Mary Daniels

Artist John Green of Hinsdale has created a wooden picnic table that`s ''set'' for life. Green elevated the wooden picnic table to a piece of folk sculpture with a trompe...

''We think we`re going to knock the socks off this city in terms of presenting all these handmade cultural objects,'' says Joyce Levy, chair of the Textile Art Centre`s Folk...

''At a time when other Chicago furniture companies are going out of business, we`re going into business,'' says Hugh Plunkett, referring to the ninth and largest Plunkett Furniture location, which...

The Easter lily may be a symbol of rebirth and resurrection, but it can mean death to a domestic cat, says Dr. Jeff Hall, poison information specialist at the College...

Using Heinz-sight, Porter`s of Racine has looked to the recent past for design inspiration. This week, the home furnishings store will introduce a line of reproductions of original pieces of...

New collectors are taking a shine to the silver market, says Christopher Hartop, head of the silver department at Christie`s, New York. ''Silver has been a normally staid market, but...

In the past 200 years Navajo weaving has gone from the shoulders to the floor and now to a place of distinction on the gallery wall. One of a new...

Manager Leona Gray`s idea of how to celebrate the relocation of the Faces of Time boutique within Serge.Paris at 50 E. Oak St. was a shoe-in. Gray announced the shop`s...

Life after being in the spotlight as Miss America ''continues to be interesting,'' says Debbye Turner. Make that Dr. Debbye Turner-she`s a veterinarian now. There have been many changes for...

Richard J. Bielefeld knew he was running in fast company when Richard Duchossois asked the designer to re-do his penthouse suite at Arlington Park Racetrack, all within six weeks. What...