Cindy Dampier

HOME DESIGN The whims of fashion are fine, for a season, but lately, the trend in home design isn't really trendy at all. It has been supplanted by something far...

Sure we've seen crazy, conversation-starting doormats before (one that proclaimed "Go Away" was a past fave). We've seen eco-conscious doormats before. But how about a doormat that's green, has a...

You're no slouch when it comes to your place: You've got a decent sofa, artwork on the walls. So why do your rooms feel about as pulled together as Britney...

Back-to-school season always seems to bring us back around to Ikea. It has plenty for the kiddies, from grade school through college, and its big old bargains just can't be...

Back-to-school season always seems to bring us back around to Ikea. It has plenty for the kiddies, from grade school through college, and its big old bargains just can't be...

Seems as though summer is going out with a bang in the bargains department. After perusing catalog sales galore, we're longing to snap up a few last-minute discounted goodies at...

Seems as though summer is going out with a bang in the bargains department. After perusing catalog sales galore, we're longing to snap up a few last-minute discounted goodies at...

Seems as though summer is going out with a bang in the bargains department. After perusing catalog sales galore, we're longing to snap up a few last-minute discounted goodies at...

Call me crazy (you wouldn't be the first) but the early morning sight of a motley row of shampoo, conditioner and skin-pampering facial scrub bottles in five different screaming colors...

*The latest in the spate of retail closings we've witnessed: The folks at River North's Cambium Home (119 W. Hubbard St., 312-832-9920) are shuttering their retail location after 14 years,...