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
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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
" /> 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
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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
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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
Sawbridge Studios is offering 20 percent off all Pearson upholstered dining chairs, sofas, lounge chairs, and ottomans, through October 15.
–JAN PARR
Window treatments intimidate me. There are a lot of premade panels, blinds, poles, and gewgaws for hanging available, but I’m never sure where to measure or hang the rods, and I’m not a fan of big contrasting buttons, tabs, or clips. My partner Peter and I have been talking about changing up our sunroom window situation for quite some time…
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Virtu is a cute little Bucktown shop that’s been around for a while, and every time I go in I’m reminded of why I like it so much. Owner Julie Hororwitz Jackson carries practical and fun items such as these FDA-grade silicone placemats ($18 each; shown above) by Modern-Twist, along with doilies ($25 per pair) and coasters ($23 for box of 4). Cute easy-to-clean placemats are a very good investment in my book.
—GINA BAZER
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I confess that European Furniture Importers on Grand is one of those showrooms I tend to forget about, even though I bought some stools there a few years ago. So I was happy to get a note from them about two new pieces, both from Cattelan Italia. The Goblin table by Modus Studio has a thick glass top on a solid walnut or oakwood stained wenge base. It comes in several sizes and shapes. The Kayak sideboard by Andrea Lucatello comes in polished white or black lacquered wood and has a three-dimensional jewel design on the doors.
—JAN PARR
In a North Side townhouse, Old World elegance meets modern joie de vivre
Post 27 are having a fun joint event this weekend called Vintage Processing Plant, taking place at both stores. “We have amassed an amazing amount of vintage planters, and we’re planting up each one,” says the press release. All plants will be for sale. —GINA BAZER
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Going on today through the rest of the weekend, Vintage Pine’s Fall Festival, featuring new shipments of antiques from France, England, and the Netherlands, and the opening of a new shop, Salvage Sisters, a collaboration between 11 local interior designers (including real estate stager Bethany Souza, a regular on HGTV’s “Designed to Sell,” and custom linen designer Maida Lin) who have come together to sell their vintage wares. Check Vintage Pine’s website for details.
—GINA BAZER
