Our art director Megan Duffy Rostan alerted me to some gorgeous glass candlesticks that can be attained at two price points: high and low.  Shown at left, Juliska’s line at Tabula Tua, mouth-blown by artisans in the hills of Prague, with those charming bubbles adding character, starting at $135. At right, the Lumiere collection at CB2, hand-blown in China, very cheap-yet-chic, starting at $3.With the holiday season coming up, each of these options is worth checking out—after all, nothing says festive like an elegant grouping of candles on the table.

—GINA BAZER

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Our art director Megan Duffy Rostan alerted me to some gorgeous glass candlesticks that can be attained at two price points: high and low.  Shown at left, Juliska’s line at Tabula Tua, mouth-blown by artisans in the hills of Prague, with those charming bubbles adding character, starting at $135. At right, the Lumiere collection at CB2, hand-blown in China, very cheap-yet-chic, starting at $3.With the holiday season coming up, each of these options is worth checking out—after all, nothing says festive like an elegant grouping of candles on the table.

—GINA BAZER

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Our art director Megan Duffy Rostan alerted me to some gorgeous glass candlesticks that can be attained at two price points: high and low.  Shown at left, Juliska’s line at Tabula Tua, mouth-blown by artisans in the hills of Prague, with those charming bubbles adding character, starting at $135. At right, the Lumiere collection at CB2, hand-blown in China, very cheap-yet-chic, starting at $3.With the holiday season coming up, each of these options is worth checking out—after all, nothing says festive like an elegant grouping of candles on the table.

—GINA BAZER

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Glass with Class

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Our art director Megan Duffy Rostan alerted me to some gorgeous glass candlesticks that can be attained at two price points: high and low.  Shown at left, Juliska’s line at Tabula Tua, mouth-blown by artisans in the hills of Prague, with those charming bubbles adding character, starting at $135. At right, the Lumiere collection at CB2, hand-blown in China, very cheap-yet-chic, starting at $3.With the holiday season coming up, each of these options is worth checking out—after all, nothing says festive like an elegant grouping of candles on the table.

—GINA BAZER

Forever Young

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This past spring, for the International Antiques Fair at the Merchandise Mart, we asked three interior designers—Greg Jagmin, Julia Buckingham Edelmann, and Hillery Estes—to create vignettes for us that use antiques in a fresh way. What did we learn? That antiques are not stodgy if given a chance to be hip. Take inspiration from these … Read more

Straight and Arrow

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So many ways to hang things on the powder-coated aluminum Arrow Hanger by Gustav Hallén for Design House Stockholm, we want to try them all. Flip the shaft down (above) and it holds conventional hangers; keep it upright (right) and use the highly graphic arrow as a hook, or hooks. It comes in several colors, … Read more

Light Metal

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Designed by Ferruccio Laviani for Kartell and available in eight metallic colors, the Cindy lamp, $273, adds shimmery pop to any room. Orange Skin, 223 W. Erie St., 312-335-1033, orangeskin.com 

Winners!

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The American Association of Interior Designers (Illinois chapter) and i4Design magazine presented the annual Design Excellence Awards Thursday night. Two of my favorite winners: A sophisticated kitchen by Barbara Ince and Sarah Davis of Susan Fredman Design Group [susanfredman.com] (which won Best of Show) and John Robert Wiltgen’s lovely bathroom, inspired by his clients’ trip to Florence. Frank Ponterio also won awards for his room in the 2009 Lake Forest showhouse—it appears in the September/October issue of Chicago Home + Garden.

—JAN PARR 

Photos: Ince (kitchen):  Novelli Photodesign; Wiltgen (bath): Wolfe Photography

Antiques a Go-Go!

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There are beaucoup treasures to be found at the 42nd annual Lake Forest Antiques & Treasures Show, 95 W. Deerpath Rd., Lake Forest, lakeforestantiquesale.com, benefiting the Infant Welfare Society, and The Market (formerly the Hinsdale Antique Show & Sale), 415 W. 8th St., Hinsdale, themarket.org, benefiting the Hinsdale Community House. And if you haven’t made … Read more

Toms-Price Sale

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Toms-Price is holding a warehouse sale Saturday and Sunday in Bloomingdale (279 Madsen Dr., 630-924-2070). Find lots of furniture, including truckloads of special upholstery purchases, at 40 to 70 percent off retail.

—JAN PARR

Introducing Kneen & Co.

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Mary Jeanne Kneen, head of Nymphenburg Store USA and Au Coin Du Feu (a source for antique fireplace surrounds and accessories) has renamed her operation Kneen & Co. and has expanded her offerings. In addition to Nymphenburg and the fireplaces, she’s now carrying Lobmeyr crystal, James Robinson sterling silver, and bespoke and boxed stationery from The Printery. To celebrate her new venture, Kneen is planning events in her River North showroom this fall. The first is a trunk show featuring The Printery stationery and cards on September 30.

—JAN PARR

Photo courtesy Pathway Creative 

Photo Finish

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The designer Michael Abrams alerted us to a great deal on gorgeous art photography by Chicagoan Stephen Bullock. He’s dissasembling a show in Dallas and would rather ship the work directly to you, kind reader, rather than storing it. All pieces are 40 inches by 40 inches and are going for $1,900 (instead of the typical $3,200).

—JAN PARR

Their Turn

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In Highland Park, a pair of empty nesters enlarge their home and turn it into a perfect showcase for art