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Bee Cottage: Frances Schultz’s Cozy Home

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Frances-Schultz-Bee-Cottage-House-Beautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Frances-Schultz-Bee-Cottage-House-Beautiful.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"Frances Schultz, a contributing editor to House Beautiful magazine, describes her home as '<i>a humble 1920s stucco cottage in East Hampton, New York, with asymmetrical, elfin-size rooms and low (eight-foot) ceilings</i>. She dubbed it Bee Cottage '<i>because bees are drawn to beauty and are industrious, social, and focused. It’s about being present, in the moment. Just be(e), honey</i>.' Frances writes in HB, '<i>My first decision was to preserve its cheerful, cozy spirit. No knocking out walls or ceilings or rearranging the floor plan</i>.' Love that. Let’s take a look!</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Frances-Schultz-Bee-Cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Frances-Schultz-Bee-Cottage.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><center>The upstairs study has both a desk she can work at and a daybed for visitors:<br /><br /><br /></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-study.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/daybed-in-the-study1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/daybed-in-the-study1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><center>The bedrooms were so tiny in the house that she combined two of them to make one spacious master.</center><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blue-bedroom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blue-bedroom1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sitting-area-and-windowseat-in-bedroom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sitting-area-and-windowseat-in-bedroom1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><center>In this little arched niche, she added a mirror and turned it into a kind of vanity:</center><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bedroom-arched-mirror-dressing-table1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bedroom-arched-mirror-dressing-table1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><center>Love the built-in drawers in the upstairs hallway:</center><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/upstairs-hallway-of-Bee-Cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/upstairs-hallway-of-Bee-Cottage.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><center>Guest Bedroom and Bath:</center><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/teal-bedroom-bee-cottage-HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/teal-bedroom-bee-cottage-HB.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><br />She says that she went against the decorating dictum that you shouldn’t use high-gloss paint on imperfect walls because she likes that reflective quality it has in small rooms.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/guest-bath-in-bee-cottage-HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/guest-bath-in-bee-cottage-HB.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br />Tom Samet, a decorator and friend, helped her along the way. I love this little seating area they fit into the kitchen:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kitchen-eating-area-in-Bee-Cottage-HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kitchen-eating-area-in-Bee-Cottage-HB.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br />The kitchen was a 1960 addition before Frances got her hands on it. Look at how charming the kitchen looks now:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-kitchen-in-Bee-Cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-kitchen-in-Bee-Cottage.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br />There’s a butler’s pantry that was being used as a laundry room. I’m guessing this may have been the kitchen before the other one was added on.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-butlers-pantry-in-bee-cottage-HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-butlers-pantry-in-bee-cottage-HB.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><center>The pool looks so elegant with these fountains that she added:</center><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/backyard-pool-with-fountains-bee-cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/backyard-pool-with-fountains-bee-cottage.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br />Frances Schultz was a guest on “The Nate Berkus Show” recently and photos of Bee Cottage were shown as part of his “<a href="http://www.nateberkus.com/">House Proud</a>” segment. Did anyone catch that? <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/back-of-bee-cottage-with-wild-flower-garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/back-of-bee-cottage-with-wild-flower-garden.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br />House Beautiful magazine has featured all of the before and afters of the cottage as part of <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/home-makeovers/living-room-makeover-pictures-0211?click=main_sr#slide-1">an ongoing series</a>. You can see photos of her dining room, which doubles as a library, on <a href="http://www.francesschultz.com/900">Frances Schultz’s website</a>".<br /><br />Thanks to Hooked on Houses!<br /><br />via: <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/2011/11/02/bee-cottage-frances-schultzs-cozy-home-in-east-hampton/">Hooked on Houses</a>

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Black and Gold

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