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“Kips Bay Showhouse”
New York, NY – Designer Show Houses are a great way to get ideas for your home. Top designers including Bunny Williams, Juan Montoya and Charles Pavarini show their stunning rooms and share their clever and inexpensive design secrets with fellow designer Bill Stubbs.
“Collecting and Buying at Auctions”
New York, NY - Bill goes behind the scenes at Sotheby’s with Leslie Keno (Antiques Roadshow), then shows how anyone can create a collection (how about pink plastic radios?) and a unique room for next to nothing with imagination, thrift shopping, and even “dumpster diving.”
“Childhood Rooms”
New York, NY - Bill dedicates this episode to children and precious childhood memories. He visits some marvelous children’s rooms, including one with a Wizard of Oz theme and draws more inspiration from legendary designer, artist and author Gloria Vanderbilt, who has recreated her 1940’s teenage sitting room for the Kips Bay Show House. Bill shares his favorite treat, chocolate, in a “Moment of Luxury” with renowned chocolate maker, Jacques Torres.
“Home & Garden”
Falls Village, CT - Top designer and best selling author Bunny Williams invites Bill to her Connecticut retreat, the 18th-century house featured in her much admired book, An Affair with a House. We learn some of her easy ideas to create a wonderful home and garden, one project at a time, as a true labor of love. Bill then combs his way through the renowned Trade Secrets garden show and visits the fantastic craftsmen at Battle Hill Forge, who make custom garden ornaments and fences out of steel.
“Magnifique Montréal”
Montréal, Canada – Bill takes in the Old Quarter in Montréal with its magnificent churches; admires the view of the city from Mont Royal, a park designed by Frederic Law Olmstead; and tastes the delights of North America’s largest open air market with Stefano Faita, a young chef from Montréal with deep roots in the city’s “Little Italy.”
“Mission Style and Southwestern Living”
San Antonio, TX - Bill explores the origins of Mission design, stops by the Alamo, visits a home designed in the mission style, floats along San Antonio’s famous River Walk, and samples authentic Tex-Mex food at one of his favorite restaurants.
“Edith Wharton’s Home - The Mount”
Lenox, MA - Bill visits author Edith Wharton’s renowned home, The Mount, in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Before her famous novels, Wharton wrote books on design and gardening and loved to entertain. We go behind the scenes before a special event, a wonderful dinner inspired by a meal in The Age of Innocence.
“Pyne House Organic Garden & Easy Entertaining”
Houston, TX & San Clemente, CA - In Houston, Bill revisits a project he began in season one, a family home created for a couple with very different styles that includes a delightful organic garden. Bill learns about composting, harvesting, and easy outdoor entertaining from his friend and neighbor, Tina Pyne. In a brief visit to southern California, Bill takes a ride in a 1940s Lincoln Continental and explores how cars keep their design DNA over generations. He then visits a classic seaside hacienda transformed into the beautiful Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, which was once the home of San Clemente’s founding father, Ole Hanson.
“Country Weekend”
Litchfield, CT - Bill enjoys a weekend in Connecticut, where the landscape could be mistaken for England, Italy, or Switzerland. Bill visits some secret gardens and learns how to make a simple and low maintenance terrarium with famous garden writer Tovah Martin.
“Restoration After Hurricane Ike”
Galveston, TX - Bill explores Galveston’s historic district and hotels, shares Galveston’s fascinating history, meets some of the local characters, and helps a family restore a home destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
“Bonjour Québec City”
Québec City, Canada - Bill walks the winding cobblestone streets of the old walled Québec City to reach the fabulous landmark Château Frontenac Hotel, where Chef Jean Soulard invites Bill to his rooftop inspiration, where he tends an herb garden and keeps bees.
“American Classic”
Northeast – Bill explores the Norman Rockwell Museum in Lenox, Massachusetts, where he learns about the artist’s unique creative process from a guide who posed for Rockwell as a child. In Great Barrington, MA, Bill sees how custom wallpaper is made in the workshop of famous designer Peter Fasano, and then Bill visits a living legend, renowned furniture designer Vladimir Kagan at his home in New York City.
“Celebration”
Galveston, TX - Bill completes and furnishes a house in Galveston destroyed by Hurricane Ike and celebrates some of his favorite friends and places.