Domestica

April 2011

Artropolis, Garden Goodies, Oak Park/River Forest Kitchen Walk

04/28/11

Domestica | Artropolis, Garden Goodies, Oak Park/River Forest Kitchen Walk | Bradley Lincoln

The annual headline-grabbing, international fine art convention at Navy Pier that Chicago used to call Art Expo back in the day has morphed into a three-headed beast called Artropolis, and it’s kicking off tonight and continuing through Monday afternoon at the Merchandise Mart...

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Rad Retro, Wedding Fare, Urbanest Closing Sale

04/21/11

Domestica | Rad Retro, Wedding Fare, Urbanest Closing Sale | Bradley Lincoln

Design-seeking Andersonville strollers (with or without strollers) usually troll up and down Clark Street to get their shop on, but there are some eclectic, deserving destinations tucked into storefronts on easily accessed side streets as well...

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Party at Zhou B, Piggish Design, Antiques at Botanic Garden

04/14/11

Domestica | Party at Zhou B, Piggish Design, Antiques at Botanic Garden | Bradley Lincoln

There’s a big, arty party in Bridgeport tomorrow night, when the Zhou B Art Center hosts a launch party for the latest issue of Chicago Gallery News, the locally published, comprehensive guide to everything that’s happening on the Illinois arts scene...

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Bungalow Expo, Maya Romanoff, Aram for Passover

04/07/11

Domestica | Bungalow Expo, Maya Romanoff, Aram for Passover | Bradley Lincoln

Chiaroscuro is an Art History 101 (or Art in the Dark, as we sleepy undergrads used to call it) term for the use of lights and darks in paintings to create shadows and depth...

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Gina Bazer and Alice Oglethorpe

Domestica is an online extension of the inspiration, advice, and scoop that the Chicago Home + Garden minimag provides four times a year inside Chicago magazine. Here, Chicago magazine style and Home + Garden editor Gina Bazer (left) and contributing blogger Alice Oglethorpe (right), along with guest bloggers, dish on home design trends, discuss design obsessions and dilemmas, share spaces they love, and bring you the latest local design news, from sales to events.

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