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On an episode of Barefoot Contessa that aired back in April of 2009, Ina Garten broke into her friends Frank & Stephen’s house and filled their fridge with food so they’d have something to eat when they got home from France. I wrote a brief recap of the show, and couldn’t help but comment on how truly hideous Frank & Stephen’s house was. It was filled with depressingly drab furnishings, creepy old-fashioned portraits, boring white walls, and gaudy antiques. It reminded me of a funeral parlor from the 18th century, and I’m not joking when I say that the home’s ugliness stayed with me for months after the episode ended.
Well. Imagine my shock and horror while watching the DIY network last night, when all of a sudden STEPHEN DRUCKER appeared and started offering commentary about a renovation project. It wasn’t so much his striking resemblance to Beavis that frightened me to my core, as much as it was the title under his name: “EDITOR IN CHIEF, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.”
Excuse me? The guy who lives in an even gayer version of Elvira’s lair is the editor in chief of HOUSE BEAUTIFUL?
Irony, party of 1, your table is ready.
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54 Responses
Taking decorating advice from Stephen Drucker is like taking financial advice from Bernie Madoff. Nuf said.
Michael’s hydrangeas can’t even liven up that decor!
House Beautiful is a Hearst magazine. So is Food Network magazine. DIY is a Scripps network. So is Food Network. These people are all in bed together and they’re fucking us all.
Dave, very well put!! And so very true lol!!
It’s the white hydrangeas! Ina’s favorite!
Aren’t orange roses and tulips her favorite too?
wrong..ina loves orange flowers
Different strokes for different folks. (no pun intended)
If this guy is the editor of House Beautiful, then there’s hope for us all.
Excuse me, I’m going to apply for an astrophysicist job at NASA. I’ll let you all know how it goes.
That old portrait in the top picture resembles Ina. Perhaps its her great-great-grandmother, Usa Goodvanilla.
LOL nice. Very creative!
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Watch for more and more crossover visits between FN, DIY and the Travel Channel. All hosted by unqualified, overhyped ‘personalities’.
Whoopee. Now, where’s that remote….
Depressing house, depressing couple of guys, depressing food…even depressing flowers. Pass the Prozac!
It definitely looks like Stephen inherited his grandmother’s house and all of the contents thereof. Including the creepy half-dead caretaker, Frank. I thought gay men had good taste! And nothin’ says “welcome back from your vacation in the food capital of the world” like Ina’s doorstop of a macaroni and cheese. Blech.
Did you see all that butter and cream that Ina used to make that “Adult” Macaroni and Cheese? Some friend she is. It looked like she wanted to clog their arteries and send their cholesterol skyrocketing!
Macaroni and cheese with a side of heart attack…
What a creep.
WOW House Beautiful uh? The WHITE walls, WHITE hydrangeas, Yuck! And what’s up with the bare windows? Oh! Maybe their window treatments have been taken to the dry cleaners! Hey! They could have at least hung some beach towels! LOL
BOO! No need for the three color scheme decorating when one will do. After all, the worse their house looks the better Ina’s looks.
Stephen must host a lot of tea parties.
The first time that I saw this episode of Barefoot Contessa, I was sure that Frank and Stephen had bought a former funeral home in East Hampton. The place has an eery aura about it – almost like Norman Bates’ house in “Psycho”. Wonder “who” is in those urns on the mantle beneath the creepy sconces?
I vote that Jeffrey is in one of them. Haven’t seen him in awhile on any Barefoot Contessa shows.
Jeffery is tied in the chair in the basement under the dangling single lightbulb…shreek shreek shreek shreek
Doubtful that was their real house. Staged rental house I be.
I subscribe to House Beautiful and while it’s not a great shelter magazine, it’s okay. Ina is a contributing editor with a feature entitled, “Ask the Barefoot Contessa.” Surprise, surprise.
I think a lot of Ina’s friends’ houses seem depressing. (Case in point: the view into TR’s kitchen.)
When I say TR’s house I thought “What a dump!”
I KNOW! It was a veritable tool shed! He must spend all of his money on cashmere turtlenecks and artfully worn-in jeans. He is very good looking, though.
That veritable tool shed, which happens to be on the water, probably cost T.R. anywhere between $2 and $10 million dollars. Real estate in the Hamptons is crazy.
