Remember this cover of Veranda, from the summer of 2004? It was of a beach house in Galveston (yes! that dreaded Galveston again!), designed by Houston great, Babs Watkins. The beach house generated quite a stir as it was knock-out gorgeous and was furnished with wonderful, painted antiques instead of typical tacky, beachy, white wicker. The most alluring aspect of the house was the