Home & Design Archive

Living Inside the Art

Art collectors typically live with paintings and works on paper. Most at least consider owning sculpture. Others go further by purchasing and maintaining space-invading artwork.

VERONICA FERNANDEZ

The Green Green Grass of Home

Attention, ardent golfer: Perhaps it’s time to shelve that cup you’ve been putting toward in your home office. If you’re serious about continually improving your score, consider a personal putting green.

Fresh Kitchens

The days of the biggest and the best no longer rank No. 1 on homeowners’ wish lists for new kitchens.

BY ELLEN PARIS

Movie Colony Makeover

In 1954, screen idol Cary Grant and his wife, Betsy Drake, walked through the gate into lush greenery, expansive lawns, palms, citrus trees, rose gardens, and cacti surrounding a 1930s copy of a Spanish Andalusian farmhouse. Grant remained at the estate until 1972.

BY LINDA MEARS HARDIE

Redirecting an Architectural Eye

In a sleeveless white T-shirt and slacks, a Nikon hanging around his neck, the renowned photographer Leland Lee is also the star of this production.

BY LINDA MEARS HARDIE

The Gourmet Gossip - O.L. McKenney

Tramway General manager and restaurateur O.L. McKenney shares a menu of customer favorites from the Firepit restaurant.

By Barbara Lawrence

The Gourmet Gossip - Gary Sappington

Gary Sappington, free-lance chef, extraordinaire, prepares and serves divinely elegant fare for some of our most celebrated desert residents.

By Barbara Lawrence

Merry Christmas and Bon Appetit

Stuffed roast turkey, plum pudding, fruit cake — these are the traditional food for Christmas dinner and whose delightful odors emanate from every kitchen about this time of year.

by Shar Cracraft

The Road to Fame and Fortune

Fascination with celebrity never dies. The desire to connect to Hollywood — the excitement, the razzle-dazzle — remains as strong today as it was in the ’50s. And Palm Springs will always be part of that Tinseltown allure.

BY GREG ARCHER

Steve (Stephen) Chase Q&A on Lifestyle

Slender and tanned, prematurely gray at age 38, interior designer Stephen Chase has already received a generous share of international recognition. His work has won numerous design awards and appears frequently in publications like "Architectural Digest."

By Sharon Apfelbaum