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We loaded our little ones into the car Friday morning, turning a two-day photo shoot at Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, into a weekend-long family aff air. A half-hour from the sprawling, beyond-beautiful retreat, where creative types of every stripe descended for art camp, the unthinkable happened: We got in a terrifyingly close-call car accident with a UPS truck. We were all miraculously untouched, but our vehicle was not. With a rental car (ours was not drivable) and shaky nerves, we persevered. Instead of dwelling on what could have happened, we decided to spend the weekend in full-force gratitude mode. And I cannot think of a more relaxing or welcoming place to slow down and take stock of every single little moment. Owners David Hernandez, who has been going to Camp Wandawega since he was a baby, and his wife, Tereasa Surratt, have been transforming the idyllic lake-side camp for the last few years, building the kind of backwoods-chic oasis that makes you want to skip off the grid and spend your days picking wildfl owers, baking bread, reading by lantern light, and practicing archery—in a vintage eyelet summer frock and frilly apron. But beyond the natural beauty and vintage cottage-meets-cool lodgings featured in this issue, there were other smaller—but no less important—stories unfolding behind the scenes. Sam from Post Family took my four-year-old fi shing and he caught his fi rst fi sh—a little bluegill—without even using bait. Tyler from Stone Blitzer played checkers with him when an afternoon shower brought us all indoors for a spell. He blew on the antique bugle that signals breakfast, took his fi rst ride on a tree rope swing, and marveled at the eggs of nesting turtles spread across the beach—all childhood-making moments for the

memory books. My 16-month-old toddled around the grounds, pulling grass, picking up rocks and engaging in a lengthy game of peekaboo with talented surface designer Noël Ashby, who I met for the fi rst time, even though I’ve admired her work since we ran a story about her beautiful designs last year. In a time when people are more careful with their money than ever and big-box stores are churning out mass-produceddesign on the cheap, the opportunity tospend a couple of days with some of Chicago’s most talented design minds reminded me what we’re doing here at CS Interiors matters. � ese are some of the people behind our city’s local design scene. � ey’re holding it up. � ey’re makingthings with their hands. � ey’re thinking responsibly and innovatively about materials.And they’re not only prodigiously talented, they’re also really nice folks. � e whole weekend was a working testament to getting outside your everyday. Especially in the summer—when the days are long and the pavement is hot—we all need an escape. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a vacation home in the country like the covetable modern cabins featured in this issue, but everyone can be inspired by the way these homeowners are using their spaces: to decompress and spend time with family and friends. From Jay Franke’s impeccably-appointed midcentury spread to the Eckenhoff family’s modernist prefab in the woods, we off er a peek inside two of the most striking second homes in the area. And then there’s ultimate do-it-yourselfer Dave Albin, who bought and decked out—with salvaged materials and self-made art installations—a creative Indiana retreat for less than $100,000. Now that’s inspiration. mmcewen@ modernluxury. com

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NOW! � e people, places and products you need to know about now . . . . . . . . . . 24

STYLE Get ready for a whole new spin on the color wheel’s prettiest players . . . . . 32

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TRENDS! � e next generation of plant containers brings new life to leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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TRENDS! Ready to assemble a rainbow coalition? Summer’s coolest home goods channel hues of all stripes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

PEOPLE Straight from the studio of Antonio Citterio, this glassware designer brings her own version of Milan tothe local scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Saddle up! Wallpaper frontwoman Casey Gunschel teams up with a handbag designer for the latest in luxe leather surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

TRENDS! Insider style takes on the great outdoors: Garden furniture grows (way) up . . . . . 50

PEOPLE A massive rooftop garden evolves into an out-of-this-world urban oasis. Landscape designer Patrick Henson mans the mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

DESIGN Bygone mod? An off -the-beaten-path interiors shop grafts a new breed of home cool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

TRENDS! A new take on no-frills fl oral furniture blooms into view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Vintage Edition!

