Gina Bazer

Brimfield US Keeping her many male customers in mind, Julie Fernstrom, owner of Andersonville’s Brimfield, devoted the lower level of the shop to a new concept: Brimfield US, where she...

Mariani Landscape Frank Mariani, Jr.'s own vegetable and cutting garden We don’t hide vegetables in the backyard, we design them into the garden,” says Mariani client representative Shari Precht. The...

Maxalto A sumptuous chaise longue from the Febo collection The furniture in James Bond’s hotel room at the (fictional) Grand Hotel Bolivar in Panama in his last movie was by...

A Wicker Park bachelor pad that’s both homey and party-ready

Jonathan Nesci of Hale fashions his pieces of powder-coated steel and spun aluminum, as well as concrete.  Wright auction house alums Sam Vinz and Claire Warner have joined forces to...

  Erin Schultz and Laura Nelson were frustrated by how complicated recycling was in their Little Village neighborhood. So when Perrier bottles started piling up in their trash bins, they...

Thos. Moser   The untrendy yet always-in-fashion pieces here, made in Maine (as they have been for 38 years, under the guidance of master craftsman Tom Moser, a Chicago native),...

@WorkDesign   Given how many of us work from home these days, it was high time somebody created a one-stop source for stylish home-office supplies. Julia Archer did just that...

Rexx Rug Get ready to find yourself in a 6,000-square-foot crush of high-end carpet—silk, wool, cashmere, yak, jute, and more. Some stock is ordered directly from mills and in quantity,...

FourSided, TwoSided Filled with such quirky items as old rubber Big Boy figures ($32), theatre marquee letters ($5-$13), and vintage educational flashcards ($.50-$5 each), Andersonville’s FourSided (primarily a frame store)...