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September 2010
A Mediterranean Villa in Highland Park
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2,895,000
The Property: It started life in 1907 as a cedar-clad Colonial, but in 1930 this Highland Park home underwent a transformation into a Mediterranean-style villa, complete with a giant wall of cut stone embracing the entrance, wrought iron balconies, and carved walnut doors in the main rooms... Read more
Nettelhorst and Nate
By Megan Duffy Rostan
Nate Berkus was busy last week. Not only did his new show premiere, but he also unveiled a long-awaited kitchen overhaul at Nettelhorst School complete with breakfast prepared and served by Chicago chef-of-the-moment Stephanie Izard and private chef Lorin Adolph... Read more
Brought to You by the Letter M
Our top five picks for things to do this week: M is for . . . Mary, the MacArthur genius . . . Michele, the voice of All Things Considered . . . Mitchell, Nicole, our guest weekend planner . . . and, of course, Muppet Read more
Jayson Home & Garden Flea Market
By Amalie Drury
This is no side-of-the-highway maze of stalls hawking Beanie Babies and paperback romances. Jayson Home & Garden’s biggest event of the year (Sept. 24–26) will showcase the fruits of an around-the-world shopping spree taken by buyers Devin Kirk and Caroline Scheeler... Read more
For Some Communities, It’s 2002 All Over Again
By Dennis Rodkin
Since the real-estate downturn began, the S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices has been a good measure of where prices stand relative to where they used to be. For the past several months, the index has had current residential sale prices in the Chicago area running about where they were in mid to late 2002... Read more
New Furniture Shop Arrives in Ukrainian Village
By Bridget Maiellaro
Scentimental Gardens 2.0
The landscaper and designer Debra Phillips recently opened SG Grand (1822 W. Grand Ave.; 312-226-6654, sggrand.com), a furniture and décor store, in the burgeoning design district along Grand Avenue, a spot Phillips chose because of its proximity to Post 27 (1819 W. Grand Ave.; 312-829-6122, post27store.com) and the Merchandise Mart (222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza; 800-677-6278, mmart.com)... Read more
The Nate Berkus Show
By Amalie Drury
I’ve known interior designer Nate Berkus since I moved to Chicago a decade ago. A story about Nate’s former Old Town rowhouse was the first magazine feature I ever wrote, and we’ve sat down for plenty of interviews since... Read more