4 Steps to Avoid Foreclosure
Amid the North Shore’s stately homes with perfectly trimmed lawns, it’s an unwelcome intruder.
Deck Your Home with Stunning Mantels
Lucky enough to have a fireplace at home? Make it a focal point! No matter what your style, you’ll find something to love in our three very different mantels decorated by local shops. First up, a modern country Christmas. Imagine letting your kids decorate their own mantel every year – from the miniature white feathered […]
Design Rules: Creating Beautiful Vignettes
Whether we admit it or not, most of us decorate our spaces. Sure, there’s a group of hardcore enthusiasts who agonize over paint chips, scour the Internet for back issues of the late Domino Magazine (sniff) and fervently pray tassels never make a comeback (guilty!), but even teenage boys display their trophies and hang posters […]
An Insider's Guide to the Merchandise Mart
For many, the mere mention of the 4.2 million square foot Merchandise Mart conjures images of decorators and clients deliberating over furnishings and fabric samples, and squabbling over prices. But while the self-contained design district is, in fact, Mecca for aesthetic fetishists, the Merchandise Mart is open to the public. And navigating the sunless internal […]
Foreclosure Crisis Hitting Affluent Suburbs
Carol Jones never thought it could happen to her. She had a great job working as a nurse at an Evanston hospital. She had a Glencoe condo in a near-perfect location–close to public transportation, close to her kids. But in May of 2009, she became ill. Her doctor informed her that she had Guillain-Barré, a […]
7 Ways to Cozy Up Your Home for Fall
You’ve been living outside all summer but now, the days are shorter, a chill is in the morning air, and you find yourself inside your home for the first time in months. According to Cindy Galvin, interior designer and owner of MAZE Home Store in Winnetka, this is the time of year that people see […]
Pop In to a Pop-Up Shop This Fall
What started as two friends challenging themselves to explore a new Chicago neighborhood each week has turned into a hot retail concept. It’s the Pop-Up Shop—a store that opens for a few days in a temporary location, sells its stock, then closes. Karen O’Sullivan and Susan Gallagher of Wilmette discovered a shared passion for shopping […]
Dress the Bed
When “going to bed” means “going to sleep,” turning out the light is the easy part. Everything else, from the tilt of the mattress to the shape of the pillow, involves lots of options. Get it wrong, and you’re tossing and turning. But the right mix of mattress, sheets and soft down comforter and you’re […]
Third Time's the Charm
A living room goes from small and awkward to elegant and family friendly. When an Evanston couple with three young children commissioned an addition to their historic Victorian, they turned to Buckingham ID founder and interior designer Julia Buckingham Edelmann for help with scale, color and figuring out the best way to make use of […]
The Art of Collecting Antiques: Q&A with Fern Simon
Much has changed in the world of antiques since art historian Fern Simon opened her Winnetka shop Arts 220 in 1987. But the dealer of 20th century art and design says nothing replaces the knowledge gained by talking with dealers and seeing pieces firsthand. Simon will be exhibiting this fall at the 2010 Merchandise Mart […]
