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Off-off-off Loop

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Don’t-miss picks for 10.14.09 through 10.20.09: Windmill wishes, impossible dreams … more fall color than your prematurely winterized brain can imagine … Second City, Hyde Park–style … Spike Lee’s go-to jazz man … and more

Mart Sample Room

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I was over at the Mart last week to moderate a panel on wallcoverings hosted by Schumacher and stumbled on to a new permanent sample sale room on the 15th floor. About a dozen showrooms, including Henredon, Hickory Chair, DeAurora, Kenneth Ludwig, Ebel, Atelier Lapchi, Peterson Picture, and Pearson, have rugs, art, lamps, furniture, and accessories here at deep discounts (I spied a large framed photo for $100). Bring a designer with you; this sample sale room, like the showrooms on the upper levels of the Mart, are not open to the public.

—JAN PARR

Plum Crazy

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Following the runway rush to jewel tones for fall, we predict plum as the season’s frontrunner for the home. Alone or with gray, pink, chocolate brown, or even yellow, it’s playful, rich, and ripe for the picking.

Home Goodies

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These new items from HomeGoods just landed in my InBox. Not too bad for adding some cheap and chic touches to your home?  The pillows range from $14.99 to $19.99. The lamp is $19.99. The glass decanters from India are $9.99 to $19.99.

-Gina Bazer

So Long, Andrew Hollingsworth

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Recently, Tate Gunnerson reported on his blog Strange Closets that Danish modern furnishings dealer Andrew Hollingsworth is closing, and we were so sad to read this. As Tate reported and a note from Hollingsworth recently confirmed, he will still be selling off his inventory while re-establishing himself in San Francisco; clearance items are noted on his Web site. Hollingsworth’s book about Danish design is available on Amazon.

—GINA BAZER

Drink Up Chicago

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  We at Home + Garden love all things architecture, but we also have our limits. So when I say that the Willis Tower tastes like passionfruit, trust me that I did not just lick it. Rather, Cityscape Bar on the 15th floor of the

Tiffany Garden

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It seems like a world away now, but just a few short weeks ago I was basking in the sun at a luncheon for the opening of the Tiffany & Co. Celebration Garden in Grant Park. With a $1.25 million gift from Tiffany, the local nonprofit Parkways Foundation hired Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects to renovate Grant Park’s south rose garden. With stunning views of Buckingham Fountain and the skyline, this two-thirds of an acre site is available for private events.

—JAN PARR

Floors, Fabulous Floors

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If you’ve ever had your hardwood floors refinished you know that choosing the right stain is incredibly stressful. You are, after all, coating the biggest surface in your home with something that doesn’t easily come off, and you want it to be right. Enter Hudson Home. This design-build firm, whose projects have been featured numerous times in our magazine, is now offering a program called Hardwood by Hudson Home, with services including refurbishment and/or re-staining of existing floors and new floor installation. As with wall color, furniture placement, and everything, really, it’s nice to have an experienced designer tell you what will look good—and then do it for you. Contact Arash Ansari at 773-907-5500 ext. 246 or arash@hudsonhomeinc.com for a free consultation.

—GINA BAZER