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Year: 2009

DNA 2050 Opens in 900 Shops

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Calling All Denim Junkies
The multi-designer denim boutique DNA 2050 (900 N. Michigan Ave., 3rd floor; 312-944-0040) returns to Chicago with a new home at the 900 Shops on Saturday, September 19th. The store originally opened a temporary location in Lincoln Park from September 2008 through May 2009. “[It] was a pop up shop for us to test the…

Got Grain Sacks?

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The curvy European antique chair reupholstered in vintage grain sacks is becoming the new “It” chair, following a fun run with the same-style chair reinterpreted in shiny patent leather. See Jayson Home and Garden’s take at left and Maison Suzanne’s at right (shown with another funky fabric option—a blue antique Japanese “boro,” or mended rag). I like how these casual, utilitarian fabrics makes these formal chairs feel so much more down-to-earth.

—GINA BAZER

Adventures in Baliwood

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Prefer your wood exotic? At San Juan Ventures you will find unusual grains in multiple forms.  What started off as an Indonesian vacation six years ago is now a full-on business venture for Kandis Wrigley, founder and chief executive of San Juan Ventures, an exporter and manufacturer of Indonesian wood products. San Juan recently opened … Read more

Rainbow Coalition

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Just add ice (and, of course, a drink): LSA International’s four-inch Hula glass tumblers, $38 for a set of four in different colors, at the Museum Shop of the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., 312-443-3600, artinstituteshop.org   Photograph: Leonard Gertz Styling: Barri Leiner

Color Us Impressed

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It takes courage to use bold hues—going neutral is so much safer. So when people use the riskier values on the spectrum, we get excited. Here are some head-turners.

Weekend Photos: Huettenbar

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Lederhosen, lager, Lincoln Square: Must be the North Side hamlet’s German Day Festival (a.k.a. Oktoberfest). Our photographer caught folks midpolka on Friday, the first night of the weekend-long fest, before heading inside the neighborhood tavern Huettenbar…

Table of Contents

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Cover Story   Where to Get Stuff Fixed by Rebecca Little Austerity is the word these days, and one way to stay within your budget is to get stuff fixed. But where to go? Turn to our guide to Chicago’s best fixers in 36 categories.   The (Super) Natural by Marcia Froelke Coburn Audrey Niffenegger … Read more