Karen Klages

It's Hollywood -- actually West Hollywood -- for Chicago furniture designer Critz Campbell of b9 Furniture Two of his funky, fluorescent-lit, Eudora armchairs (named after writer Eudora Welty) along with...

It would have been too perfect for Japonais to be located in Montgomery Ward's old Near North corporate headquarters, now converted into condos. That elegant skyscraper was designed circa 1970...

In another installment of "Why didn't someone think of this sooner?" we present ReWritables from the Lincolnshire-based Boone company. They're note-size, dry-erase magnets (ideal for the refrigerator door) that enable...

For those still looking for a local artisan-made gift, check out Peter Patterson's annual holiday open house. A glass artist who has maintained his own studio (where he also gives...

Here's how to sprinkle some pizazz onto your dining table and over and through your fine dinnerware -- all of which may be looking way too ordinary as you dust...

Spring and summer are the extroverted months -- barbecues, road trips, general out-and-aboutness. And now, we move into the glorious seasons of introspection when it's more about staying indoors, keeping...

You want art, you don't have a fortune to spend, but you certainly have outgrown that framed Monet poster. What's a wannabe collector to do? We have several ideas ....

Bombarded by back-to-school products, we rise from the deluge with a trio of items that have lots of appeal to those of us beyond the Recess and Locker Years. Open...

Ellen Elfering and Jean Orlebeke were frustrated with the state of wrapping paper. "I would use brown kraft paper or newspapers. Nothing inspired me out there," says Elfering, noting her...

OK, maybe you wouldn't wear these. But surely you know someone who would--and with great je ne sais quoi. They're fashionable--and quite insulated--water bottle holders. And the fashions come in...