I don’t think it’s going out on much of a limb to say that there will be more champagne sold in the next few days than during any other week of the year... Read more
There’s a charming little Highland Park home boutique called Belle Fleur (487 Roger Williams Avenue) that’s a bit under the radar, but has un peu de tout, as they say, when it comes to beautiful and special offerings... Read more
I was first introduced to the singular design aesthetic and sharp eye of furniture and home accessories dealer Andrew Schultz at the Vintage Bazaar, and I’ve since come to look forward to his clever booth displays and quirky merchandise at the various markets he participates in under the moniker of Houndstooth... Read more
Anyone who has ever walked through Luminaire or Orange Skin is familiar with the Italian furniture maker Moroso’s look, whether they realize it or not, I’m certamente of that... Read more
More than 600 artists are heading to the Merchandise Mart next week to set up for the 11th annual One of a Kind Show, a four-day marketplace of handmade furniture, jewelry, clothing, serving pieces, and art... Read more
ON THE MAKE: Greta de Parry is not your typical woodworker-welder. For one thing, she earns a small stipend while creating whatever she wants (“I could whittle little fox terriers all day,” she jokes) as the sole artist-in-residence at Lake Bluff’s Crab Tree Farm, a working farm that’s also a design incubator... Read more
Bust out the brilliantine and lint-roll the sharkskin, cats, because tomorrow night Lynne and Ty McDaniel are having a stomp-the-floor party to celebrate the opening of An Orange Moon’s new Wicker Park perch at 2418 West North Avenue... Read more
Ninety-nine percent of Chicago’s art and design community is rallying behind the symbiotic pairing of the SOFA (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art) and Intuit (Folk and Outsider) art fairs going on at the tip-top of Navy Pier this weekend... Read more
Last fall’s first-ever Chairs for Charity event lured more than 200 fun party people to the Tile Gallery, and raised about $10,000 for Designs for Dignity... Read more
