With their three children now young adults, a couple on Chicago’s North Shore realized that having a vacation home would make family get-togethers easier and therefore more frequent. “We all love to ski and hike, so being near Park City is perfect for us,” the wife says. “While we’ll probably always keep a home in […]
Several years after their second collaboration, interior designer Ruth Johnson received a wordless email from her client with an attached photo of a structure suspended off the side of a sheer cliff overlooking a vast inland sea. “I immediately got goosebumps,” Johnson says. Owning A Piece Of History Named Shadowcliff, the building is part […]
If you’ve always loved weavings, macramé, or quilts, you’re in luck: We are living in a Golden Age of craft. In recent years, the art world has embraced artists who work in traditional craft mediums—such as fiber, clay and metal—more fully than it ever has before. In part, this is because the art world is […]
When artist James Goldcrown began experimenting with aerosol paints a decade or so ago, he habitually tested each can’s pressure by spraying a random heart design on a wall in his studio. It wasn’t long before those hearts—layers and layers of them—propelled his career to international recognition. With spray paint as his signature medium, he […]
Like so many things this year, the San Francisco Decorator Showcase went virtual. But that didn’t stop the premier design show on the West Coast from making a strong impression, to say the least. The free virtual experience launched on Saturday, May 22, and will remain live through the summer. So, there’s still time to […]
The Eames lounge chair. The Noguchi table. The Aeron chair. These pieces, from the legacy brand Herman Miller, have come to define modern interiors. Recently, Herman Miller opened a massive new retail complex in Chicago’s Fulton Market, where shoppers can peruse offerings from the company, as well as several modern brands that are part of […]
In 2006 Emilia and Tad Buchanan moved their family of five into a spacious, south-facing home in Mill Valley. It had a fabulous floor plan and epic views, to boot. But, after a dozen or so years of nesting, the finishes began to feel dated. “It had that late nineties feel,” says Emilia, “Dark cabinets, […]
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Building a custom house from the ground up is not for the faint of heart, but Glencoe residents, Barry and Natalie Slotnick, have done it twice in the last decade—not to mention a major remodel of an Evanston bungalow 16 years ago. “Design is my hobby and passion,” says Natalie, a former Spanish teacher turned […]
If you’ve eaten at a restaurant designed by Chicago-based Siren Betty Design, you remember it. The firm’s principal designer and founder, Nicole Alexander, has made full-throttle, go-big-or-go-home impact a hallmark of her hospitality projects. “I tend toward a sort of lived-in maximalism — lots of layers, textures and colors, a sprinkling of vintage, and one-of-a-kind […]
