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Actor Freddy Rodriguez. (Getty Images / April 9, 2014)
6:26 p.m. CDT, April 9, 2014
Actor and Chicago native Freddy Rodriguez has placed his newly renovated, two-bedroom Gold Coast condominium unit up for rent for $3,300 a month.
A Lincoln Park High School graduate known most for his work on TVs Six Feet Under and Ugly Betty, Rodriguez, 39, bought the 1,300-square-foot condo for $405,000 in 2006. His principal residence is a 3,012-square-foot house in Los Angeles Woodland Hills neighborhood that he bought in 2001 for $482,000.
Historically, Rodriguez has used the five-room Gold Coast condo as a summer residence. Features include two baths, granite countertops, marble floors, cherry cabinets and one garage space
"Hes busy in California," said listing agent Patricia Anderson of Weichert. "He loves Chicago and he wants to keep this place because he plans to come back someday."
Rodriguez completely refurbished the unit last month, "so its ready to go," Anderson said.
"Its really nice, with fresh marble and wood floors, new countertops, and its in walking distance to everything, she said. "At the same time, its on a quiet, tree-lined street, so you get the best of both worlds."
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Mr. Buatta shows off one of his interiors. (Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration/Rizzoli)
I like a place that looks lived inmagazines and books everywhere, pleasing decay, declares celebrated interior decorator Mario Buatta. Im kind of a hoarder. I love to have objects around me.
A champion of clutter, Mr. Buatta has spent his life gleefully rebelling against the aesthetic impulses that led to the fanatically clean house with all-white, modern interiors where he grew up on Staten Island.
Manor House Master Bedroom, Morristown, NJ. (Ernst Beadle)
Known as the prince of chintz for his devotion to that most cluttered of prints, Mr. Buatta built his 50-plus-year career on English country-style interiors that delight in old-fashioned abundance: cabbage rose-covered couches and canopy beds, paintings hung by sashes and bows, chinoiserie, big vases of flowers, brightly colored walls, bibelots and books. His rooms are vibrant, colorful and specific, a rejection of the tasteful dreariness of gray, white and beige interiors found in so many homes. The aesthetic appeals to both old money and new money that wants to look oldhe counts Barbara Walters, Jackie Onassis, Henry Kissinger and Mariah Carey among his clients.
The Observer recently spoke with Mr. Buatta, who last fall celebrated the publication of his first book, Mario Buatta, Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration, a 432-page overview of his work that he playfully dubs the Buattapedia. Alas, he declined to be interviewed in his apartment on East 80th Street. My apartment looks like a wreck! he exclaimed, citing clutter and dust that were excessive even for his tastes.
What are the first things you take into consideration when you start decorating a house for a client? You have to create a background for them, a stage for them to play out their lives. It should be a place that will flatter them. You want to make your rooms happy, and its good to have night colors and day colors. I could never live in an all-white house, because I was born in an all-white house.
What was the house you grew up in like? Very modern. My mother was a neurotic, and she hated dustI think of dust as a protective coating for my furniture! If you lit a cigarette, shed start cleaning out the already-clean ashtrays. She would vacuum herself out of the house. My father, who was a musician, would often come home late, and she could tell whether he was there or not by the footprints in the carpet.
You wont ever find too much white in a Buatta design. (Scott Frances/Architectural Digest Conde Nast Publications)
How did you develop such a different aesthetic? My aunt Maryher house was all English chintz, Duncan Fyfe, Chippendale-style furniture, chinoiserie. By age 11, I had bought my first antique, an English, 18th-century lap desk with a wood inlay and painting on the front. It was $12, and I bought it on the 50-cent-a-week layaway plan. I was not allowed to bring it into the house, because it was secondhand. I had to put it in the garage and spray it for three days. But by the time I moved out, I had my bedroom, the garage and the attic all filled up. I was always a collector.
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Los Angeles (PRWEB) April 10, 2014
Dacor, manufacturer of ultra-premium kitchen appliances, is pleased to announce it is the official appliance sponsor of the internationally-recognized 2014 Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House. An annual event, 22 celebrated interior designers will renovate Manhattans legendary, The Mansion on Madison adjacent to The New York Palace hotel. Featuring fine furnishings, art, technology and a new Dacor kitchen, guests will pay to tour the 26,190 square-foot mansion with proceeds benefitting the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. This year, House Beautiful, a sponsor of the kitchen, is working with Dacor on this project, which will be seen in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
Since its inception in 1973, the show house has raised more than $19 million for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, which offers after-school and enrichment programs for New York City youth.
