Summer Accessory Trends

SUMMERIZE! Ready for the season? We’ve got all kinds of bright ideas for your home. Read on for more possibilities. . . .

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Summer lanterns
Clockwise from top: Chinese fir temple lanterns (15 inches, $85; 22 inches, $148)
and 12-inch turquoise handmade bamboo lantern ($46), at Jayson Home. Woven
nickel Star hurricanes (15 1⁄2 inches, $275; 19 1⁄2 inches, $435), at Branca.
Leather strap 19-inch glass lantern ($275), at Maze Home. Philippe Jar eight-inch lantern
with rope handle and stitched leather details ($150), at Ralph Lauren. Black metal 20-inch
Mason lantern with elevated stand  ($35), at Z Gallerie. Orange enameled iron and
recycled glass 24-inch Lighthouse lantern ($100), at Crate & Barrel.

 

 

Sleek eight-inch hourglasses.

Time-outs are a breeze with these sleek eight-inch hourglasses;
choose black sand or one of four bright colors ($22 each), at Maze Home.

 

 

 

Jawbone's tiny Jambo

Jawbone’s tiny Jambox, a 12-ounce wireless speaker, streams music (85 decibels!) to beach or boat ($200), at Brookstone.

 

 

happy wool throw, by Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings for Thomas Eyck
This happy wool throw, by Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings for Thomas Eyck,
is perfect for a picnic or a cool evening on the porch ($525), at Design Within Reach.

 

 

Bright 22-inch-Ankasa embroidered indoor-outdoor pillow and 17-inch-square striped sailcloth pillow

Bright spots: 22-inch-square Ankasa embroidered indoor-outdoor pillow ($512), at Century Furniture,
and 17-inch-square striped sailcloth pillow ($48), at Unison Studio + Store.

 

 

Photography: (lanterns) Tyllie Barbosa, Produced by Cynthia McCullough; (Pillows) Tyllie Barbosa

 

 

 
Chicago magazine
Summer 2012