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Mixed Message

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Forget matchy-matchy. Handmade and hand-finished porcelain pieces—in styles both delicate and bold—play well with each other.

Welcome To Smallville

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I occasionally get e-mails or calls from enthusiastic people telling me about a home they are sure will wow me. The first thing they emphasize: It’s huge! Twenty thousand square feet! Or more! As though this alone will make me want to run and see the place. It does not. Is it 20,000 square feet … Read more

Vintage for All

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Wondering whatever happened to Tragara, that funky little vintage shop on Lincoln Avenue? It has been reincarnated in River North as K. Palmer, and it’s no longer so little.

Q. My elderly mother is moving in with us and I see a wheelchair in our future. How do we remodel a bathroom for her?

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A. As it happens, modern trends in bathroom design lend themselves very well to your situation. Many sophisticated flooring materials—tumbled stone, slate, and other unslippery tile, for example—are non-perilous and don’t look at all hospital-like. Spa-style showers with built-in benches and no door or threshold are increasingly popular, and just the ticket for people who … Read more

Pillow Talk

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Channel your inner blueblood and have your monogram knit into a cashmere pillow in the colors of your choice.