New Deal Halves Price
House built for FDR aide originally listed at $10.9 million
Year: 2009
Busting a Gut
Extensive overhaul breathes new life into tired building
Breaking Even
Sellers receive exactly what they paid for home in 2004
After The Fall
Study measures decline in home prices since market peaked
Weekend Photos: Harry Caray’s Tavern
That faithful but realistic subset of Chicagoans known as Cubs fans celebrated the dawn of a second century of loserdom Friday at the 101st Annual Next Year Day (as in “maybe next year”) at Harry Caray’s Tavern. The blues legend Lonnie Brooks and the band Del Crustaceans entertained the crowd, who premedicated in advance of the Cubs’ April 6th season opener in Houston with a Champagne toast at midnight. We sent our photographer into the heart of Wrigleyville to document the bash.
How About A Quickie?
Change is good. But we don’t always have the time—or the energy—to take on a full-tilt decorating project. We asked a panel of designers to share their favorite speedy routes to interior transformation.
Junior League
With so much good design out there, nurturing a tot’s aesthetic sensibility has never been easier
Target Practice
London-based designer Orla Kiely is applying her bold retro designs to a new home line available this spring exclusively at Target.
Journey Man
A self-taught designer turns a loft into a personal haven that’s also a showcase for clever space-saving techniques
Design on Your Own Terms
Confused or intimidated by how interior designers charge?