Crosell & Co. is now the exclusive Chicago-area dealer of Ankasa’s couture-inspired furniture. Crosell is also carrying Ankasa’s luxe line of pillows. Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia, the husband-and-wife team behind Ankasa, designed fabrics for Oscar de la Renta, Escada, and Vera Wang before launching their own home brand.
—JAN PARR
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Crosell & Co. is now the exclusive Chicago-area dealer of Ankasa’s couture-inspired furniture. Crosell is also carrying Ankasa’s luxe line of pillows. Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia, the husband-and-wife team behind Ankasa, designed fabrics for Oscar de la Renta, Escada, and Vera Wang before launching their own home brand.
—JAN PARR
" />Crosell & Co. is now the exclusive Chicago-area dealer of Ankasa’s couture-inspired furniture. Crosell is also carrying Ankasa’s luxe line of pillows. Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia, the husband-and-wife team behind Ankasa, designed fabrics for Oscar de la Renta, Escada, and Vera Wang before launching their own home brand.
—JAN PARR
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Crosell & Co. is now the exclusive Chicago-area dealer of Ankasa’s couture-inspired furniture. Crosell is also carrying Ankasa’s luxe line of pillows. Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia, the husband-and-wife team behind Ankasa, designed fabrics for Oscar de la Renta, Escada, and Vera Wang before launching their own home brand.
—JAN PARR
A professional prop stylist creates an artful mix of things charming, dramatic, and highly idiosyncratic
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If your home office is starting to feel a little too much like your cubicle at work, perhaps it’s time to ditch the Office Max catalog and start treating the space like you would a real room in the house. A place that reflects your style—not Corporate America’s. Graphic designer Julia Archer was decorating her own workspace when she realized that it was way too difficult to find accoutrements that both looked good and functioned the way she needed them to. She thought, “Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get all these things in one place?” So she opened @WorkDesign, dedicated to “design-driven, yet affordable product solutions from desks, seating and other furnishings to lighting, shelving, paper goods, and work bags.” 7500 W. Madison St., Forest Park, 708-488-9297.
—Gina Bazer
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Alessi, the Italian tabletop store in the old Tree Studios building, has ushered in spring with a delightful display of blooms from Suzanne Cummings Flowers. Catch them until early next week.
—JAN PARR
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Schumacher and Christopher Peacock Paint have begun a collaboration to help decorators match wallpaper and paint. Schumacher’s Greenhouse Collection, consisting of lush, garden-inspired wallcoverings, are paired with sunwashed colors from Peacock’s paint Collection No. 1. See the perfect pairings at the Peacock cabinetry showroom in LuxeHome in the Mart.
—JAN PARR
Last week, Pagoda Red launched a new site with searchable capabilities—just the thing for anyone with a taste for Chinese furniture and a size-restrictive space to fill. In addition to combing through the collection by category or key words, you can punch in dimensions and see a selection of items that fit the bill. Sign up for the informative newsletter and you’ll get weekly previews of sale items, notices of special events, and monthly editions of the Pagoda Red Book, a journal of Chinese art, culture, and design. Subscribe before May 30 and you’ll also have a chance to win this groovy green-lacquered 19th Century roundback chair, delivered free to anyone in the lower 48. The Web site wasn’t the only birth in the Pagoda family—owner Betsy Nathan just had her fourth baby boy, Nate, and “hands are full and so is life,” she reports.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design has a product development division called Working Class Studio that cultivates the talents of teachers and students, resulting in a whole line of home accessories that are sold at boutiques around the country. The items, ranging from stationery to plastic plates, are not expensive (the lampshades shown above are around $45) and look great. The line is available locally at Sprout Home, among other retailers, which are listed on the organization’s Web site.
—Gina Bazer
The sales just keep getting better and better. Interior designers Tom Stringer, Shea Soucie, Martin Horner, Marshall Erb, and Frank Ponterio are all participating in a sale of their private collections of furnishings, fixtures, and home accessories. An invitation-only preview event will take place on April 29, then the sale continues from April 30 to May 3 (Thursday, 10AM to 6PM; Friday and Saturday, 10AM to 5PM; Sunday, noon to 5PM) at 372 W. Ontario St., ground Floor. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Infant Welfare Society.
—Gina Bazer
Luxury residences arise at Terra site
Price cuts bring condos in line with area homes
