Domestica

June 2011

Rediscovering Mich. Ave., New at Nadeau, Two Fish Farewell

06/30/11

Domestica | Rediscovering Mich. Ave., New at Nadeau, Two Fish Farewell

I recently picked up a few things at Bloomingdale’s downtown Chicago location, and at some point between “Looking for anything in particular?” and “Receipt in the bag, okay?” the skies opened up with one of those awesome, torrential summer storms. So I decided to have a little shop, and wait out the rain...

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Domestica: Rockabilly Style, Southport Newbie, Art at I.D.

06/23/11

Domestica | Domestica: Rockabilly Style, Southport Newbie, Art at I.D. | Bradley Lincoln

I always meet interesting people at my friends Randee and Al Simon’s parties (she’s a talented artist and illustrator, he’s an optometrist who moonlights as a rockabilly Devil Dog…so there’s that), and at a birthday party for Al last weekend I chewed the fat with Chicago photographer Jennifer Greenburg, who had gifted the hep birthday boy with a copy of her latest book, The Rockabillies.

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Birdhouses, Books, Vino, and More

06/16/11

Domestica | Birdhouses, Books, Vino, and More | Bradley Lincoln

The annual Chicago House birdhouse auction and fund-raising event is branching out this year to include traditional, modern, and contemporary artwork of a non-avian nature, in addition to the dozens of creative birdhouses hatched by local designers, artists, and architects...

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Our Favorite Truck Show, HomeGoods is Good, Sale at Ligne Roset

06/09/11

Domestica | Our Favorite Truck Show, HomeGoods is Good, Sale at Ligne Roset | Bradley Lincoln

Glittering new office buildings and headline-grabbing high-rises (Vince Vaughn bought what?! Where?!) are all fun and dandy to read about, and bring welcome attention to our city’s storied architectural history, but the American Institute of Architects’ Chicago chapter is homing in on more intimate endeavors with its first annual Small Firm/Small Project Awards...

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Cool on Craig’s List, Ooh-Lalique, Haymaker is Hot

06/02/11

Domestica | Cool on Craig’s List, Ooh-Lalique, Haymaker is Hot | Bradley Lincoln

The Haymaker Shop, an ambitious new furniture and home accessories store devoted to Chicago- and Midwestern-made goods, opened yesterday in Andersonville at 5507 North Clark Street, and from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like a knockout...

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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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