Alice Oglethorpe

Chicago artist and designer Kat Silverstein decided to make gifts for her family out of some of her paintings and illustrations. After enough people told her they wanted to buy...

When Chicago-based interior designer and HGTV Design Star winner Meg Caswell isn’t putting together gorgeous rooms such as the one shown here, she’s filming shows for HGTV.

Channel your best British-isms and head to Martyn George for its “Holiday Party with an English Accent” on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

"When I visit Rebuilding Exchange (which we covered in our blog last year I love seeing the raw materials saved from demolished (and soon-to-be demolished) buildings, but I tend to...

"When the cold weather settles in (sigh…), I try to turn my home into the coziest place ever. And that includes filling it with soft fabrics. That’s why I instantly...

"We know, we know. It seems there is at least one holiday market happening every day this month. But this week is the debut of a new one—and it’s definitely...

"An artificial tree covered in some tinsel does not a festive house make. Give your home the love it deserves by visiting Mariani Landscape (300 Rockland Road, Lake Bluff; 847-234-2172)...

"Anybody can buy a gift on Amazon. We say support local shops and designers by purchasing presents right here in Chicago. Tomorrow night is a great chance to do that...

"I recently moved into a bigger place and have been on the hunt for cool used furniture to fill it with. But I don’t have much time to drive around...

"You know those Chicago posters that use typography to show all of our city’s different neighborhoods? They were designed five years ago by a company called Ork Posters and quickly...