Magazine archive: Departments

Sub-Zero, Electrolux, Jenn-Air, Samsung, and Big Chill—Which Brand Will Meet Your Fridge Needs?

Sub-Zero, Electrolux, Jenn-Air, Samsung, and Big Chill—Which Brand Will Meet Your Fridge Needs?

FRIDGE FACTOR: These days, refrigerators aren’t just for keeping food from spoiling. We use them for that, of course, but also to affirm our personal aesthetic and even to get Wi-Fi. The choices...

A Rooftop Deck with a French Accent

A Rooftop Deck with a French Accent

C’EST MAGNIFIQUE!: A French expatriate turns a barren rooftop into a verdant garden that reminds him of home

Room-to-Room Paint Schemes

Room-to-Room Paint Schemes

Glenview homeowner Amy Schneider was raised in a house decorated in neutrals. “I vowed that when I grew up, I’d have a different color in every room,” she says...

A Green Home in Lincoln Park

A Green Home in Lincoln Park

GREEN EXPECTATIONS: An architect gives a 19th-century rowhouse in Lincoln Park an innovative 21st-century update

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

A modern cottage with echoes of classic farm architecture makes the most of its meadow

In Great Taste

In Great Taste

The owner of Southport Grocery found a space that makes life as uncomplicated as possible—and created a beautiful home in it

Up in the Air

Up in the Air

How a group of talented local designers and carpenters came to build a cabin in the sky

Ravine Dreams

Ravine Dreams

Sensitive design and smart engineering turned a topographically challenged property into a lovely, multilevel landscape

Game Changer

Game Changer

A dated Bucktown loft becomes a modern bachelor pad with a party-ready attitude

Longman & Eagle’s Inn Style

Longman & Eagle’s Inn Style

Longman & Eagle’s guest rooms have the rustic-hip thing down