Adrienne Frantz
		The Happy Home-Maker Around the house, Adrienne Frantz (Amber) puts Donna Reed to shame!

	Adrienne Frantz and Martha Stewart are two names you’d never expect to hear spoken in the same sentence. Yet despite THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL actress’ reputation as a hip Hollywood party girl, the funky diva who plays Amber Forrester is much more of a domestic goddess than you might think. Kiss The Cook! Rather than dance the night away at some pretentious L.A. club, the actress is much more comfortable taking care of her house and baking something out of a Betty Crocker cookbook. With specialties that include chicken and dumplings, macaroni and cheese, and any fudge, cake or cookie known to mankind, she is known to all her friends as a mother hen who always has a meal at the ready. And when it comes time to sit down and enjoy her culinary creations, you can bet that her dining room will have an atmosphere to suit the occasion. "I always go overboard," she admits. "I’m totally Martha Stewart, down to having glass bowls with colored water and floating candles in them for centerpieces." Frantz knows that flowers also make a lovely addition when one is entertaining, and while she has a gardener to keep her yard in bloom, she’s not above pruning the bushes on her own. "I usually do the roses," she says. "I trim them myself and pick fresh roses every day." Crafts Are Her Art! Frantz’s enthusiasm for arts and crafts is so serious that she even has one room in her house devoted solely to that hobby. Creating stained glass was once among her favorite pastimes, but she abandoned that pursuit for health reasons. "I went out and bought all the equipment, but then the warning label said all this stuff about lead poisoning and birth defects, so I just put it away," she says. "Now I’m doing these crazy decoupage boxes which are really cool." Last year for Christmas, Frantz made aromatherapy candles for her friends and family, in flavors like peach, jasmine, cinnamon and sour apple. When she’s in the mood for more involved projects, she grabs sandpaper, paint and varnish and sets to work on various bureaus and vanities around her house. "I love to refinish antique furniture," she says. "That’s one of my big interests." At other times, she occasionally curls up on the sofa with her needlepoint project, though she doesn’t often have the patience for such delicate handiwork. "I have this giant pillow that I’m working on, which I’m probably never going to finish," she laughs. Home, Sweet Home! At the end of the day, Frantz certainly can claim that despite all the celebrity perks and fancy Tinseltown parties, there’s still no place like home. "I guess I’m kind of boring," she admits. "But for the most part, I just love to read my craft books and play house!" — Amy Helmes