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Coffee tables by AndTradition show the mixed-materials trend done right

May 23, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

Mixing materials, particularly in unlikely combinations, is an appropriate interior-design trend for the Internet age. After all, many of the online tools favored by design-obsessed people — Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram...

"I wish more teachers would read this," Jaffe says. "I see teaching as needing to be the opposite of business, and yet it's often structured like a business. Teachers can and should be really good facilitators, but not oppressors."

Me, My Shelf and I: Russell Jaffe

May 9, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

For Oak Park resident Russell Jaffe, letting outsiders into his home to take stock of his extensive book collection is a weird form of self-disclosure. "It's things like this that...

Me, My Shelf and I: Alice Cameron

May 9, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

The books in Alice Cameron's Avondale apartment represent only a small sampling of her collection. "There are boxes and boxes more at my mom's house that I couldn't move for...

Me, My Shelf and I: Geoff Hyatt

May 9, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

Writer Geoff Hyatt doesn't want to be branded as "the horror guy," but it's easy to see why that happens. The editor of Blood Bound Books, an independent publisher specializing...

Design advice from a pro who’s not afraid of color

May 23, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

It's right there in the name: Bright.Bazaar (www.brightbazaarblog.com), a popular interior-design blog founded by Will Taylor, is all about vibrant, un-self-conscious color. Taylor's longtime motto? "Beige is boring." In his...

Me, My Shelf and I: Catherine Finger

May 9, 2019 at 6:12 p.m.

"I've loved the murder mystery genre for a while," says Catherine Finger, author of two suspenseful police procedurals, "Cleansed by Death" and, most recently, "Shattered by Death." "But I'm not...

"The Art Lover" by Carole Maso is a nontraditional novel comprised of illustrations, newspaper clips, and art reproductions. "I found it at the Humane Society Thrift Shop in Boulder Colorado," Saifi says. "I hadn't heard of Maso before, but in this book, which blends narrative with pictures, there is a sudden narrative break, where the circumstances of the story she's telling are too dire for fiction, too immediate, and the book breaks like the heart of the narrator. It was an amazing move to make in a novel."

Me, My Shelf and I: Rowland Saifi

May 9, 2019 at 6:11 p.m.

Writer, teacher and Lincoln Square resident Rowland Saifi wasn't always literary minded. "I grew up really, really poor, so mostly I spent my time outside playing with sticks," he says....

Bring summer florals indoors with hand-painted textiles from Bluebellgray

May 23, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

In the watercolor world of Scottish design brand Bluebellgray, large-scale flowers at peak bloom crawl up shower curtains and cascade down cushions. Jewel-tone stripes spread across pillows and art prints,...

Me, My Shelf and I: David and Amy Carter

May 9, 2019 at 6:10 p.m.

In the study of David and Amy Carter's stunning midcentury-modern home in Munster, Ind., an array of art and design books are arranged on vintage Comprehensive Storage System shelving designed...

Victorian-era cleaning methods still work in today’s households

May 23, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

Long before organizational guru Marie Kondo was espousing her popular KonMari method and TV shows such as "Hoarders: Buried Alive" were entertaining audiences (exploiting mental illness?) with tales of unchecked...

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