Design Dose

November 2011

Great Cookbook

12/02/11

InBox | Great Cookbook | GINA BAZER

Now that we’ve put in most of our holiday gift ideas , it’s time to branch out! The Soup & Bread cookbook by local writer Martha Bayne...

Posted at 08:00 AM in InBox | Permalink | Comments (0)
House Tour: Susan Brunstrum, Sweet Peas Design

12/01/11

InBox | House Tour: Susan Brunstrum, Sweet Peas Design | Jan Parr

Susan Brunstrum of Sweet Peas recently downsized—stylishly—into a 1920 bungalow in Libertyville...

Posted at 08:00 AM in InBox | Permalink | Comments (1)
Silhouettes as Instant Art

11/30/11

InBox | Silhouettes as Instant Art | Gina Bazer

File this under cute: Tiffany Brooks of You and Your Décor leaves a silhouette as a gift in every home that she decorates...

Posted at 08:00 AM in InBox | Permalink | Comments (1)
Great Gifts V

11/29/11

Spotted | Great Gifts V | Kelly Zech

Our staffers’ gift picks have gotten so much attention that everyone wants in on the action...

Posted at 09:40 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Casa Spazio

11/25/11

Spotted | Casa Spazio | Jan Parr

A new Italian furniture and accessories showroom has joined the half-dozen or so other European showrooms in River North...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
New Furniture Line: AKMD

11/23/11

Spotted | New Furniture Line: AKMD | Gina Bazer

Furniture maker Michael Dreeben always seems to have a new project up his sleeve. We first covered him in 2008, but his most recent endeavor is AKMD Collection...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Great Gifts IV

11/22/11

Spotted | Great Gifts IV | Adam Moroschan

The fourth in a series of our staffers’ recommendations for gifts for the design-savvy on your list...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Great Gifts III

11/21/11

Spotted | Great Gifts III | Megan Duffy Rostan

The third in a series of our staffers’ recommendations for gifts for the design-savvy on your list...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Awesome Bookends

11/18/11

Spotted | Awesome Bookends | GINA BAZER

Angela Finney-Hoffman of Post27 always finds the coolest stuff for her shop! These bookends made by Garth Borovicka...

Posted at 10:34 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (1)
Great Gifts II

11/17/11

Spotted | Great Gifts II | GINA BAZER

The second in a series of our staffers’ recommendations for gifts for the design-savvy on your list...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Not So Big Showhouse Opens

11/16/11

InBox | Not So Big Showhouse Opens | Sarah V. White

Architect Sarah Susanka, author of the Not So Big book series, put her design principles to work...

Posted at 12:57 PM in InBox | Permalink | Comments (0)
Great Gifts I

11/15/11

Spotted | Great Gifts I | Sarah V. White

The first in a series of our staffers’ recommendations for gifts for the design-savvy on your list...

Posted at 12:52 PM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Artemisia on Grand

11/14/11

Spotted | Artemisia on Grand | GINA BAZER

The latest addition to the Grand Avenue design district, the antique shop Artemesia, has landed at 2246 W. Grand Ave...

Posted at 10:37 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (1)
Floor & Décor

11/11/11

InBox | Floor & Décor | Jan Parr

There’s a new tile superstore in town: Floor & Décor opened its 28th store in the U.S., and the first one in Illinois...

Posted at 12:15 PM in InBox | Permalink | Comments (0)
Cool Porch Chair

11/10/11

Spotted | Cool Porch Chair | GINA BAZER

I love the new Storsele chair ($119) at Ikea—and the whole idea of black rattan...

Posted at 09:20 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
A Lovely Sunroom

11/08/11

Spotted | A Lovely Sunroom | Jan Parr

Why do some rooms speak to us? We review projects periodically in staff meetings, and loved this sunroom...

Posted at 09:52 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Jose Thenee

11/07/11

Spotted | Jose Thenee | Jan Parr

One of my favorite booths at the recent Antiques + Modernism Winnetka show featured drawings by José Thenée...

Posted at 12:04 PM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
Rooms We Love

11/04/11

Spotted | Rooms We Love | Jan Parr

This marks the first of a series of blogs we will be posting on rooms we love. We come across far more...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (1)
The Tag Outlet on Wrightwood

11/03/11

Spotted | The Tag Outlet on Wrightwood | GINA BAZER

The other day I was driving along Wrightwood in Lincoln Park and: wait, what’s that? A home décor outlet shop I don’t know about?!...

Posted at 11:38 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Interview Show

11/02/11

Happy Hour | The Interview Show | GINA BAZER

Do you have plans this Friday night? If you don’t, come out to The Interview Show at the Hideout, where Jan Parr and I will be “on the couch”...

Posted at 01:04 PM in Happy Hour | Permalink | Comments (0)
Affordable Furniture at Nest Furniture

11/01/11

Spotted | Affordable Furniture at Nest Furniture | GINA BAZER

About 14 years ago, when I moved to Chicago, I bought a futon (long gone) and two steel desk lamps (still have them!)...

Posted at 08:00 AM in Spotted | Permalink | Comments (0)

About This Blog

Design Dose is the online extension of the inspiration, advice, and scoop that Chicago Home + Garden provides every season, only in smaller doses. Here we share news and trends, discuss 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.

Follow Chicago Home + Garden on Twitter at twitter.com/chicagohomemag

Categories

Recent Posts

Share

On Twitter

Archives

Feed

Atom Feed Subscribe to the Design Dose Feed »

Design Blogs We Love