Yessir, H&H swung back into action yesterday with a mouthwatering issue (at least for us) filled with a lot of great resources. Here's the run down. And don't just go by what we think, put in your own opinion.

TOP STORIES

• Mortgage-in-Laws: Penelope Green (stolen away from the Real Estate section) hits the bullseye with this detailed story about how two brothers and their wives put their money together, bought a townhouse in Brooklyn and kitted it out beautifully. Very lucky one is president of BDDW. Very nice slideshow.
  
  
  
  
• A Man for All Details: Leland D. Stone has found a BIG niche taking care of all the complicated house and home problems that dog the wealthy. This guy is a trip and has a fascinating knowledge of the arcane along with a super-detail oriented approach to problem solving. Check out his website at Stonestandard.com.
  
  
• Q. My teenage daughter wants to paint her bedroom black. One wall, O.K. But four? Mitchell Owens leads us through a brief history of the popularity of black in interior design, but were still not sure whether the teenage daughter should be let loose.
  
  
  
  
• Personal Shopper - Bargains on bedding, timed to the start of hibernation season: This is a sweet rundown of some very nice bedding that is on sale right now. We like the set above from Garnet Hill.
  
  
  
  
• Graphics' Grande Dame Remakes the World in Type: This is ostensibly about Paula Scher's new career as a painter, but it really shows off her very nice Chelsea apartment with it's collection of design and art by her and her husband, Seymour Chwast. This would have been a good entry for our contest.
  
  
  
  
• Midwinter Dreams of Summer: Anne Raver scares gardeners everywhere with the prospect that the 2006 season is already in high gear and some seeds may already be sold out.

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  • Eleven old warehouses and counting houses in the South Street Seaport are being turned into remarkable rental apartments and shops
    
    
    
    
  • Hungarian artist Agnes Eperjesi has designed these tiles from packaging iconography. You can find her at www.eperjesi.hu
    
    
    
    
  • Sills Huniford's 2,500-square-foot Dwellings Vintage Warehouse has opened to retail customers in Harlem.
    
    
    
    
  • The Todd Oldham for La-Z-Boy shop opens today in SoHo
    
    
    
    
  • The restaurant Colors just opened with a $1.5 million vintage interior by Jim Walrod