10 Little Details That Bring a Room to Life

Layers bring a room to life! Without them, even the most beautiful space will remain a soulless showroom full of things. It’s like setting a table with gorgeous linens, fine china and spectacular centerpieces and then skipping the food! After many hours spent poring over images of stunning interiors that nail it, we discovered ten […]

Luxury for Less: Redesigning a Small Space on a Budget

Two North Shore designers team up to redesign a Lincoln Park pied-à-terre for $25,000. “I describe this project as luxury for less,” explains Randy Heller, of Randy Heller Pure & Simple Interior Design in Highland Park. The challenge for Heller was to completely redesign and furnish her clients’ 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom pied-à-terre in Chicago’s Lincoln Park […]

Dorm On A Dime: Top 10 Tips To Decorate On The Cheap

Who better to get advice from than someone who has just been there, done that? Enter Lauren Handler and Taylor Anderson. Lauren, a De Paul University junior (and former Trevian from Winnetka), has an apartment now but well remembers her days at the 1237 West dorm in Lincoln Park. And Taylor, a Glenbrook North grad […]