Posts tagged Hamptons

Ina Garten in her living room - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Ina Garten is known to millions of food habitants as “The Barefoot Contessa,”. She has an apartment in Manhattan featured in House Beautiful. To quote of hers from the article:

When people come to your house, you don’t ever want them to feel that you’ve been cooking for three days. You want them to feel like this is just something you whipped up and come on, we’re having a party. And decorating is like that, too. You don’t want people to feel, Oh, don’t touch that. You want them to feel, Oh, just sit anywhere and put your feet up.

Pumpkin Curtains - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Pumpkin Curtains 2 - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Despite the bold color on the windows, the rest of the apartment remains mostly neutral.

Dining Room - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Ina Garten's Kitchen - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

The kitchen in her East Hampton “barn” is the one most of us recognize (featured in Veranda magazine):

Barn Kitchen - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Barn Kitchen 2 - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Garten worked at the White House in the 70s. She bought a small, specialty food store in the Hamptons called “The Barefoot Contessa.” She told The New York Times, “My job in Washington was intellectually exciting and stimulating but it wasn’t me at all.”

The original store’s owner named it after a 1954 film starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart. Garten felt the name suited her “elegant but earthy lifestyle.”

Her Barefoot Contessa Shop - Courtesy to hookedonhouses.net

Her first book, The Barefoot Contessa’s Cookbook, became a bestseller when it was published in 1999. Nowadays she hosts a popular show on The Food Network “The Barefoot Contessa,”. (Did you watch?)