The Hi-Tech Home, Daniels Antiques Reopens, Jayson’s Petit Flea

By Bradley Lincoln

Advances in technology have made these very exciting times to live in, but with the constant introduction of got-to-have-it gadgets and call-in-sick-to-line-up-for iWhatevers they can be more than a little overwhelming... Read more

Steve Schapiro at Edelman, Blu Dot Swap, Flower & Garden Show

By Bradley Lincoln

In 1975, the journalistic lensman Steve Schapiro was invited by Robert DeNiro to become the exclusive on-set photographer for Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, and given unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Jodie, Marty, and Bob, as well as the production... Read more

Rima Suqi, Artists Frame Service Sale, Architect Barbie

By Bradley Lincoln

The fashion and home design worlds often swing in the same circles, and there’s a stylish meeting-of-the-minds event coming up this month at the Alexis Bittar jewelry and accessories store in Bucktown that I’m pretty excited about. Read more

Free chairs, LaGrange Antique Show, Sacred Art Bday

By Bradley Lincoln

The Blizzard of 2011 has mostly melted away, so it’s increasingly rare to see furniture/placeholders sitting on the street, holding dibs on parking spots for commandeering shovelers (and we saw a lot of them last month, huh?)... Read more

Best Gear’s winning lantern, Revision Home sale, Bentwood opens

By Bradley Lincoln

Every year, Travel + Leisure magazine assembles a panel of taste-vetting arbiters to pick the best-designed new products and buildings for its design awards... Read more

Epoch Pop-Up, Bring it Home TV, Urban Folk Circuit

By Bradley Lincoln

Chicago florist Mike Hines has been creating artistic, atypical, not-your-grocery-store-variety arrangements for private clients and upmarket hotels for the past ten years, at his lofty Epoch studio on the West Side... Read more

Heady Beds, Bradley Hughes Opens, Fort Pitt Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

Nebraskan HGTV buff Marilyn Wilson noticed a lot of chirpy television personalities struggling to maneuver unwieldy headboards up narrow stairwells and into bedrooms, and thought that there ought to be an easier way of spiffing up a boudoir... Read more

Aaron’s Apothecary, Homes of the Stars, Bellini Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

For decades, the independently owned Parkway Drugs served the pharmacy and shopping needs of Chicago residents with style and personality, providing a fine selection of gifts, magazines, and housewares to peruse while waiting for those curative creams and pill prescriptions to be filled... Read more

Australia at Trump, Art & Artifacts Pop-Up, JG Custom Design

By Bradley Lincoln

We may be skirting ankle-deep curbsides of slush and scraping Mesozoic layers of ice off windshields, but Aussies are currently enjoying the heady heat of summer, probably planning what to throw on their barbies Monday (that’s the national holiday Australia Day, the equivalent of our Fourth of July)... Read more

Cute Pet Contest! Sepia’s “Dilemma,” Bucktown Changes

By Bradley Lincoln

Can you persuade your weimaraner to vamp on a Wassily chair? Or coax kitty to strike a pose on that Corbusier couch? If so, you might be able to win some sweet modernist merchandise courtesy of Modernica’s Pets on Furniture contest. Read more

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