The Mansion on Madison is truly an iconic New York landmark, and Dacor is thrilled to be a part of it, says Dacor CEO Chuck Huebner. Not only are we pleased to participate in this must-see design event, but we look forward to simultaneously supporting the regions youth through this premier fundraiser.
The show house will feature several Dacor products, including its Discovery iQ 48 Dual-Fuel Range and Discovery iQ 30 Wall Oven, the worlds first smart cooking appliances with a fully-integrated, connected tablet. The Dacor Discovery iQ technology empowers users to customize their cooking experience. From downloading apps to accessing intuitive cooking tools, Dacor offers home chefs products that evolve and change with their lifestyle.
Dacor will host four private events at the show house for new and current dealers, designers, and builders to experience the home. Additional products to be displayed include Dacors Discovery WineStation, Discovery 48 Integrated Built-In Refrigerator, Renaissance 30 Epicure Warming Drawer and Renaissance 24 Integrated Dishwasher.
Leading expert in kitchen and bath design, Matthew Quinn will lead the restoration of the mansions kitchen, utilizing Dacor products to bring functionality, aesthetics and comfort to the space. Based in Atlanta, Quinn is a principal at Retrofit Ventures and Design Galleria Kitchen & Bath Studio. Additionally, he is the founder of the Matthew Quinn Collection, a new showroom concept in luxury kitchen, bath and architectural hardware that blends the best available with his own expanding lines of kitchen, bath and closet products.
This historic mansion in Manhattan is the perfect setting for guests to see Dacor's newest generation of appliances displayed in a dream kitchen, says Dacor President Steve Joseph. Dacor leads the smart cooking revolution, and we are eager to connect with design enthusiasts at the mansion in May.
More than 15,000 guests are expected to tour the show house located at 457 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The show house will be open to the public through the month of May 2014.
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In February, Columbus councilmen agreed to make the city its own contractor for a $1.65 million Trotter Convention Center renovation after bids for a general contractor came in well above project budget.
City project managing firm J5 Broaddus was tasked with acting as the city's agent and split the project into 11 separate components. Bids on the first two projects, rooftop improvements and the rooftop air conditioner, were opened Tuesday. Councilmen will have the option to approve the low bidder or lowest and best bidder when they meet next Tuesday.
The low bidder for the rooftop was Graham Roofing of West Point at $92,533, which said it could complete its part of the project within 90 days of starting. Advanced Air Systems of Columbus had the lowest bid for rooftop air conditioner installation at $19,208 with a 45-day project completion timeframe. Each component had three bidders.
J5 Broaddus senior project manager Robyn Eastman said his estimates were $90,000 for the rooftop and $25,000 for the air conditioning unit.
Bids for two more components, interiors and lighting, will be opened April 22. Bid openings for courtyard improvements and flooring will be opened May 6. Project architect Major Andrews IV is putting together information packages for four more components, including Internet installation, lobby paneling, exterior repairs to the north patio and interior painting.
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ANGEL FIRE He was hoping the address from dispatch was wrong.
But the fears of Moreno Valley volunteer firefighter Bruce Jassmann were confirmed when he rolled up to his own home at 11 W. Coronado Road to fight a house fire, which was reported at about 4 p.m. April 1.
Jassmann did not reside in the house but was leasing it to a family. Jassmann said six tenants had been living in the home since November, and he has owned the property for the last seven years.
Its just heartbreaking, Jassmann said. When I heard the address, I said, Oh no.
The attic space that is where it started, Coss said. We werent clear who was home at the time of the fire. We got a call from a passerby saying something didnt look right at the house, so the first 911 call was someone passing.
Jassmann said he has already taken steps to deal with the damage.
Ive got the insurance working on it, and once they start going through they can start remodeling, Jassmann said. I dont think its that bad. We just need to replace some stuff. The ceiling was knocked in to check for embers or any burning. It must have been really slow because when I got there, it was just puffy smoke.
As a firefighter, Jassmann said, he always makes sure he has insurance and fire safety features in place.
Make sure your insurance is up to date, and make sure when youre building fires to be extra careful, Jassmann said. Its just a fluke situation.
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