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Best of Chicago Design: Closet you could live in
By Gina Bazer and Jan Parr, With Lisa Cregan and Lisa Gartner
This modular custom closet system, made in the same scrupulous manner as Canada-based Neff’s kitchen cabinetry, can be finished in 5,100 colors and various door styles... Read more
Best of Chicago Design: See-It-Before-You-Buy-It Rooftop Deck Design
by Gina Bazer and Jan Parr, with Lisa Cregan and Lisa Gartner
What does this place offer that most other rooftop deck designers don’t? A real-life display of its work that’s always available for viewing (and even rentable for parties). This urban garden atop Chicago Specialty Gardens’ studio shows how solar power collectors, composters, and other eco-friendly mechanisms... Read more
Best of Chicago Design: Arty Asian Vibe
By Gina Bazer and Jan Parr, With Lisa Cregan and Lisa Gartner
It’s easy to spend more time in these gallery-like spaces than you were planning to, taking in the splendor of the unusual pieces owner Betsy Nathan finds on frequent trips to China... Read more
Design Challenge
By Jan Parr
How to redo an outdated, irregularly shaped bath in a 1914 bungalow? We asked three pros to weigh in Read more
Inside Out
By Jan Parr
I was visiting friends in L.A., former Chicagoans, one February and stepped out into their yard on a sunny day to find no furniture—not a chair, chaise, table, or bench. I wanted to soak up as much sun and warmth as possible, so I plopped down on the grass. Read more