DESIGN TRENDS & FEATURES
Chicago Tribune & syndicated papers
Designer Pierre Charpin’s whimsical minimalism at Maison & Objet
Michigan-made pottery caters to beer lovers
Sculptural objects from The Line elevate the common coffee table
Susan Cianciolo’s Run Home collective puts artistic twist on ‘homespun’ aesthetic
A designer kettle from Alessi is back in the spotlight
Trending: Loopy rugs from Kneeland Mercado
Chicago Reader
Chicago’s North Shore fuels architecture fantasies
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HOME TOURS
For the Reader’s Space series, I visited interesting homes around Chicago
and environs to learn about the people and stories inhabiting them.
Tiki collectors escape winter in their basement paradise
A mushroom-shaped party pad from the designer of Playboy’s headquarters
A home away from Humboldt House
Tiny-house living has pros and cons
The Ghost Research Society haunts a suburban Chicago house
For a midcentury-modern furniture collector, Homewood is where the heart is
Inside Mies van der Rohe’s first high-rise, an eclectic marriage of style
A coach house in Chicago’s land of mansions
This Prince-themed Christmas lights display will help you get through this thing called life
Inside the former Hammond Organ factory, a marble sculptor has carved out an ideal studio
For the visionary owners of VAM Studio, home is where the art is
This Lego collector’s house is a world of stackable plastic bricks