Karen Klages

1. WICKER WONDERLAND For the truly shoe-obsessed, a simple shoe rack/tree would never cut it. A serious cabinet is in order. Such as: Wicker 42-Pair Women's Shoe Storage Chest with...

1. Pantar desk chair Price: $49 Sit on it: It might be minimal in design, but the Pantar sits big. The simple construction (seat pan and back pad joined by...

Shop it Two new shops have moved in along the increasingly homey stretch of Andersonville's North Clark Street. The first, two-month-old Room Service, serves a very specific, defined customer with...

"Everybody can pick one color pretty easily," says House Beautiful editor in chief Stephen Drucker. "It's the second color that sets it in motion. It's really all about the combination."...

1. MANTEL PEACE We liked the quiet elegance of this non-bed featured in the May issue of Coastal Living magazine. A damaged mantel was reinvented as a headboard. The shirred,...

Buy it Yes, it's a splurge. And yes, you probably don't need them. But we found lots of reasons to go for this wonderfully faux ceramic ware. It looks as...

WHO SAYS A BIRDHOUSE has to be an A-frame or one of those grandiose gestures of mini-Victorian architecture? Not British designers Gavin Christman and Kate Knapp (they met while working...

1. FLOWER STICKS You put flowers in these clear vase-sticks -- or maybe you don't. It's all about adding strokes of subtle artfulness to the process of flower arranging. From...

Shop it Domino, a high-energy decorating/style magazine whose stock in trade is showing and telling readers exactly how and where to get the goods and the look, is pulling into...

Donate it Here's a real way to help the thousands of Myanmar cyclone victims. For an indefinite period of time, eBay is funneling cash donations, plus a portion of sales...