Urban Orchard, Dock 6 Party, Vintage Bazaar
I stopped by the grand opening of A’ville’s newest grocery and retail destination, Urban Orchard (at 5212 North Clark Street, the old Urbanest space) last weekend, and it was a bustling scene…
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Yearbook Opens
New home store in Forest Park is an amazing source for vintage finds…
New Florense designs are out of the closet
Most homeowners would rather die than open their messy closets to public inspection, but Florense’s new line could change that…
Arrin Williams opens The Haymaker Shop in Andersonville
Arrin Williams compares his new Andersonville store, The Haymaker Shop, devoted entirely to objects and furniture made in Chicago and elsewhere in the Midwest, to the farm-to-table movement in the restaurant world…
Painting Furniture Black
Over the long weekend I tackled a long-delayed project: painting an old Heywood-Wakefield end table with high-gloss black paint…
Moroccan-Style Light Fixtures
On a recent visit to A Lamp and Fixture Shoppe, I discovered these beautiful filigreed steel light fixtures…
Sales at Branca and Twice, Street Fests
Kelly Rauch’s interior design studio Twice is typically open only by appointment, but tomorrow night you can stop by 5400 West Belmont Avenue and check out all the services and products that are offered out of the atelier…
Building a Furnace-Free Home
The grass is green on the sustainable-living landscape, but getting there can be a challenge. The CAF presents experts to help…
Get Busted
I’ve been seeing busts lately-the home décor kind, people-and I love how putting one of them in a room can add a touch of casual braininess…
The DesignSponge Newspaper
We’ve all heard that “print is dead,” so when one of my favorite blogs, Design Sponge, made a newspaper, I thought it was pretty interesting…