Featuring the most well decorated homes on the North Shore. Come participate in our inaugural The Best Dressed Homes contest. We invite you to submit photos of your own home, the home of a friend or neighbor or a home that you may have helped decorate. Our contest highlights a different room or decorating concept […]
We love our gardens. From tiny window ledge herb gardens to pottage layouts worthy of a Nancy Meyers film; you can find these and everything in between on the North Shore. While most gardeners love choosing plants and spend hours with their landscape designer or their shovel, few focus on lighting their property and gardens. […]
Achieve Design Bliss by Applying Wedding Rules—Something Old, Something New—to Home Decor. Home is where the heart is. At least that’s how the saying goes. So it makes sense that for many people, reading design magazines and fantasizing about new decor can be as exciting as planning a wedding. On the other hand, the only […]
Jaw-dropping interiors that are still family friendly, warm and inviting. That combination describes the Edelmann home in Wilmette that’s featured in the March 2010 issue of Make It Better. Here’s a preview of the home and some great take-away tips: A few things I learned from Julia Buckingham Edelmann Wood as art: We’re talking driftwood […]
Who needs an interior designer when you can just shop from a designer’s collection? Cindy Galvin, a designer on the North Shore for more than 20 years, has stocked her new store, Maze Home in downtown Winnetka, with all of her favorite furnishings, including one-of-a-kind finds from Paris flea markets, Oriental rugs and her […]
Calling all designophiles! Come participate in our Best Dressed Homes contest. Each month our judges will select the best features of North Shore homes from reader nominations. Showcase the favorite features of your home or nominate a friend or neighbor’s home (with their consent of course!). Amateurs and professionals welcome. Winning entries will be featured in upcoming editions […]
Intrigued by word of the vast and deep collections in Linda Crispell’s Highland Park home, I ventured her way to find out how one can pick up bride-and-groom cake toppers here and an old herb drying rack there—and avoid becoming the décor equivalent of the cat lady. Yes, my friends, it can be done. And […]
When I was 12, my mother renovated the attic and allowed me to have a say in the decor of my new bedroom. Under the heading of no good deed goes unpunished, her willingness to collaborate resulted in an epic battle about whether or not to buy an expensive hunter green wallpaper I loved. Naturally […]
“Good design involves a lot more than picking out materials,” says Mick de Giulio. And he should know. Since founding de Giulio Kitchen Design in 1984, the North Shore resident has created more than 3,000 kitchens and has clients across the nation. He is also currently the creative force behind product lines for other companies, […]
If you ask Maclund Gallery co-owners Ro McLaughlin and her sister Barb Lund, they’ll tell you their lovely downtown Winnetka shop specializes in 19th century British antiques and art. But like a rebellious teenage girl slyly winking at her paramour across a crowded church service, the Maclund Gallery offers a selection of quirky products that […]
