Field of Dreams
A modern cottage with echoes of classic farm architecture makes the most of its meadow
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Summer at home: Getting a warm-weather place nearby. Very nearby
If you won't be rocking in your hammock in the Hamptons this summer or diving from your dock in Harbor Springs, how about taking a holiday in your head? That's...
Lines and Squares
An architect and a designer pare a 1930s International-style house down to its essentials—and give it back its edge
What the pros know: The ultimate kitchen
A Dream Team of Chicago food pros tells us the one thing they crave for their home kitchens. Here is their exuberant mix of utility, utopia and style. La Cornue...
What the pros know: The ultimate kitchen
A Dream Team of Chicago food pros tells us the one thing they crave for their home kitchens. Here is their exuberant mix of utility, utopia and style. La Cornue...
Continental Cool
Designer Todd Haley creates a sophisticated haven for a French-born Lincoln Park resident
The Art of the Redo
Winning designs by local members of the National Kitchen and Bath Association
The Art of the Redo: A luxuriously spa-like modern bath
THE DESIGNER Cathy Sparling C Spar Designs (cspardesigns.com) THE CHALLENGE Bring Art Deco glamour to a windowless bathroom. THE WISH LIST • CLEAN MODERN LINES • TOUCHES OF BLACK...
The Art of the Redo: A powder room gets French polish
BEFORE THE DESIGNER Gladys Schanstra Drury Design (drurydesigns.com) THE CHALLENGE Give a nothing-special powder room burnished Old World appeal. THE WISH LIST • POWDER ROOM THAT FITS IN...
The Art of the Redo: Space that’s really smart
THE DESIGNER Pamela Polvere (pamelapolveredesigns.com) THE CHALLENGE Turn a narrow galley kitchen into a lovely, cottagey family space. THE WISH LIST • BRIGHT, SUNNY FEEL • CAFÉ AREA •...