Sharon Stangenes

Just in time for the party season, John Loring, the design director for Tiffany & Co., visited the company`s Chicago store, 715 N. Michigan Ave., for a stylish standup breakfast...

When Robert and Lisa Rosenberg boast that they have the best selection of duvet covers in Chicago, one can`t help but wonder whether most Chicagoans know what a duvet is?...

Can dark wood and light wood furnishings be mixed in one room? Of course, says David Snyder, vice president of home fashions for Marshall Field & Co. stores. ''You can...

Decorating a home and yard with 258 Halloween jack-o`-lanterns may not be everyone`s idea of holiday tres chic, but the impressive pumpkin display at the Chicago home of Tom and...

Coming soon to a shopping center near you? Homelife by Sears, which opened six weeks ago in Madison, Wis., is a home-furnishings store that the giant Chicago retailer may expand...

What kind of a room impresses some of the Midwest`s leading interior designers? One answer is the two-story private library tucked in the offices of one of the city`s best-known...

On a roll. . . . Oprah seems to have the Midas touch. And so does Mt. Prospect design firm Aumiller-Youngquist. Eccentric is the name of the restaurant Winfrey opened...

Diners who wander into the recently opened Gallery Cafe on the second floor of the new AT&T Corporate Center, at Monroe and Franklin Streets, will have a feast for the...

Consumers heading for the avant-garde home and fashion store City, 361 W. Chestnut Pl., are finding a new name on the door, though many of the faces and labels within...

''Eventually we want to develop a home that is identifiably Midwestern, like the Cape Cod is for New England,'' said Steve Slack, senior editor of Midwest Living magazine, which co-sponsored,...