Tiffany Meyers

1. BELLES-LETTRES Revive the art of letter writing, in more ways than one. A great alternative to hotel stationery, these postcards feature masterworks by artists in the Museum of Modern...

1. DRIP DRY The yellow glaze for the Hawthorn Series by Brooklyn-based KleinReid is designed to slowly run down each piece as it bakes in the kiln. That's how this...

1. CLAM UP With his porcelain Mussel Shell Serving Bowl, designer Michael Aram turns the humble mollusk into a modernist design statement. Cost: $169. Bloomingdale's, 600 N. Wabash Ave., 312-324-7500,...

Knowing that you've contributed to the landfill crisis can really kill the buzz you get from clearing out household clutter. But three local non-profits -- who together divert all manner...

Shop it Oak Lawn native and American design darling Laura Kirar comes to the Chicago area five or six times each year to visit her big family, shop at Barneys...

Reader Cherryl Crouch of Arlington Heights wonders what's to be done with all those glass vases that come when people in her office receive flower deliveries. While the flowers wilt,...

Sunday morning, your place. A quick glance at the window (and another at your sweetie's adorably tousled head on the next pillow) tells you this: Your own warm bed has...

Photovoltaics on the roof. Geothermal heating under-ground. Spiffy dual-flush toilets all about. This wasn't the nature of our eco-mania. Over the last 12 months, the Home&Garden section embarked on a...

If we had let it, the Modernism of the 1990s would have stripped every trace of design flourish from the home, including its walls. Painted a subtle hue -- like,...

Naughty? Nice? Don't answer that. Better to keep the details between you and that long-haired cookie-junkie in the red suit. But we're all adults, so let's face it: You can't...