Cindy Dampier

Four full days, more than 500 artists, thousands of handmade, original items to choose from -- if you're buying gifts, or even shopping for yourself -- The Merchandise Mart's One...

Felix Doolittle, purveyor of delicious, delicately illustrated bookplates, stationery and calling cards, would like to put its stamp on your baked goods. Though we've occasionally been skeptical about some of...

Always ready to ride the next wave, you trend-surfer, you? Then take a peek at this: Just in time for winter, here come the quilted goodies. Leading designers such as...

If your kids have started wearing dark glasses in the house and ducking for cover every time you pull out the Nikon, it might be time to find a new...

BALL AND CHAIN From retro-modern superstar Thomas O'Brien comes the patinaed Hicks pendant. From the rectangular chain links to the carefully tarnished brass, this one gets the details done just...

So you've scrubbed the grout with a toothbrush, bleached every speck from the vanity, wiped that mirror till your arms ache. What a way to spend a Friday night. (Though...

If you're planning a fall stroll around the Merchandise Mart to shop for goodies for a home makeover -- or just to cadge a few good ideas -- consider making...

Think you can guess where this chair comes from? It's French-ish. It has trendy nailhead details and respectable-looking linen upholstery. You wouldn't chase it away from your dining room table...

We're no stranger to the joys of a giant craft punch. Heck, we've even gotten creative with the old-fashioned single-hole punch a time or two. And our trusty deckle-edge scissors...

The trend toward lighter woods is everywhere. Cerused, bleached, pickled -- the spa menu of treatments available for tables, chairs and case goods seems endless, but the results are the...