Shopping locally for vintage fashion, art and accessories just got immeasurably easier thanks to Atelier, a smart new River North emporium that is a cross between a sexy boîte and an intriguing artist’s workroom. Its rich red walls and glossy checkerboard fl oor make the eclectic and chockablock panoply of pieces, ranging from signifi cant artworks and couture clothing to captivating little baubles, all the more beguiling. T is is no surprise given its owners: Kathryn Sullivan Alvera and Jason Clark, part of the team from Prosecco next door and formerly of Narcisse and Domaine, and Roberto Pesce, who previously worked at Burberry and Ultimo. Prices range from high to low, and current standouts include a Christopher Makos photograph of Warhol ($3,000), a pearl-encrusted skull made by Clark as an homage to Damien Hirst ($1,500) and a dazzling collection of gilt frames ($250-$2,500, with framing services on the premises). –Lisa Skolnik

MIXED ‘N’ MAXED A variety of fi nds at Atelier.

The pair from Furniture Revival put together a must-buy list for the hardware store.

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auction prep on his pricey collectables. T e pair also reports that Scout’s Larry Vodak trusts them to refi nish his fi nds while preserving, in Larry’s words, their essential “Scoutness.” Snyder, a serious rock musician, and Borovicka, a talented photographer, came to Chicago for the arts scene and were actively pursuing their creative interests before Angela Finney-Hoff man of Post 27 pushed them into full-time furniture. Proof that restoration is as much art as science, they work magic on anything from Queen Anne to Herman Miller. Below, four items they don’t leave the hardware store without. –Lisa Cregan

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special varnish like tung oil, we’ll

use mineral spirits as a base.”

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a year. But we fi nd the Porter

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because they don’t burn out

after three months. There’s so

much sawdust in our workshop

between us and our two

employees that it affects

the motors.”

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to stop using silicone-based

cleaners like Pledge. Dust

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to paint or revarnish after using

a silicon-based polish, it’s very

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doesn’t leave a harsh residue...

after we’ve refi nished a piece,

we always give it a once-over.”

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Shower Power

An outdoor shower that harnesses its own hot-water energy? Los Angeles-based KAA Design Group has created an eco-friendly upgrade to the bone-chilling garden hose-off . With solar panels, low-fl ow showerhead and wire mesh privacy walls, the free-standing Allora is the ultimate in hippie luxury. Emphasis on luxury: It goes for about $12,000. At homlifestyle.com. –AAM

Slick and MortarTaking their cue from the likes of Alesandra Branca and Michael Del Piero, more top Chicago decorators are expanding their businesses to include a retail shop. Highland Park interior designer Randy Heller has opened a space in the multi-vendor venue at 531 Bank St. in Highwood. T e self-professed “hunter/gatherer” off ers a range of treasures, from vintage couture furniture and her own custom pieces to a selection of fi ne imported wallpapers. Also getting into the brick-and-mortar game: Julia Edelmann of Buckingham I+D and Debra

Phillips, owner of Scentimental Gardens in Geneva. T e two

have taken a space on Grand Avenue, divided it in half and created a double-punching hotspot for one-of-a-kind home fi nds. At Buckingham I+D (1820 W. Grand Ave.), Edelmann off ers interior design services as well as work by local artist Marilyn Borglum, lighting by L.A.-based Marjorie Skouras, and furniture from the artists of Outdoorz Gallery in Paris. At SG Grand (822 W. Grand Ave.), Phillips—a landscape designer and veteran retailer making her city debut—presents a truly eclectic inventory, ranging from antiques to garden ornaments and inventively repurposed pieces, like a conveyor belt from a French factory transformed into a folding screen. Not the best time to open a business? Phillips says, “I feed on risk and predict this area will become a mecca for the design-oriented.” –T omas Connors

BUrNING QUESTION

“T e Design Deutschland 2010 exhibit was the most interesting of the international exhibitions at the ICFF. T e

newcomer products were all original, fresh and quite clever.

I especially enjoyed items by Formf ord, Reinhard Dienes, and Studio Uli Budde.”

–LOrI OELHAFEN, MOrLEN SINOWAY ATELIEr

“At ICFF, I fell in love with the Deborah Bowness product, New Antique Books Wallpaper.

It was the fi rst booth I wondered upon, and when she

pulled out a vintage suitcase to show me her wallpaper samples, she stole my heart. So much in love. I will be carrying her products at Post 27 in late summer.”

–ANGELA FINNEY-HOFFMAN, POST 27

What was your favorite design from the furniture fair circuit—Milan, Miami, ICFF, etc.—this year? –Diana Tychsen

“One product that I thought was not only beautiful but sensible from

the Milan Fair: Tokujin Yoshioka’s

Memory chair, which is composed of recycled aluminum and changes shape depending on who is sitting on it. T e constantly changing shape makes it almost organic and ‘alive,’ despite its cold metallic look. Is it art? A garden chair? A performance piece? I love the mystery of it.”

