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Cut to the Chaise

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Deck your deck with a modern take on the classic adjustable lounge chair. These sleek, sexy styles will become your flat-out favorites.

Past, Perfected

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With its tapered, dark-shingled side walls and gabled roof, the new porch blends beautifully with the architecture of the stucco-and-brick house, built in 1911. To wire the Arts and Crafts–style light alongside the path, a hole was drilled through the limestone boulder.  Photo Gallery::: Photographer Matthew Gilson and his wife, Holly, loved living in their … Read more

Mies & Jahn

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The Mies van der Rohe Society hosted a cocktail reception and tour of Helmut Jahn’s elegantly simple 600 North Fairbanks glass tower last week. Two of the light-filled units, with signature concrete walls, posts, and ceilings, together with floor-to-ceiling windows—were furnished and decorated by Jennifer Sweas, a local interior designer. I loved the way Sweas did the unit shown here; it goes to show that modern does not have to be cold. The other model, the penthouse, is equally stunning. I ran into a couple of tenants in the elevator; they seemed very happy living there. Think you’d be, too? Don’t dally. Only ten units in this 41-story building are still available.

—JAN PARR