Shaila Wunderlich

Buy it Besides bringing pause, drama, inquiry and other instruction to one's prose, the "shift keys" (on a keyboard, typewriter) also happen to be quite graphic and compelling from a...

Recently, we wrote about the ingenious, earth-friendly student inventions to come out of the international Electrolux Design Lab 2007 competition. Now we have another crop of college-contest creations to report...

Shepherd Frankel's goal in designing an apartment for Jane (played by Katherine Heigl, right) for the movie "27 Dresses," which opened in theaters Friday, was for "every woman watching the...

TRY IT Even though my colleagues scoffed and called it the "most useless thing" they'd ever seen, I was super-pleased to see Sunbeam's Hot Iron Storage Case in our office....

This mesmerizingly soft, generously sized, boldly designed Paisley Blanket has me torn between wanting to cuddle up in it and display it on the wall. I know: I'll get two!...

Out of Africa Turning our attention to furniture, accessories and textiles made outside the United States -- in this case Africa -- we are enlightened to the rich diversity of...

To a seamstress, a new sewing machine is like a new stand mixer to a baker or a new iPhone to a tech junkie. It's shiny -- almost toylike --...

With its crackling fireplace, living room-like layout and wonderfully eclectic array of socially conscious gifts, Greenheart is bound to make you feel good about shopping. The new River North retail...

Perhaps the bulk of your holidays are over, but between all the leftover food and pending New Year's celebrations, it's going to be a while before you are free of...

This year's "Have a Ball" charity ornament auction blew away auctions of years past with a total of $10,160 being raised for the baiduhai Holiday Giving campaign, a McCormick...