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July-August 2010
The Great, Groovy Outdoors
By Gina Bazer & Barri Leiner Grant
Lawn furniture just keeps getting cooler. So cool, in the case of these chairs from the Paris-based design collaborative Outdoorz Gallery, that you’ll want to bring them inside to live with year-round. Read more
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
By Gina Bazer & Barri Leiner Grant
An appealingly lazy trend among pendant lamps—the option to suspend them from the ceiling or lie them on a flat surface to act as luminous table or floor sculptures Read more
Urbane Outfitter
By Tate Gunnerson
A designer brings his Edgewater condo to life with classic mid-century and contemporary furnishings Read more
You Must Remember This
By Bridget Herman
When a Northfield couple recruited Ben White, a designer with the Evanston-based firm Benvenuti and Stein (benvenutiandstein.com), to transform their utilitarian master bath into something more luxurious, they chose the right guy. A 730-square-foot second-floor addition allowed White to do away with the room’s choppy L-shaped layout and expand its footprint. Read more
Urban Holiday
By Gina Bazer and Barri Leiner Grant
Architect Ben Holiday moonlights as an artist, and his favorite subject matter is (what else?) architecture... Read more
Twice as Nice
By Gina Bazer and Barri Leiner Grant
Artist and interior designer Kelly Rauch had a novel idea: Her workshop, called Twice, features an inventory of raw vintage finds (as well as completed pieces) for sale, and she offers full refinishing and upholstery services... Read more
Still Life
By Lisa Cregan
A photo stylist and filmmaker fills his home with eloquent objects and images from times past Read more