Here’s your chance to be a show off! Enter your child’s room in our Best Dressed Homes contest. We invite you to submit photos of your child’s bedroom, or that of a friend or neighbor’s you may have helped decorate. You can also click on the links below to see how other rooms are faring: […]
Thank you to everyone—professional and home owner—who sent in pictures of their small, large and galley style kitchens. Our judges had a tough time deciding among all the beautifully designed and decorated kitchens, but here are our winners with our judges’ comments. Winner of Large Kitchen: Granite Transformations “The white country kitchen (above) with the […]
Thank you to everyone—professional and home owner—who sent in pictures of their man ‘room’ or garage in our Best Dressed Homes contest. Our judges had a tough time deciding among all the beautifully designed and decorated rooms, but here are our winners with our judges’ comments. Winner Jane and Craig Hutson, Wilmette Comments: Dark green […]
Bill Damon was a mediocre student drifting through life. Until the day he told his junior high teacher that he hadn’t worked hard on an assignment because it didn’t really matter. The teacher responded, “EVERYTHING YOU DO IN LIFE MATTERS!!” He wouldn’t let Damon turn in mediocre work. Now Damon is a professor at Stanford […]
Lake Forest designer Amy Leafblad says that while each season offers opportunities to change a home’s interior, spring boasts the opportunity to make the most dramatic difference. “By this point of the year, we are all feeling sun-deprived and most likely suffering from cabin fever!” Leafblad says. To create a new mood, Leafblad advises her […]
In meteorological terms, spring has sprung. And along with it, so has your roof–a leak, that is. Once the snow melts and the ground softens, a lot of home repair issues quickly come to light. According to experts at HGTV.com, spring is the time to perform routine maintenance and repairs, such as checking brickwork and […]
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 […]
