January - February 2009

Features

A Matter of Taste

A Matter of Taste

Personal chef—and avid art collector—Lorin Adolph creates a home that's deliciously intuitive

Era Conditioned

Era Conditioned

In a high-rise condo, it’s out with the mauve-and-teal ’80s vibe, in with creamy modern elegance

Light Touch

Light Touch

An opulently minimalist duplex penthouse makes the perfect showcase for global treasures 

Departments

Buzz

A Rhino By Any Other Name...

A Rhino By Any Other Name...

What is it about Nymphenburg's nubby white rhino that makes it the company's biggest seller worldwide?

Repurposed With Style

Repurposed With Style

Got some salvaged architectural columns, ceiling tin, wine crates, or other ephemera on your hands that you just can't seem to part with?

Object Love

Object Love

“Just because you know how to buy art, it doesn't mean you know how to live with it”

Noted

Noted

Macy's is the exclusive retailer for Calvin Klein's new furniture line, which officially launched this month...

Openings

Brian Andrew Design Center, offering English and continental antiques along with new European furniture...

Scrubbed-Down Salvage

Scrubbed-Down Salvage

Architectural Artifacts and Urban Remains paired up and created a new Bucktown salvage spot.

Paper Chase

Paper Chase

Paper furniture? Yep. When used in multiple layers (just like that papier-mâché Gumby you made in junior high art class), paper has the strength to hold some serious weight. With a...

Avant Guardian

Avant Guardian

Tastemaster, June Blaker, discusses shopping, trends, and opening her new River North store.

The Accidental Gallerists

The Accidental Gallerists

Some of our favorite sources for art also do brunch

Goods

Ones of a Kind

Ones of a Kind

Mass production? It's for the masses. We prefer surprising, amusing, beautiful, functional (sometimes), human-made (always) objets d'art

Room Service

No Small Plans

No Small Plans

Shrewd use of space—and a big dose of style—give a high-rise pied-à-terre a whole new personality

Transformation

Inside Job

Inside Job

An old-fangled Chicago home gets a dramatic new lease on life with a complete gut rehab

Meeting of Minds

Meeting of Minds

A smart redo of a Lake View house pleases a modernist and his antiques-happy partner

The Dirt

White Out

White Out

Let it snow! A formal garden on the North Shore is gaze-worthy year-round

Voyeur

For Immediate Release

For Immediate Release

A public relations pro lives by his own rules of decorating