Patricia Heaton Articles >> 2001
2001

Celebrity Decorating: Everybody Loves The Dinner Bell

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How You Know Her:

She's Ray Barone's culinary impaired wife Debra on "Everybody Loves Raymond." Patricia just won her second Emmy for best actress in a comedy series at the 2001 awards.

Favorite Decorating Style:

With four young boys, Patricia definitely let's them express themselves. Approaching her Los Angeles home, the beautiful stone walkway is marked with chalk drawings. The kids' art work is proudly displayed in the halls and in the kitchen. In fact, Patricia describes her home as "Kidsville."

Where the Boys Aren't:

The living room is what she deems the "grown-up room." It's elegant but comfortable with antique couches and soft throws. She and her decorator like to mix styles and make her 'finds' of lamps and furnishings work together.

Look But Don't Touch:

Patricia who loves to shop for pottery online on Southebys and eBay knows to keep her prized collection of Mocha Ware up on a high shelf in the kitchen. "My favorite patterns are Earthworm, Cats Eye and Tobacco Leaf. I buy the pieces made in the late 1700s and mid 1800s," she says.

The Toy the Whole Family Can Enjoy:

Unlike her "Raymond" character, Patricia is a great cook and loves her old-fashioned dinner bell. And she actually uses it to call her brood in to eat. "When I was growing, up the lady down the street used to call her kids to dinner that way and I remembered that. And then my husband found a dinner bell, and he gave it to me at Christmas time and for some reason that makes them come. Either they're watching TV or they're playing and they always hear thes dinner bell. Yeah, there is something really special about it."