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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?!...

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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”...

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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!)...

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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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