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01/07/11

Daniels Antiques Sale

Designer favorite Daniels Antiques is closing its Damen Avenue shop January 31...

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10/27/10

Doca Pet's Stylish Accessories for Man’s Best Friend

Good news, Fido! Here’s one plaything you’re allowed to chew:

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10/22/10

Sarah Hicks Exhibition

Sarah Hicks’ critter-esque ceramic sculptures bring playful focus to any coffee table or bookshelf...

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10/14/10

The Pink Wishbone Project

Just like the Chicago Skyline these days, the famed Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair—featured in our most recent color issue—is going pink...

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06/01/10

Les Tableaux

Love fine china but don’t want to buy a 12-piece set of place settings you’ll use just a few times? Here’s a great idea: A new shop in Oak Park offers hosts the option to rent place settings for small gatherings (less than 50). The struggling economy has brought out creativity in lots of entrepreneurs; Bryn Reese and her husband, Dean Klovens, just opened Les Tableaux in downtown Oak Park to sell and rent fine china, flatware, service pieces, and more. Reese designs some of the patterns in her shop (such as those pictured here) and has them manufactured in Antioch at Pickard. Four-piece place settings rent for about $25; you can buy one for between $300-$570. The shop also sells hostess gifts and accessories, such as pashmina scarves meant to be used as table runners.

—JAN PARR 

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04/22/10

Seek Vintage

There’s a new vintage store in town—West Town. Seek Vintage opened this weekend at 1432 W. Chicago Ave. Pals and diehard vintage hounds Chris Hunt and Audra Yeomans feature a mix of vintage fashion, jewelry, and home accessories in their 1,300-square-foot space. Buying a gift? They’ll put it in a groovy box handmade from vinyl record covers.

—JAN PARR

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01/11/10

Spurlock Antiques

Spurlock Antiques & Decorative Arts, a relative newcomer to the antiques scene in Chicago, is offering discounts on existing inventory (such as this unique desk made of Jasper stone) and consulting services. Serena Newmark Mout, who has done stints as Alessandra Branca’s art and antiques assistant and at Carswell Rush Berlin in New York, opened her business last year. She’s offering 30 percent off all merchandise in her small warehouse (open by appointment at 1645 N. Francisco Ave.) and is charging $30 an hour (down from $50) for consulting. Wondering if grandma’s couch is worth reupholstering? Looking for a specific type of painting or furniture? Mout can help. She works with designers, collectors, and architects to quickly locate pieces and give advice. The sale runs through February 28.

—JAN PARR

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11/24/09

Gold Coast Galleries Liquidation

We’re sad to announce that after more than 30 years of business, Gold Coast Galleries Antique Store is closing its doors—but not before holding a liquidation sale of its enormous inventory this weekend. Victorian and Eastlake furniture, as well as Biedermeier mirrors and chairs and a monumental Chinese floor vase can be found among the 22,000 square feet of vintage radios, vitrines, sculpture, art glass, juke boxes, and much more. All is expected to go for pennies on the dollar. The sale is Saturday from 10 to 5 and Sunday from 12 to 3. Numbers will be distributed at 9:30 Saturday. 3250 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-327-7600.

—Lisa Gartner

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11/20/09

Zella Brown Sale

Zella Brown is one of our favorite spots for Jonathan Adler-style furniture and accessories that can really wake up a room. All merchandise (excluding consignment items) is half off til December 23.

–JAN PARR  

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11/18/09

Repeat, a New Vintage Shop

Last week we checked out Repeat, a new vintage furniture and accessories shop we were alerted to by our friends at Thos. Moser. Repeat, owned by Joe Hunnewinkle and Tom Leahy, who owned Mudd, a card/gift store on Broadway, is a cross between a really great thrift store and a vintage furniture shop, with lots of funky, affordable midcentury finds. The owners scour thrift stores and sales in out-of-the-way places, and paint and reupholster where necessary. We spied a walnut table with an X inlay for $135; clean-lined nesting tables, three for $188; a reissue of a Sol Bloom wire and mesh catchall for $160. 1535 W. Division St., 773-278-7983. Open Thursdays–Sundays.

—JAN PARR

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