I grew up about 45 minutes away from the Hamptons so I know how ridiculously expensive even the “lower end” areas can be. I just thought, as one of Ina’s posse, that TR would live in a nicer place. That’s all.
Did you see the episode where Ina invites herself, and drags Dwyer, and Dwyer’s husband Michael to her friends’ new house on the water, somewhere in the Hamptons and makes greek lamb, marinated in yogurt and some cucumber greek salad? I thought that house was very nice. It looks like it is on the Peconic Bay rather than the ocean, but still a nice water view.
I’d like to see what Dwyer’s house looks like, especially since she was getting her kitchen remodeled the night she invited a boatload of people to her house and fed them Ina’s company potroast. Poor Ina was relegated to eating Chicken and Broccoli alone in her fabulous house.
I saw that episode and (while staged, I know) thought that it was a little bit of payback for all the times she has Michael over to decorate for parties to which he isn’t invited. I don’t remember that house but I liked the house where she made a b-day breakfast bbq for her friend’s husband (she has a straight friend other than Dwyer, so it would seem) but the scrambled eggs never really cooked and came out looking like creamed corn. So far I like Ina’s house the best. Simply gorgeous.
I agree. Ina’s house is gorgeous. It is tastefully decorated. Her kitchen is unbelievable. I would love to have her kitchen someday.
Regardless of how “homely” Ina’s friends’ abodes are, she always tells them that they’re homes are simply faaa-bulous!
Oops! Their homes not they’re. Sorry.
I can’t understand who could possibly live in a home without shades, blinds or window treatments. This especially true for 2 gay men. That makes me believe something is fake about all this. Or is “lack of privacy” a new trend in home design?
Maybe the boys’ drapes were being cleaned or they had ordered new ones to go with the floral carpet and velvet sofa. Or, Frank and Stephen’s home could be situated on a large wooded lot with few or no neighbors nearby.
How fabulous is THAT?
Drucker: former editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Living
Marital status: 14 years with Frank
Sadly, my dad would probably be in love with their house. That portrait of the woman in the picture of them sitting on the red couch..my folks have that same one. Hideous!
[middle picture]
“When we’re done our porridge do you want to break out our collection of Barbie dolls and play dress up?”
“Do I??? You know it girl friend!”
*giggle giggle*
Thanks for the laugh Tyler! Genius!
He looks like Gollum.
Wait, you didn’t know La Stephen was the editor of House Beautiful? IIRC, Ina mentioned it when she hosted her “boss” (Stephen) for a lunch out in the garden. Ina made spa-git-tee and meatballs because Ina likes to surprise people with really simple meals ’cause she thinks people are expecting better food when they go to her house.
She also made soda sundaes — or whatever they are called — for dessert.
At the end of the episode Mrs. Stephen let out a hedious cackle! LOL
These homosexuals have no real decorating taste, do they?
Is Frank seriously ill? In every episode that I have ever seen him in, he looks way too thin and pasty, gaunt even. His face reminds me of pictures I have seen of liberated POWs.
Ina’s really rich gay friend, it would appear, is Jack, the guy who she helped set up his cocktail party. His house was huge and tastefully decorated. He acts about as dumb as a box of rocks. I wonder what he does for a living, other than videotape Ina showing him how to drape a table and set up martini glasses?
@MICHHOM05: I think Jack is a Realtor. BTW, I think ALL of Ina’s friends are rich, though it looks like Ina’s the only one that likes to flaunt that fact that she is rich and has rich friends.
Ina has regular gig with the House Beautiful mag web site check it out. There is the connection with these guys
Oh my GOD, the Beavis comparison.
Perfection.
As I mentioned in a previous post about Steve & Frank’s house ..way too master / slave going on! Get it together Steve!
Awww man. We missed Stephen’s speech:
Thursday, September 17, 2009: Learn how to work with color from the experts
OPENING KEYNOTE: Editor in Chief STEPHEN DRUCKER
http://www.housebeautiful.com/promotions/events/200908-events-_CI-Atlanta?click=main_sr
I haven’t seen Jeffrey in any of the latest shows and am wondering if they’ve split. She’s not even mentioned him. I love Ina and the show. I actually learn something from her. Most of the ‘chefs’ on food network have been so dumbed down that I cook as well, if not better, than most.
I still learn something from Ina sometimes.
all these comments seem very rude,snide and mean spirited. it’s not necessary or desirable to be that way.