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TJ O’Keefe designs furniture that would bring a tear to Euclid’s eye. “It’s all based on logic and geometry,” O’Keefe says. Even the name of his one-year-old Helic line of side tables (carried by Haute Living on Kinzie and I.D. on Halsted) is a subtle homage to the twist of a double helix. “By rotating the table against a sofa or a wall you create

private spaces without using drawers. I try to distill furniture down to its essential parts,” says the 28-year-old. An Ann Arbor native, O’Keefe studied graphic design at Michigan and architecture at Penn, but came to Chicago three years ago drawn by what he calls a “nurturing” design community. While interviewing at local architecture firms O’Keefe realized that furniture is his real passion. Tings took off from there. With two Helic tables and a stunning, stripped-to-its-essence chair called Chair IV (available this fall) under his belt, O’Keefe is already on to his next mathematical conquest. He’s thinking cubes. –LC

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At the Gary Comer Youth Center, created by architect John Ronan, design goes hand in hand with a soaring social agenda. Cue the beautiful rooftop garden by Hoerr Schaudt, where 250 kids work, learn and grow food and flowers every year. More roof-raising stats:

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When Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa breezed through Chicago last month for a series of appearances timed to coincide with NeoCon, aesthetes followed his every move like rock groupies. During a lecture at the MCA and a private luncheon at Luminaire, members of the media, fans and fellow design-world stars hung on Fukasawa’s every word. Also at Luminaire, an exhibit of products by the Tokyo-based designer showcased his sensory, solution-based style, from a jointless Boffi bathtub that gurgles water like a futuristic hot spring to a thoroughly modern mini-TV that eschews a thin-as-paper profile in favor of a more nostalgic shape. When Fukasawa outlines a product, he says it’s never perfect the first time but always trying to be: “Like when you draw a circle and you make your pen go around many times.” –Amalie Drury

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Naoto Fukasawa’s impeccable

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1. Knotted Melati hanging chair, $498, at Anthropologie.

2. Mykonos water pitcher made out of recycled glass, $35, at Jayson Home & Garden.

3. Wire shop baskets, $98–$125, at Jayson Home & Garden.

Playing for Space

When design collab Mas Studio entered Architecture for Humanity Chicago’s Street Furniture Competition, they started breaking rules right away. “T e challenge was to reimagine how to use empty lots in the city, but we didn’t want to make something like a lonely bench that would just sit there. We wanted to engage the community,” says Iker Gil, Mas Studio’s founder. Quickly nixing actual furniture, the group created containers made of aff ordable plywood four-by-eights to house native grasses, herbs or even toys. Gil hopes Cut.Join.Play, which won the competition, will inspire future projects that use small objects to make a big impact on a community. –AD

Going Vertical

Following in the eco-conscious footsteps of green roofs, the latest gardening trend has us looking up. Vertical gardens—or living walls, as they’re sometimes called—are fl ourishing throughout the city. “Vertical gardens are about to explode,” says Heather Sherwood, a senior horticulturalist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, who recommends trying them on a south- or west-facing wall. A good

option for urban green thumbs without a lot of space, vertical gardens can

beautify blank or unwelcoming walls. “It doesn’t damage the buildings, because unlike letting ivy run wild, the plants used aren’t ‘suckers’ that grab onto the skin of the building. T ey’re just looking to grow,” says Grace Rappe, a landscape architect with Chicago fi rm Hoerr Schaudt, who’s busy pitching large-scale projects to potential clients like the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association and Chicago Department of Transportation. Craig Jenkins-Sutton of Topiarius has installed vertical gardens in the courtyards of several Chicago condo buildings, and cites enviro benefi ts as a top selling point: “T e cooling eff ect that a green wall can have is signifi cant—as much as a 30 percent energy savings—and there’s research on the cleaning eff ect the plants can have on the surrounding air.” Still, he goes on to say, “T e main reason why vertical gardens are becoming so popular is because

A vertical fruit and vegetable island at the Chicago Botantic Garden.

Winner of the street furniture competition, Mas Studio’s containers were built for use in Little Italy.

