ODLCO Is the Antidote to Black Friday Shopping By Gina Bazer This Chicago-based design store and "small-batch" design brand is the exact opposite of the big-retail madness. Read more
Where to Get a New Tablecloth for Thanksgiving By Gina Bazer This holiday season, get something special to soak up the splattered gravy. Read more
Make Your Own Twig Sconce By Gina Bazer Designer Paul Schulman's sconces, at a new restaurant, Range, are easy to copy. Read more
Seven Kitchen Design Mistakes Everyone Makes By Gina Bazer Designer Scott Dresner (who has 7,000 projects under his belt) shares his don'ts. Read more
Go to SOFA Chicago, the Annual Design Mega Fair By Gina Bazer At the preview tonight and at the fair this weekend, see work from more than 70 galleries at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. Read more
Waveland & Clark Has a Deal on a Sofa By Gina Bazer Chris Min and Ryan Scarpelli started a Chicago-based e-commerce site that cuts out the middle man on home furnishings. Read more
There Is Some Fun Design Stuff Going on This Weekend By Gina Bazer Choose from an open house at Albany Carroll Arts Building, a great trunk show at Asrai Garden, or tricks and treats at Randolph Street Market. Read more
Have You Been to Judy Maxwell's New Digs? By Alice Oglethorpe The new location of this "modern general store," owned by actress Joan Cusack, is worth a visit. Read more
Chef Paul Kahan's Home Kitchen Makes Perfect Sense By Gina Bazer Posted on Houzz, this recent remodel is a little bit Blackbird, a little bit Avec, with dash of Julia Child thrown in. Read more
See 400 Years of Design in Winnetka This Weekend By Gina Bazer Hit up Antiques + Modernism Winnetka, a union of the Winnetka Antiques Show and the Modernism Show, October 18-20. Read more
