—Jan Parr
—Jan Parr
—Jan Parr
Feeling creative? Got a cool concept for a piece of art, something in fashion, furniture, or an interior design element? Want to win $10,000? Nate Berkus is judging a design contest, sponsored by Basil Hayden Bourbon and Out magazine. Submit your design concept here by August 15. You have to be a resident of Illinois, Ohio, or Wisconsin, and be a least 21. (All the rules are at the link above.)
—Jan Parr
Yankee Doodle Daughter
Hillary Clinton won’t be the next female president, via this election cycle anyway, but the new documentary What’s Your Point, Honey? aims to figure out who might bring a little ...
List Price: $4.9 million
The Property: You will be forgiven if, when approaching this new house in Hinsdale, you wonder whether they hauled it over from England in pieces or already assembled. The rough-hewn stone façade, the sheltered entry vestibule with timber beams and...
John Reeves’ “modern-Baroque” dining and occasional tables (and bookcases) are just the ticket for schizophrenic designphiles who (like me)
want it all: classical, contemporary, minimalist—you name it; these pieces have elements of each. All are made from solid wood and finished in lacquer or veneer (they’re available at Stitch in oak veneer and red, black, or white lacquer).
—Gina Bazer
Images courtesy stitchchicago.com
The developer who paid $1.2 million for a Northfield lot where he plans to build six condos could have had the old house there demolished in two days, at a cost of about $15,000. Instead, he’s paying twice that—and the...
I'm not sure if I'm going to add the new CBS show Swingtown to my TiVo faves just yet, but it's a lot of nostalgic fun to check out the
furniture and home design on this Winnetka-set series that starts out in the summer of 1976. The shag carpeting’s wall-to-wall, the kids play Gnip Gnop in a red, white, and blue bedroom, and there is more avocado than in Rick Bayless’s walk-in cooler. Upright yet open-minded Bruce and Susan move across the street from swingin’ Trini and Tom, who have awesome pool furniture. I got in touch with set designer Beauchamp Fontaine (you’re not going to find THAT on a keychain at Navy Pier!), who told me some of those chairs are Verner Panton S-chair repros, available locally at Orange Skin for $245, and the molded fiberglass lounge chairs ($595) came from Room Service L.A. Groovy!
—BRADLEY LINCOLN
