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Finish this Sentence: Julie Horowitz Jackson, owner of Virtu
01/25/12

Finish this Sentence: Julie Horowitz Jackson, owner of Virtu

Julie Horowitz Jackson owns the lovely Bucktown gift shop Virtu, where you can find ceramics, textiles, jewelry, handbags, and more.

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Finish This Sentence: Devin Kirk of Jayson Home
01/19/12

Finish This Sentence: Devin Kirk of Jayson Home

Devin Kirk, VP of merchandising at Jayson Home, fills in the blanks for our new series “Finish This Sentence”...

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Pillows With Grit
01/16/12

Pillows With Grit

On a recent visit to Michael Del Piero’s Good Design studio, I noticed a big table piled high with ethnic textiles and rug remnants...

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Finish this Sentence: Paul Schulman
01/05/12

Finish this Sentence: Paul Schulman

We love to hear the opinions of designers, architects, and all-around aesthetes about any number of lifestyle subjects...

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Designer Families
12/14/11

Designer Families

As the holidays near, some of us might find ourselves pondering families, both functional and dys-...

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Rock your table
12/12/11

Rock your table

Looking to upgrade your entertaining mainstays for the holidays? Add some shimmer to your table by serving on semiprecious platters...

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Creepy Cool Antique Shop: Woolly Mammoth
10/31/11

Creepy Cool Antique Shop: Woolly Mammoth

As home décor veers away from picture-perfect and toward personal and quirky, there is much more room for the downright weird!

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Swivel Chairs
10/27/11

Swivel Chairs

The other day as I was picking up and turning an armchair in my living room so that it once again faced the sofa...

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Neon
06/23/11

Neon

Ever since I spoke to Linnea Gits of Uusi about her love of flashing a bit of unexpected neon in a minimalist and/or naturalistic décor, I’ve been liking the idea myself...

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Poufs, Again
01/26/11

Poufs, Again

I’ve wanted a statement-making pouf for a while now...

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