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Features a house in Hamptons, New York filled with furniture and accessories from the Lauren Home Collection. Description of house's interior; Role of fashion in designing a home; Influences of designer Ralph Lauren.

Presents information on the interior decoration of the house of married lawyers Peter Bull and Jeanne Curtis in New York City, by interior designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz. Use of pumpkin shade for the living room; Furniture choices; Sources of light including sculptures that act as lamps.

Describes the redecoration of a home in Los Angeles, California by designer Kelly Wearstler. Colors used; Chairs added; Tiles and marble used for the bathroom.

Describes the home of Maggie and Mark DiStefano in Southampton, New York, designed by interior decorator Markham Roberts. Color scheme chosen; House furnishings purchased for the home.

Features a traveler's home in Hamptons, New York. Consideration of the light and landscape in planning the home's architecture; Fusion of Eastern and Western influences in the arrangement of the hallway to the master bedroom; Collection of photographs and paintings from around the world displayed throughout the house.

Provides information on the Naples Winter Wine Festival in Florida.

Focuses on the remodeling of a house in Dallas, Texas by interior designer Jan Showers. Contributions of the owners in deciding on some elements of the decor; Description of the design of several rooms; Approach used by Showers in redesigning the house.

Features the L'Impero restaurant in Manhattan, New York. Interior decoration; Specialties.

Describes an art exhibition from the collections of the State Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas until March 9, 2003. Number of paintings on view; List of the artists whose works are on display; Description of the collections.

Focuses on the renovations of the house of interior designer Anthony Cochran in Brooklyn Heights, New York City. Theme of the design; Architectural design of the house; Influence of 19th-century faience.

Describes the remodeling of an apartment in Park Avenue, New York City by designer Tom Scheerer. Furniture in the house; Living and dining rooms of the apartment; Information on the house library.

Features the interior design of the house of Constantin and Tomma von Haeften in New York City. Furniture in the living room; Design of the library; Arrangement of the kitchen.

Describes several galleries and museums in New York City.

Features the apartment of designers Ward Denton and Christopher Gardner in New York, New York. Furniture and objects in the apartment; Renovation of the apartment; Interior decoration.

Features the work of interior designer Nannette Brown in her friend Paul Donaher's home in Water Mill, New York.

Deals with portrait painting services in the United States.

Describes the New York City farmhouse of Richard Meier, a modernist architect. His designs for the Church of the Year 2000 in Italy; Other masterworks of Meier; His passion for Italian food; Recipes prepared by chef Cesare Casella at the farmhouse.

Features the Greek Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York. Details on the restoration of the galleries; Comments from Carlos A. Picon, chief curator of the museum's Greek and Roman department; Description of the art collection.

This article offers a travel guide to the cities of Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. The various attractions of these cities are described. These attractions include the bicycles, bookstores, zoos, and museums in Oregon and the fountains, art galleries, restaurants and other shops in Seattle.

Focuses on the popularity of lacquer finish among interior designers in the U.S. Versatility of lacquer; Costs involved in painting an entire room with lacquer; Colors suggested by designer Suzane Rheinstein.

Looks at the Quadracci Pavilion, an addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. Description of the building; Background of the construction project; Cost of the building construction.

The article presents the popularity of Australian wine in the United States. The wine from Australia is famous and has washed the wine shops and supermarket aisles. A closer look reveals that the country's white wines arguably provide a broader taste spectrum than the reds do, and at similar values. Australia has several cool and moderate-climate regions, the ones that tend to be best for making good white wines, and the range of flavors. In the previous year, some people were turned off by the country's white wine for one simple reason and that was over-oaked Chardonnays, a wine making trick used to provide everyone's favorite white grape with lots of obvious wood flavor. INSET: What to Eat with Aussie Whites..

Focuses on house wines or wines custom-made offerings of neighborhood restaurants in the U.S. Concept of house wines; Reasons of restaurateurs in offerings house wines; Benefits of house wines; Alliance of restaurants with winery businesses organization.

Features the lakefront house of Kathy and David Wall near Lexington, North Carolina. INSET: the easy life.

Offers a look at the Brasserie 8 1/2 Restaurant in New York City, designed by architect Hugh Hardy.

Focuses on the savvy satires of commercial art from Sue Schaffner and Carrie Moyer, founders of the organization Dyke Action Machine! in New York, New York. Aim of increasing visibility of nonmainstream lesbians; Campaign efforts through posters, postcards, matchbooks and web sites; Projects undertaken by the duo; Business connections.

The article presents information on several specialty auction houses in the U.S., including Wright auction house, Patrizzi & Co., and Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas.

Covers issues related to architectural museums in the U.S. as of November 2005, including the American museum projects of Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.

Presents information on several wine-education programs in the U.S.

Provides information on several Merlot wines from Washington.

Features the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, a working farm and education complex in Pocantico Hills, New York.

Features an exhibition for the works of furniture and interior designer Charlotte Perriand in Los Angeles, California. Media often used by the designer.

Features photographer Laurie Simmons and her exhibit at New York City's Sperone Westwater gallery. Career background; Highlights of Simmons' show "Instant Decorator".

Reviews the photography exhibition "Diane Arbus Revelations," at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California, October 25, 2003-February 8, 2004.

Provides information on the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas.

Focuses on growing interest of Hollywood film-makers to base plots of their movies on famous novels of William Shakespeare. '10 Things I Hate About You,' starring Julia Stiles, based on 'The Taming of the Shrew'; 'Let the Devil Wear Black,' a thriller update of 'Hamlet,' directed by Julie Taymor; 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' directed by Michael Hoffman, based on the novel 'A Midsummer's Night.'