Light Metal
Designed by Ferruccio Laviani for Kartell and available in eight metallic colors, the Cindy lamp, $273, adds shimmery pop to any room. Orange Skin, 223 W. Erie St., 312-335-1033, orangeskin.com
Year: 2009
Winners!
The American Association of Interior Designers (Illinois chapter) and i4Design magazine presented the annual Design Excellence Awards Thursday night. Two of my favorite winners: A sophisticated kitchen by Barbara Ince and Sarah Davis of Susan Fredman Design Group [susanfredman.com] (which won Best of Show) and John Robert Wiltgen’s lovely bathroom, inspired by his clients’ trip to Florence. Frank Ponterio also won awards for his room in the 2009 Lake Forest showhouse—it appears in the September/October issue of Chicago Home + Garden.
—JAN PARR
Photos: Ince (kitchen): Novelli Photodesign; Wiltgen (bath): Wolfe Photography
Tony Winner Dunagan Buys in Lincoln Park
List Price: $999,000
Sale Price: $912,500
The Property: Deanna Dunagan, who won a best actress Tony Award for her performance as a matriarch addicted to painkillers in August: Osage County, has bought a vintage condo overlooking Lincoln Park…
Antiques a Go-Go!
There are beaucoup treasures to be found at the 42nd annual Lake Forest Antiques & Treasures Show, 95 W. Deerpath Rd., Lake Forest, lakeforestantiquesale.com, benefiting the Infant Welfare Society, and The Market (formerly the Hinsdale Antique Show & Sale), 415 W. 8th St., Hinsdale, themarket.org, benefiting the Hinsdale Community House. And if you haven’t made … Read more
Toms-Price Sale
Toms-Price is holding a warehouse sale Saturday and Sunday in Bloomingdale (279 Madsen Dr., 630-924-2070). Find lots of furniture, including truckloads of special upholstery purchases, at 40 to 70 percent off retail.
—JAN PARR
Introducing Kneen & Co.
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Mary Jeanne Kneen, head of Nymphenburg Store USA and Au Coin Du Feu (a source for antique fireplace surrounds and accessories) has renamed her operation Kneen & Co. and has expanded her offerings. In addition to Nymphenburg and the fireplaces, she’s now carrying Lobmeyr crystal, James Robinson sterling silver, and bespoke and boxed stationery from The Printery. To celebrate her new venture, Kneen is planning events in her River North showroom this fall. The first is a trunk show featuring The Printery stationery and cards on September 30.
—JAN PARR
Photo courtesy Pathway Creative
Photo Finish
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The designer Michael Abrams alerted us to a great deal on gorgeous art photography by Chicagoan Stephen Bullock. He’s dissasembling a show in Dallas and would rather ship the work directly to you, kind reader, rather than storing it. All pieces are 40 inches by 40 inches and are going for $1,900 (instead of the typical $3,200).
—JAN PARR
Their Turn
In Highland Park, a pair of empty nesters enlarge their home and turn it into a perfect showcase for art
Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park
Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park
List Price: Unit C-3 — $999,000
List Price: Unit D-1 — $999,000
The Property: These two condos in the building known as the Shakespeare Co-Op have approximately the same floor plan and exactly the same price. But both places have different finishes, most notably in…
Guac, Stock, and Barrel
Quick Hit
We’ve heard the buzz on Chilam Balam (3023 North Broadway; 773-296-6901), a new cash-only Mexican BYO run by Chuy Valencia, an alum of Frontera Grill, but Pollack was skeptical. Especially when the halibut seviche ($9.25) and guacamole and chips ($7.25)—both recommended by the gregarious waiter—arrived in a flash and looked small, especially the guac, even by small-plate standards. Pollack’s upsell alert bell went off, but both were…