Birdhouses, Books, Vino, and More

By Bradley Lincoln

The annual Chicago House birdhouse auction and fund-raising event is branching out this year to include traditional, modern, and contemporary artwork of a non-avian nature, in addition to the dozens of creative birdhouses hatched by local designers, artists, and architects... Read more

Our Favorite Truck Show, HomeGoods is Good, Sale at Ligne Roset

By Bradley Lincoln

Glittering new office buildings and headline-grabbing high-rises (Vince Vaughn bought what?! Where?!) are all fun and dandy to read about, and bring welcome attention to our city’s storied architectural history, but the American Institute of Architects’ Chicago chapter is homing in on more intimate endeavors with its first annual Small Firm/Small Project Awards... Read more

Cool on Craig’s List, Ooh-Lalique, Haymaker is Hot

By Bradley Lincoln

The Haymaker Shop, an ambitious new furniture and home accessories store devoted to Chicago- and Midwestern-made goods, opened yesterday in Andersonville at 5507 North Clark Street, and from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like a knockout... Read more

Domestica: Garden Talk, Randolph Street Market Opening, Vintage Galore

By Bradley Lincoln

Dollars to doughnuts, the eateries of pioneering restaurateurs in under-the-radar hoods leads to an increased number of home design stores and other independent ventures... Read more

FoundRe Opening, Ugly Kitchen Contest, Barley Twist’s New Twist

By Bradley Lincoln

After more than a decade of experience as a professional custom framer, graphic designer, and furniture maker, beginning from a two-car garage on the North Side, Kansas expat Raun Meyn is branching out with his own Wicker Park retail store this weekend... Read more

Vintage Galore, Stylish Strolls, Mart Sample Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

The fifth annual CANstruction design contest/benefit for the Greater Chicago Food Depository gets cooking tonight in the lobby of the Merchandise Mart, with a $25-ticket judging party from 6–8:30 p.m... Read more

A New Marimekko Store, S. Lloyd Natof Event, Secrets of the Stylists

By Bradley Lincoln

Crate & Barrel has been showing and selling the bold and joyful fabrics of Finland’s Marimekko company since the mid 1960s, and often uses the material to perk up store displays and distinctively swoop around its retail locations like titanic toilet paperings... Read more

Artropolis, Garden Goodies, Oak Park/River Forest Kitchen Walk

By Bradley Lincoln

The annual headline-grabbing, international fine art convention at Navy Pier that Chicago used to call Art Expo back in the day has morphed into a three-headed beast called Artropolis, and it’s kicking off tonight and continuing through Monday afternoon at the Merchandise Mart... Read more

Rad Retro, Wedding Fare, Urbanest Closing Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

Design-seeking Andersonville strollers (with or without strollers) usually troll up and down Clark Street to get their shop on, but there are some eclectic, deserving destinations tucked into storefronts on easily accessed side streets as well... Read more

Party at Zhou B, Piggish Design, Antiques at Botanic Garden

By Bradley Lincoln

There’s a big, arty party in Bridgeport tomorrow night, when the Zhou B Art Center hosts a launch party for the latest issue of Chicago Gallery News, the locally published, comprehensive guide to everything that’s happening on the Illinois arts scene... Read more

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