Design Dose - July 2010

07/30/10

Spotted | Fab Dog Bed | Jan Parr

I was just in Crate & Barrel this weekend to shop for bathroom accessories and stumbled across these fantastic dog beds...

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07/29/10

InBox | Shabby Chic | Jan Parr

Before there was shabby-chic, the style, there was Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic...

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07/28/10

Spotted | Randolph Street Market Buys | Elizabeth Frantz

I made my first visit to The Randolph Street Market this weekend, and had a great but toasty afternoon in the sun...

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07/27/10

InBox | Seltzer Studios | Gina Bazer

In November of 2009, Kalil had a soft “opening” for her online store, Seltzer Studios, named for her obsession with vintage seltzer bottles, which she has been collecting for 20 years. A real potpourri of fun-meets-functional...

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07/23/10

InBox | Crosell & Co. Sale | Gina Bazer

The Bucktown/Wicker Park Summer Sizzle sidewalk sale is this weekend and we hear Crosell & Co. will have some great deals...

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07/22/10

InBox | Designs By Maida Sidewalk Sale | Jan Parr

Designs by Maida in Woodstock is holding a sidewalk sale this Friday and Saturday, with good deals to be had on bedding, lighting, furniture, gifts, decorative objects, and more...

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07/21/10

InBox | Kitchen Centric | Jan Parr

If there was any doubt that Chicago’s reigning rock star of kitchen design is Mick De Giulio, his new book, Kitchen Centric (Balcony Press, $65), dispels it...

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07/20/10

InBox | The Henry Collection | Jan Parr

Waterworks’ new bathroom fittings collection, Henry (named after the auto inventor Henry Ford), was influenced by the work of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school...

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07/19/10

Spotted | Scenes from the Dearborn Garden Walk | Bridget Herman

Yesterday, the Dearborn Garden Association hosted its 52nd annual Dearborn Garden Walk. I braved the July heat to take the self-guided walking tour, which allowed access to some 20 blissfully shady Gold Coast gardens, seven of which were outfitted with vignettes inspired by celluloid hits...

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07/16/10

Spotted | Golden Triangle Party Room | Jan Parr

We spied this great space on Golden Triangle’s blog. The dining room located in Golden Triangle’s spectacular showroom is available for event rentals...

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07/15/10

InBox | Gus on Sale | Gina Bazer

ID is running a promotion of 20 percent off Gus Modern upholstered furniture, starting today through August 15...

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07/14/10

Spotted | Reality Show: Smart Museum | Joanne Trestrail

I’m about as tired of seeing things described as “iconic” as I am of hearing about Lady Gaga, but the i-word is the only way to describe the objects on view at the Smart Museum of Art’s exhibition Mid-Century: “Good Design” in Europe and America, 1850-1950 (July 8 – September 5)...

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07/13/10

InBox | Lovely Garden Goods | Gina Bazer

The local company Unison is best known for its fun, graphic bedding, throw pillows, and table linens. But they recently sent a press release informing us of their new line of gardening accessories...

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07/12/10

Spotted | Fiandre’s Active Clean Air Tile | Jan Parr

Fiandre threw a party last week to announce a new technology: porcelain tiles that actually help improve air quality. How do Active Clean Air tiles do that, you ask?...

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07/09/10

Happy Hour | Trainor Design Center | Jan Parr

My husband sometimes accompanies me to showroom openings, various design events, and parties. So when he told me that the spouse of his haircutter was throwing a bash to celebrate the opening of his showroom, of course I was in. Trainor Design Center, located on Lake Street, focuses on all things glass—sliding doors, backsplashes, countertops, stairs, walls that kids can write on. I liked the colored glass-fronted cabinets like the red one shown here. It was fun to see all the applications for glass, and to finally meet the woman who helps make my curly-headed man so handsome.

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07/08/10

InBox | David Leonardis’s Private Sale | Jan Parr

This Friday and Saturday from 6–10 p.m. at the David Leonardis Gallery, all art—about 1,000 pieces—is being offered at 70 percent off; some for as little as $30...

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07/07/10

Happy Hour | Recovered Interior | Jan Parr

This is your official warning never to trash a piece of furniture found in your basement or inherited from an elderly aunt. A new breed of designer is turning classic shapes into modern pieces by changing up the finishes and fabrics. Recovered Interior, an enterprise run by 7-year-old Harrington Design School grad Kylie Egge...

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07/06/10

InBox | Silestone Sink | Gina Bazer

Next month, Cosentino, a well-known distributor of quartz surfacing and natural stone, will start making the Silestone Integrity Sink, shown above, available to dealers. What’s so cool about this sink? It’s made from one continuous piece of Silestone...

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07/02/10

Happy Hour | Ashley & Sloane Opening | Jan Parr

Last week we stopped by the grand opening of Ashley & Sloane, a new showroom just west of downtown packed with wonderful French and English antiques and reproductions. Betsy Karp, who started Vintage Pine years ago...

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July 2010