A Colorful Home in Wheaton
THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL: A homeowner decorates her new house to her own highly idiosyncratic liking
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Using Antiques in the Kitchen
PIPE DREAM: A gleaming antique humidor gives a new kitchen something to be about
The Royal Treatment
A prewar duplex on the Gold Coast gets an elegant update
Six Great Midwestern Farmers
GOOD EARTH: By this time of year, one of the advantages of living in the Midwest is abundantly clear: farmers’ markets in every corner of Chicago brim with the season’s...
Slice of Life
A designer on a budget makes clever choices to make the most of her tiny Marina City apartment
On Second Thought
An architect gives two of her earlier kitchen designs fresh new looks
A Summer Place
For one family, getting away from it all means arriving somewhere both rustic and refined
Salad Days
Michelle Obama isn’t the only locavore with a backyard Vegetable garden. These three urbanites have turned their private patches of land—including a rooftop in Ukrainian Village—into micro farms. Their mantra?...
Urbane Renewal
One couple’s creativity, hard work, and openness to serendipity turn an Oak Park house into the modernist dwelling of their dreams
Meeting of Minds
A smart redo of a Lake View house pleases a modernist and his antiques-happy partner