By Bradley Lincoln
You have only until January 8 to witness the beginning of a new Chicago holiday tradition, the decorating of the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute. Read more
Tag: Home & Garden
By Bradley Lincoln
Earlier this month at Southern Florida’s flamboyant DesignMiami and Art Basel, Studio Dror had a red-carpet premiere for one fantastic, futuristic armchair inspired by the sci-fi flick TRON: Legacy, which opens in 3-D wide release tomorrow. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
Baby it’s cold outside, but you still have to bang out some of that holiday shopping, don’tcha? My pal Stacy Klein, who waxes poetically aromatic tinned candles with her business partner Karen Young, under the name Crackle and Drag (no connection to RuPaul or Joan Rivers), told me about a special little shopping event this Sunday at Roscoe Village’s Vintage Tap bar and restaurant. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
The outdoor art fair, craft festival season is sadly over now that the weather is skewing frightful, but there are still some delightful indoor opportunities to browse curated collections of handmade furniture, sculpture, jewelry, and apparel. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
This time of year, Chicago-area home stores seem to have more trunk showings than the Ringling Bros. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
I ran into the bubbly Lynne McDaniel at the Chairs for Charity event a couple of weeks ago, and she gave me a heads-up about the Black Friday sale she’s having at her Chicago Lawn vintage furniture store, An Orange Moon. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
I’ll be the first to admit, Jonathan Adler’s shagadelic Valley of the Dolls–meets–1970s Palm Springs aesthetic isn’t for everyone (“Honey, that’s why there’s more than one dress shop,” my dear friend Renée always says), but even if you’re not sold on Adler’s colorful and aggressively vivacious vision for an entire room or home, I bet a daily dose of Adler would be welcome in your life with his new spin on such mundane necessities as magnet boards, markers, mugs, pens, and laptop and phone cases, available now at the Chicago location and online. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
DIFFA’s annual autumn Dining by Design benefit kicks off tonight, and this year they’re dishing out the event in several courses over three days. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
To celebrate 21 years in business, The Golden Triangle is kicking it British Colonial style from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, October 30, with Return to the Raj, a free open house with themed refreshments and costumed actors lolling about the showroom’s newly expanded veranda house (pictured here). Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
Birds of a feather are flocking together up on the North Shore, where for the first time ever, the events formerly known as the Winnetka Antiques Show and the Modernism Show have been combined into one entity, the Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show. Read more