My husband sometimes accompanies me to showroom openings, various design events, and parties. So when he told me that the spouse of his haircutter was throwing a bash to celebrate the opening of his showroom, of course I was in.
Kähler’s colorfully glazed ceramic Mano cups ($23 small, $35 large) and bowls ($38) by Jeanette List Amstrup fit perfectly in your hand and add pop to your kitchen. Select colors at The Sweden Shop, 3304 W. Foster Ave., 773-478-0327,
The Chopping Block’s Shelley Young gets the cozy, sociable, highly functional home kitchen of her dreams
This Friday and Saturday from 6–10 p.m. at the David Leonardis Gallery, all art—about 1,000 pieces—is being offered at 70 percent off; some for as little as $30…
A suburban couple go urban and minimalist—just in time to expand their family
This is your official warning never to trash a piece of furniture found in your basement or inherited from an elderly aunt. A new breed of designer is turning classic shapes into modern pieces by changing up the finishes and fabrics. Recovered Interior, an enterprise run by 7-year-old Harrington Design School grad Kylie Egge…
Q: I’m on a tight budget. Can I update my kitchen cabinets without completely replacing them?
Lacquered wood dining set (1982) by Richard Meier for Knoll, $55,000, at Converso Openings 610 Home The latest shop to add hip design cred to west suburban Geneva, 610 Home was started by three self-taught decorators and lovers of objects; their cozy space has a warm mix of industrial and classic, mid-century and rustic-style … Read more
Next month, Cosentino, a well-known distributor of quartz surfacing and natural stone, will start making the Silestone Integrity Sink, shown above, available to dealers. What’s so cool about this sink? It’s made from one continuous piece of Silestone…
Last week we stopped by the grand opening of Ashley & Sloane, a new showroom just west of downtown packed with wonderful French and English antiques and reproductions. Betsy Karp, who started Vintage Pine years ago…
