Ad Categories: Home and Garden

Sears it’s not: You’ll start off your trip to this eye-popping kitchen and bath showroom with a free iced tea or latte. Try out a Wolf rangetop (from $3,120) during free weekly cooking classes (a recent session: making the most of your farmers’ market haul). Flip the faucet to see how the water flows into … Read more

Claire Tibbs’s personal touch has won over many local interior designers whose tastes lean toward Mad Men. Her light-filled shop’s collection shifts according to what she unearths at thrift stores and estate sales, but recent finds include a two-seat Knoll sofa ($960), Herman Miller chairs ($180), and a beauty of a hutch by Bernhard Pedersen … Read more

Don and Linda Uteg specialize in breathing new life—through updated bases, shades, and wiring—into those 1960s lamps your parents handed off when they downsized. No matter how unusual the request, the Utegs have it covered with shades in nearly every conceivable size, color, and shape. Prices for new shades range from $50 to $125, with … Read more

Sadly, only a few Chicago interiors stores have earned a national reputation. Jayson is one of them. Martha Stewart Living, Elle Decor, and Vanity Fair, among others, give props to its creepy-cool mix of old and new furniture and accessories. Pick up an antique Parisian tea towel ($32) or—cover your eyes, PETA—old-school antelope taxidermy ($2,495). … Read more

When top real estate agents want to move a listing fast, they call Cheri Kasella’s company because she’s quick and flexible (a warehouseful of furniture, art, and accessories is ready to set sail), and unlike many stagers, she doesn’t require a three-month minimum for renting the stuff. Kasella will also recommend paint colors and rearrange … Read more