Hydrology’s Aqua Jewels collection, including faucets, tub fillers, and shower systems, will make your bathroom glitter like a jewelry store. Dutch designer Marcel Wanders’s handles (made from brass and available in a polished chrome or gold finish) are faceted in exactly the same proportions as a round, brilliant-cut diamond. Shown here, a polished chrome faucet, … Read more
These low-maintenance, high-design rugs are just what you need to bring your outdoor room together. In fact, they look so good, why not bring them inside?
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York Wallcoverings claims to be the first American manufacturer to add sand to wallpaper, and we are inclined to believe them. The company describes the process as “a lot like a child’s glitter-and-glue project,” but as you can see, the results are grown-up indeed. The sand adds subtle texture. Shown here is lattice on charcoal non-woven with white sand from Candice Olson Dimensional Surfaces ($130 per roll). Buy it locally through Finishing Touches Interiors, 227 W. North Ave., 312-787-5404.
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Waterfall’s three-drawer Lilliput vanity sink, 24 inches wide, provides big style for tight spaces—a mirrored finish gives the illusion of transparency. As shown, with CaesarStone counter and Zietta Clara glass knobs, about $4,895, at Artistic Tile, 105A Merchandise Mart, 312-670-0612; artistictile.com, and Bathhaus, 860 S. Northwest Hwy., Barrington, 847-277-1313; bathhaus.com
The newest freestanding bathtubs have more in common with streamlined modern sculpture than they do with the heavy, claw-footed, cast-iron vessels of yore. The high-tech acrylics and Corian-like engineered materials used in these contemporary styles give their surfaces a soft, silky feel, making bath time more indulgent than ever.
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The Property: The quarterback Brian Griese, who played for the Chicago Bears from 2006 to 2008, has sold his house in Glencoe for $300,000 less than he paid for it in 2006…
Jason McLeod, exec chef of the Elysian Hotel’s two restaurants, Balsan and Ria, has got a handle on Balsan’s artisanal comfort food three meals a day—croissants, gourmet charcuterie, wood-burning-oven pizzas
By August all of Chicago could be hooked on this restaurant’s promised roasted whitefish with peperonata, balsamic, and parsley oil.
When things turn tough, it may be time for a reinvention. These eight classes point the way
Assets include a bucolic outdoor patio, old family recipes, and organic grass-fed beef.
