Color it Uber-Bright
How do you tweak a familiar design to make it feel new again? Just add color...
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Vintage…at Big Boxes?
The past few West Elm catalogs have offered one-of-kind finds,...
Anarchy Rules
A gigantic composite hand that once advertised Schlitz beer (left); a collection of vintage sign letters (far left); vintage paintings (below); a 1930s schoolhouse wall clock (below right) It’s nice...
Drama Lessons
I’m sure I’m not the only designphile who also loves dissecting theater sets...
Sitting Pretty
This past fall, at Chicago Home + Garden’s Chairs for Charity event, 200 designophiles convened at The Tile Gallery in River North to check out—and bid on—some very cool chairs.
Reflect on This
Like jewelry for your wall With its dizzy constellation of emerald-finish crystal cabochons surrounding an antiqued convex looking glass, Jean de Merry’s Ramo mirror is an artful take on traditional...
Milk Design’s New Venture
We have long admired Milk Design’s modern staircases and railings...
Art at Buckingham ID
Interior designer Julia Edemann’s showroom on Grand Avenue is a beautiful rough-meets-elegant space...
Italian Style
The Italian kitchen showroom Arclinea is changing its name to WPA Chicago, adding several Italian furniture lines, and doubling its space.
Sweeney’s Sale
A while ago, we wrote about a swell garden party thrown by Jennifer Sweeney...