Design Dose

November 2010

Personal Touch

11/30/10

InBox | Personal Touch | Gina Bazer

What’s classier than a monogrammed hankie?...

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What a Hoot

11/24/10

Spotted | What a Hoot | Gina Bazer

It’s the trend that doesn’t sleep (OK, technically, it’s the nocturnal trend)...

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Playing With Parsons

11/23/10

InBox | Playing With Parsons | Gina Bazer

In the furniture world, the combination of steel and glass always seems to call to mind Parsons-style tables...

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Jewelry and Home Décor

11/22/10

InBox | Jewelry and Home Décor | Gina Bazer

I just got an email from Pagoda Red about a new line of jewelry they are carrying made by interior designer Margaret Harris...

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Lumenhaus

11/18/10

Spotted | Lumenhaus | Jan Parr

The award-winning, energy-efficient, modular, student-designed and–built Lumenhaus has arrived in Millennium Park...

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Oak Park House Sale

11/17/10

InBox | Oak Park House Sale | Jan Parr

Spruce Design stages homes for sale, and in doing so, has found itself with a large inventory of furniture...

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Fun Menorah

11/16/10

Spotted | Fun Menorah | Gina Bazer

Hanukkah starts early this year (December 1). Are you ready?...

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Unison Sale

11/15/10

InBox | Unison Sale | Gina Bazer

Organic bedding is 40 percent off at Unison right now...

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Anarchy Ensues

11/12/10

InBox | Anarchy Ensues | Gina Bazer

Architectural Anarchy opens it doors tonight in Pilsen at 2229 S. Halsted St. and it’s just what the design doctors ordered...

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Shaping Up

11/10/10

InBox | Shaping Up | Elizabeth Frantz

If you’re pining for reflective room accessories this holiday season, the new and affordable shape mirrors from Graham & Brown are a great option...

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Modern Holdbacks

11/09/10

Spotted | Modern Holdbacks | Jan Parr

I don’t think I’ve ever seen holdbacks as pretty as these...

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Jayson Home & Garden Warehouse Sale

11/05/10

InBox | Jayson Home & Garden Warehouse Sale | Amalie Drury

On your marks, bargain shoppers. Jayson Home & Garden's much-anticipated warehouse sale starts tomorrow...

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Synthetic Flower Alternative

11/04/10

InBox | Synthetic Flower Alternative | Elizabeth Frantz

Keeping plants alive this time of year (or year round—for some of us) is a struggle. Here’s an intriguing solution...

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Fall Furniture Party at Hinge Design Studio

11/03/10

InBox | Fall Furniture Party at Hinge Design Studio | Elizabeth Frantz

In the market for locally crafted sustainable furniture or an eclectic vintage throw? You’re in luck...

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Design Dose
Design Dose is the online extension of the inspiration, advice, and scoop that Chicago Home + Garden provides every other month, only in smaller doses. Editors Jan Parr and Gina Bazer—as well as special guest bloggers—share news and trends from their in-boxes, confess their latest design obsessions and dilemmas, and take you behind the scenes to exclusive design events and showrooms. Have a local design fave, scoop, or dilemma of your own? Share it with us here.
 

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