The Find coming to Grand Ave.
Make room in your heart for another vintage shop in the Grand Avenue Design District…
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Writ Large
Wordy walls and upholstery are everywhere these days. Interior designer Candice Mathers loves the look and commissioned a mural (“graceful, but with an edge to it”) with words from Dante’s Inferno for some Italy-loving clients’ dining area. Not up for that much verbiage? Scribbles are showing up on pillows and rugs, too.
Events & Openings
A French Art Nouveau lithograph by Alphonse Mucha from Macklowe Gallery, an Antiques Fair exhibitor Events Dream Home Check out this year’s rooms by nine design talents, including Michael Del Piero Good Design (library), Buckingham Interiors + Design (foyer), and Frank Ponterio Interior Design (dining room). April 15–December 9, suggested donation $5, merchandisemartdesigncenter.com/dreamhome Chicago Botanic … Read more
LEGO my Farnsworth House
In our May/June issue, which hits stands in a few weeks, we feature an outdoor playhouse inspired by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House…
Art and Furniture Show
If you were intrigued reading about the talented group of furniture makers that make up the Dock 6 Collective in our January/February feature “Best of the New,” then this weekend is your chance to check out their work up-close and personal…
Bungalow Expo, Maya Romanoff, Aram for Passover
Chiaroscuro is an Art History 101 (or Art in the Dark, as we sleepy undergrads used to call it) term for the use of lights and darks in paintings to create shadows and depth…
Fun Source for Vintage
Every so often the name of a store beckons you inside…
Another Paris Blog
While in Paris, we stayed at a really cute, not-too-expensive hotel called Cluny Square…
In Living Color
Need a quick pick-me-up? A mood-altering pillow here and a bright towel there are just the thing for spring.
Willow Going Out of Business
One of my favorite shops, Willow, which originally had a location on Damen Avenue, and then became online-only, is now closing…