Sharon Stangenes

Few classically trained artists plan a career painting lamps and lampshades, but Lara Anderson, 25, and Patrick Roullier, 22, have found happiness in this unusual niche. Ensconced in a fourth-floor...

Red, green and white are expected colors at this times of year, right? The redecorated Baker Knapp & Tubbs showroom at the Merchandise Mart indicates the shades of this season...

Dean Barrett Zelinsky prefers to call his products ''simulated designer stone.'' Others are more likely to call them ''faux stone'' and ''faux wood.'' Whatever the description, the tables from Chicago`s...

MARBLE: Your marble statue topples off its pedestal, a candlestick drops on your marble coffee table, leaving a nasty gash. What to do? Roman Marble (120 W. Kinzie St., 312-337-2217)...

When Susan Sussman`s husband off-handedly said he was ''thinking about winding down,'' the Evanston author admits, ''I had this moment of terror which may be specific to women. They have...

Cherished objects have more to do with sentiment than with money, which is why when such items break, your heart breaks right along with them. The chipped crystal goblet, the...

Movie star Patrick Swayze owns a home-remodeling business in Southern California and Cher is building her 14th home, which, according to her designer, will rise ''like a an `Arabian Nights`...

What can consumers expect to see when a retailer known as a specialist is rugged outdoor apparel expands into selling home furnishings? The answer is in the new Eddie Bauer...

The gleaming sterling-silver and cobalt-glass centerpiece on the table at the Manifesto is a dazzler. Designed by architect Michael Graves, known to many for his tea kettle with the birdie...

Workers who believe the office equipment they`ve been assigned is all wrong soon may have ammunition to prove it to the boss. ''Guides to the Negotiable Environment,'' an intriguing computer...