Mary Daniels

Maya Moran comes by her expertise in Frank Lloyd Wright art glass windows by way of having washed a lot of them, she says halfjokingly. The nationally known lecturer has...

When Patty Brotman was shown a duplex condo in a vintage courtyard building on the Near North Side, she knew she'd found her new home. It was everything she wanted--...

On the surface, painted sisal is nothing new. It's been popular for about a year. A unique variation, however, recently was introduced to the market: patterned sisal flooring that is...

Lack confidence in your taste in art? Are you comfortable in how you've dis- played it? An unusual: show designed to help you imagine how even the most eclectic artwork...

John Simpkins, noted American folk artist, is conducting a nationwide search for a special cat. His previous model, who posed for "Pavane in Gold," a portrait set on a 22-karat...

Aumiller Youngquist P.C., a Mt. Prospect-based restaurant design firm, has been romancing the stone--with water--and the result is a cutting-edge product for the home. The firm has attuned its talents...

Finally, a way to put the "purr factor" back into your cat's old toys scratch pads and posts without the mess of dried catnip scattered about. Agatha&Christie Industries of Crete...

The magazine Yippy Yi Yea might sound like it's for broncobusters, but it actually is aimed at spurring on home decorators who like a Western look. Sold on U.S. newsstands...

"Basically I'm a colorist and a patternmaker. My forms are not very exciting-I just have a form to put a skin on," says Hyde Park ceramic artist Marianne Hammett, who...

"There are a lot of people out there designing Arnerican Indian textiles that have nothing to do with the American Indians," says Jerry Boucher, a partner with his brother David...