Domestica

August 2011

American Craft Expo, Bucktown Arts Fest, Sawbridge Expands

08/25/11

Domestica | American Craft Expo, Bucktown Arts Fest, Sawbridge Expands | Bradley Lincoln

The American Craft Exposition is returning to Evanston’s Harry Crown Sports Pavilion on the Northwestern campus this weekend for the 27th time, and it’s a splendid opportunity to view fine handmade furniture, glassware, textile art, clothing, jewelry, and mixed-media pieces by more than 150 juried artists...

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Our New Book, Racy Retail, Delectable Art

08/18/11

Domestica | Our New Book, Racy Retail, Delectable Art | Bradley Lincoln

The entire Chicago Home + Garden team has been pulling a lot of double shifts lately to get a hot new coffee-table book ready for the printers, and the fruits of their labor are about to pay off...

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Built Festival, Nancy Krause Floral Opens, Golden Triangle Sidewalk Sale

08/11/11

Domestica | Built Festival, Nancy Krause Floral Opens, Golden Triangle Sidewalk Sale | Bradley Lincoln

The Guerrilla Truck Show is always a people-watching, beer-swilling blast every year during NeoCon, so I was excited to hear about another art and design event with the same vibe, taking place this weekend in Wicker Park at 1767 North Milwaukee Avenue...

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Sepia’s New Party Space, Little Independent, Haute Sale

08/04/11

Domestica | Sepia’s New Party Space, Little Independent, Haute Sale | Bradley Lincoln

We’ve applauded the imaginative and dramatic interiors that Gary Lee Partners created for Sepia restaurant before, and now the team is back with an elegant encore presentation. The Michelin-starred resto has taken over the former Maria Pinto boutique...

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ABOUT THIS BLOG

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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Photograph: (Bazer) Anna Knott

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