BRIGHT IDEAS; TAKE A REMODELING LESSON ON SHOWCASE-HOME TOUR.Byline: Catherine Gaugh Don't you love home tours? People you've never met invite you in to wander around, look at all their stuff, make comments - and steal ideas for your own house. Owners of four homes have been gracious enough to let you do just that on Sunday as part of the 1998 Showcase of Kitchens and Interiors tour, sponsored by the American Society of Interior Designers The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is the oldest and largest professional association for interior designers. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the , Pasadena/Glendale chapter. The trip through a Spanish villa in La Canada Flintridge, a Pasadena Craftsman in Pasadena, a traditional in San Marino San Marino, city, United States San Marino (săn mərē`nō), residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. and an English Tudor in Pasadena offers dozens of brilliant ways to transform your own habitat into a beautiful, comfortable environment. Each home on the tour has a distinct style and personality. There are color, light and texture contrasts and a variety of solutions to design problems. Here are a few ideas plucked pluck v. plucked, pluck·ing, plucks v.tr. 1. To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken. from the rich range of possibilities offered by the homes on this tour. Steal a few: Smart kitchen: Everyone could use a smart kitchen. Start by converting those wasteful narrow and deep cabinet spaces into handy, pull-out shelves for easy access to everything from spices to pots and pans. And the more cabinets you have, the more customizing opportunities. Interior designer Robin Dorman installed several special shelves for spices and cookie sheets in the Spanish villa in La Canada Flintridge. These shelves should be standard equipment in kitchens. A note: This house is undergoing a major renovation, and the kitchen has many lovely touches, including the Amber Fantasy granite countertops with matching trivet squares. Garden room: A room with an abundance of windows invites an open, cheery cheer·y adj. cheer·i·er, cheer·i·est Showing or suggesting good spirits; cheerful: a cheery hello. cheer treatment. Wicker furniture with palm-tree fabric cushions and a variety of indoor plants transform the sitting room of the English Tudor house in Pasadena into a garden room. One of the nicer touches you can't see is that these chairs have inner springs, so they're comfortable. Designer John Fremdling redecorated this pleasant home, and there are lots of good ideas here. An added treat is landscape designer Blair Haines' English country garden. Stained glass stained glass, in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. : Whoever heard of stained glass on the inside? Interior designer Joan Moseley placed stained glass panels on the second-floor bedroom doors in her Pasadena Craftsman home. The doors connect the interior hallway to the bedrooms. The effect is wonderful: The hallway light glows through the stained glass, casting soft color inside the bedrooms. And the sunlight from the bedroom windows filters through the glass to the hallway. Lighten up Lighten up Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets. lighten up : With wall-to-ceiling wood shelves, packed with books and collectibles, our first thought is that such a room would be too dark for reading. But the office/study in the English Tudor home in Pasadena is warm and bright from the recessed ceiling lights. With this lighting technique, there is no reason to be afraid of the dark. Details, details: A touch of art and nature nestles within the smooth surface of the Batchelder-type tile in Joan Moseley's Craftsman house kitchen. The carved stone tile of trees satisfies the eyes and is pleasantly cool to the touch. It reminds Moseley of the outdoors, where she likes to spend most of her free time (she's a fly-fishing pro). What image would please you, in your own kitchen? Bright color: Yellow is warmth and sunshine, and many a kitchen has been made cheerful when done in this color. The yellow in the English Tudor house kitchen seems warmer as it surrounds the white Formica cabinets and tile counters. Fremdling wanted a sunny Italian mood within the minimalist min·i·mal·ist n. 1. One who advocates a moderate or conservative approach, action, or policy, as in a political or governmental organization. 2. A practitioner of minimalism. adj. 1. design. He added lattice, color and lighting to what had been a plain, open-beam ceiling and then installed a skylight skylight Roof opening covered with translucent or transparent glass or plastic designed to admit daylight. Skylights have found wide application admitting steady, even light in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings, especially those with a northern orientation. for natural light. The cages along the cabinet tops suggest sweet bird songs. It's the perfect accompaniment for that morning cup of coffee or tea. THE FACTS The show: The 1998 Showcase of Kitchens and Interiors. What: A self-guided tour A self-guided tour is where one navigates a route themselves as opposed to an escorted tours where a tour guide person directs the route, times, information, and places toured. Many self-guided tours come with suggestions, maps, instructions, directions, and items to see or do. of four homes. When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $16 if you buy tickets today; $20 on Sunday. They are available today at Anthony's Corner on Art, 127 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 793-5991; Cynthia Bennett and Associates Inc., 501 Fair Oaks Fair Oaks, town, United States Fair Oaks, uninc. residential town (1990 pop. 26,867), Sacramento co., N central Calif., on the American River, in a growing citrus fruit and farm area. Ave., South Pasadena South Pasadena (păs'ədē`nə), city (1990 pop. 23,936), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1888. Medical supplies, clothing, and transportation and electronic equipment are manufactured. , (626) 799-9701; Howard's Rug Co., 1410 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, (626) 446-0450; and the Kitchen Works, 16 E. Holly St., Old Town Pasadena Built on the foundation of one of the oldest, most beautiful and most prosperous cities in California, Old Pasadena arose from the ashes of a decaying bowery that had a well deserved patina of homeless and hippie. , (626) 405-1926. On Sunday, tickets are available only at Anthony's Corner. CAPTION(S): 6 Photos Photo: (1--Cover--Color) On the cover: Kitchen of the Spanish villa in LaCanada Flintridge was designed by Robin Dorman. Photo by Weldon Brewster (2--3--Color) Top of page, stained glass doors in the Craftsman give the hallway a colorful glow. Above, a drop-leaf secretary's desk in the Tudor. (4--Color) Wicker furniture, made more comfortable with hidden inner springs, lends a garden quality to an English Tudor in Pasadena that's part of the 1998 Showcase of Kitchens and Interiors. Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Jarzomb (5--6--Color) At left, recessed lighting sets the mood in the Tudor's office/study. Above, pull-out shelves assure that no space is wasted in the La Canada Flintridge Spanish villa. Leo Jarzomb Keith Birmingham |
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