Arrelle Fine Linens is now offering in-home consulting and a window treatment service. The shop has enlisted veteran window treatment pro Phillip Bernal to help customers dress their windows. His services are free til the end of the year (normal charge is $150 per hour with a two-hour mininum for a home consult, but the fee can be applied toward purchases of $500 or more). Arrelle has also expanded its fabric selection to include more fabrics with ultraviolet protection, insulation, and light-blocking qualities. Too focused on the holidays to think about curtains and shades? The shop has great gifts and free gift wrapping.

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Through January 30, stop by Primitive’s showroom (like you need an excuse) and see the room vignette designed by designer Madeline Gelis. We attended the opening reception a few weeks ago and were wowed all over again by Primitive’s four floors of fabulousness.

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Sable on the Table
Heather Terhune, who has run the kitchen at Atwood Cafe (Hotel Burnham, 1 W. Washington St.; 312-368-1900) for ten years, plans to leave her post at year’s end to helm the upcoming... Read more
Get to Johnathon, swift, if you want to take advantage of a storewide floor-sample sale. Everything in John Gray’s (a former Bravo TV Top Design contestant, don’t you know…) Lakeview home store is half-off, including this linear silver-leafed mirror which has been reduced to $600. The shop is at 3161 N. Halsted St.; the sale runs through Sunday. And remember when I told you about Zella Brown’s big clearance sale a couple of weeks ago? As it happens, Zella Brown’s owner, Trisha London... Read more
Don't-miss picks for 12.09.09 through 12.15.09: A hometown funny man returns … a quintet of luminaries reconvenes … a holiday curmudgeon rethinks the season … plus, free stuff—and a chance to win Read more