H&H rolls into the new season with pronouncements of the road ahead and continues to be much more consistent in terms of format and its people centered orientation. A bit less surprising, perhaps, but a good strong household drug nevertheless. This week's star local is Sarah Cihat who has a new line of porcelain at Barneys and a separate line of candle holders at Joya Candle of Bklyn.

Top Stories

• A Makeup Star Gives a Town a Fresh Face: Fascinating story of Billy Brasfield's return to his home in rural Mississippi to renovate old houses.
  
  
  
  
• Personal Shopper - An Offbeat Symphony in Counterpoint: Marianne Rohrlich gets the tops spot and rolls out a vision of opposites for Fall Style.

  
  
  
  
  • Spotlight on Green Products

  
  
  
  
  • Spotlight on Hunting and Animal Patterns
    
    
    
    
  • Spotlight on Damask
  
  
  
  
• An Ambassador’s Stone-Cold Party Pad: Ouch! Don't make us live here. That's all we could think as we read this. Architecture by Steven Holl.
  
  
  
  
• How can I light my yard without wasting lots of energy?: This is a good primer on where to go if you want to dig up your yard for low voltage outdoor lighting.

Currents

• The $1b Dellis Cay resort and residential complex with master plan and marina by Zaha Hadid, hotels by Piero Lissoni, villas by Shigeru Ban and David Chipperfield and a spa by Kengo Kuma.
  
  
  
  
• The Bound Rocker by David Weeks
  
  
  
  
• Reproductions have been made of two Biedermeier 1827 wood-block prints as silk screens on vinyl
  
  
  
  
• Brooklyn designer Sarah Cihat has a new collection of porcelain called Dirt!
  
  
  
  
• The Yard Bag Chute holds paper bags steady while you are raking up the leaves, baby!