House Beautiful is an interior decorating magazine that focuses on decorating and the domestic arts. First published in 1896, it is currently published by the Hearst Corporation, who purchased it in 1934. It is the second oldest still-published magazine in what is known by publishers as the "shelter magazine" genre.

It was launched in the UK in 1989, targeting Middle England.

Nathan Jay "Nate" Berkus (born September 17, 1971) is an American interior designer and daytime television host. He runs the Chicago interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates and has been a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, offering design advice to viewers. May 25, 2010, was his last day on The Oprah Winfrey Show. His own show, The Nate Berkus Show, debuted in broadcast syndication September 13, 2010. It is co-produced by Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television and is scheduled to be canceled after its second season ends on May 24, 2012.

Berkus was born in Orange County, California, and grew up mainly in suburban Minneapolis. He is Jewish and openly gay. He attended Cushing Academy, a boarding school in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He started working in design immediately after leaving high school and interned at Dominique Aurientis in Paris and Sotheby's in Chicago. Berkus graduated from Lake Forest College near Chicago in 1994 with degrees in French and Sociology. Berkus founded the company, Nate Berkus Associates, in Chicago in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

Mary Beth Evans (born March 7, 1961) is an American actress. She was born in Pasadena, California.

Evans is most famous for her role as Kayla Brady in the soap opera Days of our Lives from 1986 to 1992, 2006 to 2009, and 2010 to present. Her character became half of the supercouple Steve and Kayla. Steve was played by Stephen Nichols.

Prior to her first stint on Days of our Lives, she portrayed Piper in the teen romantic comedy flick Lovelines.

Evans returned to soaps in September 1993 as villainess Katherine Bell on General Hospital in which she remained until October 1999. While on General Hospital she was once again paired with Nichols who played Stefan Cassadine.

She moved to New York City to start her recurring role as Sierra Esteban on As the World Turns a role she played from December 2000 to late 2005 and reprised from July 2010 uintil the show's finale on September 17, 2010.

In 2004, One Life to Live almost signed her on contract for the role of Dr. Paige Miller on the series, but Evans backed out at the last moment and the role was filled with Kimberlin Brown.