I was trolling around Anthropologie's website and found this on the sale page. Seems like a great deal—and a great deal of style—for $200 (down from $400). It's glass and steel, 11 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
—JAN PARR
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I was trolling around Anthropologie's website and found this on the sale page. Seems like a great deal—and a great deal of style—for $200 (down from $400). It's glass and steel, 11 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
—JAN PARR
" />I was trolling around Anthropologie's website and found this on the sale page. Seems like a great deal—and a great deal of style—for $200 (down from $400). It's glass and steel, 11 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
—JAN PARR
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I was trolling around Anthropologie’s website and found this on the sale page. Seems like a great deal—and a great deal of style—for $200 (down from $400). It’s glass and steel, 11 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
—JAN PARR
There’s still time to start some heirloom tomato plants from seed—you can’t put the plants outside until the weather is reliably warm anyway, and that’s early June. If you’re a fan of the full flavor of heirlooms, which are to store-bought tomatoes what hand-made baked goods are to a Pop-Tart, you’ll find a good seed source in Hyde Park. At the Op Shop a gallery space and community co-op in an old Hollywood Video store, the General Economy Exquisite Exchange, is selling the seeds of meaty Cherokee Purples, savory Jaune Flammes, and about ten other varieties. They’re $2 for a packet of ten seeds. You can also swap seeds here. Too impatient to start them from seed? There are seedlings of a few varieties (mostly black cherry tomatoes remained as of a few days ago) ready to plunk into the ground when it warms up. They’re $5. While in the shop, you can also pick up compost for growing them in. It’s easy to find: there’s a heap of it in the middle of the store.
—DENNIS RODKIN
When the process of converting a circa-1880 brick building in Lincoln Park (once a German Lutheran Congregational school) into a modern single-family home bestows upon you a towering pile of salvaged old-growth pine planks—ceiling joists, floorboards, and rafters from the original building—you display this gift prominently. That’s what Jeff Goulette of the LEED-certified firm … Read more
Whether for your second home, your city porch, or your favorite hostess, these accessories help lighten the mood
April 24, 2010 – The 25th annual Parenthesis Kitchen Walk featured ten newly remodeled kitchens in Oak Park and River Forest. A committee of professional designers and architects selected each kitchen from dozens of nominees based on innovation, attractiveness, and purposeful design. All proceeds from the walk benefitted the Parenthesis Family Center, a non-profit that seeks to build strong families through parenting education, counseling, respite, and case management services.
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This weekend, May 8-9, 11AM to 6PM, Post27 is clearing out the storage space in the back of the store. Prices will range from $2 to $300. I’ve been to one of these and the getting is good!
—GINA BAZER
List Price: $1.250 million
The Property: This extensively renovated Lake View house, which dates to 1887, has one foot in the past and one in the present. A four-year rehab earlier this decade opened up the floor plan to enhance the kind of casual flow preferred today while carefully maintaining the feeling of a vintage home.
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Mark your calendars for Revision Home’s next sale on May 13. Besides the usual mix of wonderful vintage furniture and accessories Revision offers at quarterly sales on Fulton, this show will feature a new line of pillows by Plume Textiles. Plume is the brainchild of local interior designer Elizabeth Siegan. Plume’s website is not live just yet, but it should be up soon at plumetextiles.com. Until then, find it on Facebook.
—JAN PARR
Longtime buds and nonrepentant thriftaholics Chris Hunt and Audra Yeomans have opened up a smartly edited new vintage shop at 1432 West Chicago Avenue, Seek, specializing in, well, special…
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Lately I’ve been obsessing over armchairs upholstered in fun, floral fabrics—they capture the spirit of springtime and brighten up the great indoors. This little number by Shabby Chic for Target is super traditional, but its neutral palate keeps the chair from feeling fussy. Looking for something a little less granny-chic? Pottery Barn’s Brooks Upholstered Chair has a sleek, armless design that feels modern. I also love the cheerful pops of yellow and turquoise on Crate & Barrel’s Jardin Chair, and the garden of embroidered blooms on Anthropologie’s Conservatory Chair. Bonus: All four chairs are priced under $1,000.
–Bridget Herman
