Starting over ? Part 3: House blend
Ten years ago, Sylvia Conroe packed her favorite pantsuits, turtlenecks, teapot and cookie tins and left her Milburn, N.J., home. Recently widowed, she had decided the time was right to...
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Why Fifi loves Bloomie’s too
The new Bloomingdale's Home + Furniture Store has laid out its welcome mat for your best canine and feline friends. There's a shop within Bloomingdale's called Bark Avenue, where decorative...
British invasion is a coup for Marshall Field’s
Designers Guild--known for its textiles with unexpected combinations of vivid colors and textures--is opening a boutique at the Marshall Field's State Street store in late March. It will be the...
B. Smith augments her collection for Bed Bath & Beyond
Barbara Smith, host of the nationally syndicated television show "B. Smith with Style" that airs Saturdays at 5:30 a.m. on WMAQ-TV, is styling again. This time the former model, turned...
Stripes star in all their glory
Parallel lines are making a statement in the home--coming in a whirl of color to china cabinets and on end tables, in textiles for windows and floors. Very French It's...
The newest in dot commerce
We thought we were seeing spots, and we were right. Whether you call them spots, dots or circles, these graphic touches are everything from graceful to playful and help all...
A newcomer with stylish designs
New kid off the Elm block: It sounds like Chicago's Elm Street has a namesake in town. Not quite. West Elm is the chic home furnishings mail-order franchise--the brainchild of...
It’s time to sample
Good news, bargain hunters: They're having a sample sale of furniture and decorative accessories at The Merchandise Mart Sept. 27 and 28. Eight floors of residential and office furniture showrooms...
A few good eggs are turning heads
Chairs styled in the shape of an egg? This is the kind of thing that the unofficial government agency Men In Black investigates. But actors Tommy Lee Jones and Will...
‘Love Me Tender’ furniture
This is one Elvis sighting that is for sure. The King is coming home. Introduced last spring in High Point, N.C., at the International Home Furnishings Market, The Elvis Presley...