Men's Vogue) will take over  
Town & Country.

Apparently, Stephen Drucker made the decision "to leave the company."  He has been there less than a year.

Read all about it here.

Found this tid-bit on Decorno, who always has her finger on the pulse.