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When Julie Michiels and Iker Gil moved into their Marina City condo fi ve years ago, pink may have ranked as one of their least favorite colors. As architects at Mas Studio (mas-studio.com), the couple is more easily classifi ed as gray and black proponents. But when a 725-square-foot unit with Chicago River views and generous balconies came on the market, they decided to take the chic with the pink: Its original kitchen, complete with ’60s-era General Electric-commissioned fridge, stove and metal cabinets, was all done in a uniform Mary Kay shade of cotton candy. “We’ve had to learn how to work with the color. Now we love it,” says Gil. And while the couple fi rst thought of painting the entire kitchen white or gray, they’ve now not only learned to abide by the shade, but abet it as well. “We’ve learned to embrace the color, which isn’t really a pale pink but hasn’t yet reached Pepto-Bismol either,” says Michiels. “We’ve bought pink oven mitts, pink salad tongs, and, our best fi nd, a Bialetti espresso maker. When we saw it in pink, we had to have it.”

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Shelf Life Contractor and creative décor hobbyist Dave Albin kits out his Logan Square living room with custom paint-covered books and puts literary-chic in the pink!

BIBLIO-STYLE Dave Albin’s bubblegum-colored book covers.

PINK-ALICIOUS! Julie Michiels and Iker Gils’ ‘60s-era kitchen.

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Barely bubblegum? Full-throttle watermelon? We’ve got the season’s choicest pink off erings in tailor-made shades.

1. Junior Dachshund bookends, $150, at Jonathan Adler, 676 N.

Wabash Ave., 312.274.9920.

2. Basic Ostrich cushion in fucshia, $255, at calypso-cell.com.

3. Addison Chair, starts at $1,495, at Jonathan Adler, 676 N. Wabash Ave.,

312.274.9920.

4. Blu Dot’s Strut table in watermelon, $274–$1,369, at ID Modern,3337

N. Halsted St., 773.755.4343.

PROJECT IMPETUS “I had this

living room on the fi rst

fl oor. It’s the fi rst thing you

see when you walk in, and

I wanted to make a fi rst

impression. But I didn’t

need more bookshelves, so

I thought, ‘What if I turned

the whole wall into an art

installation?’”

COLOR CHOICE “I wanted to mix

the most masculine pink I

could. It’s almost Pepto—but

with a little bit of dark gray.”

HOW Albin realized he needed

glue to prevent the pages

from crinkling and warping.

“If you glue them all together

and smear glue on the page

sides, you can brush the

paint on and then let them

dry. Brush, dry, brush, dry…

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and fi gurines. I painted

everything pink, then tucked

my art books in between

some of the nonfunction

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Forget wicker rockers, wrought iron lanterns and a smattering of geranium-filled flowerpots. When creating a tri-level rooftop lounge/open-air dining space/sundeck in Bucktown, Chicago designer Lukas Machnik took his high-design sensibility and translated it into the great outdoors, bringing in a collection of sexy furniture by the likes of Marcel Wanders and Patricia Urquiola, and let-it-be landscaping by Jayson Home & Garden. To set it

all off at its flattering finest, Machnik added illuminated occasional seating and coffee tables, perfect for after-dark ambiance. Te result: a decidedly Delano-meets-Donald Judd aesthetic with nary a kitschy stripe or floral print to be found. And those bright, summery colors that usually populate a patio? Tey didn’t stand a chance. “By using shades of gray, you really highlight the green grasses and leaves,” says Machnik, a Polish-born minimalist

whose love of Mies van der Rohe brought him to Chicago in 2002. “And when nothing’s popping out, it’s more serene and much sexier.” Te first stop to sexy was creating a sense of privacy on the three decks, each of which stands close enough to the homes on either sidethat sharing a cocktail with neighbors wouldn’t require an invitation, just a slight stretch. “On each of the rooftop decks, you could reach out and touch your neighbor. Space was a challenge,” Machnik says of the project for a 20-something trader who desired a modern, minimalist, party-ready space. To achieve that

urban-retreat feel on the first deck, a dining and entertaining space, Machnik commissioned a dramatic, 16-foot-tall duck-blind pergola—horizontal slats of ebony-stained wood that encase three sides of the 20-by-20-foot deck and serve the dual purposes of shielding the space from next-door neighbors as well as the sun. “Te initial inspiration was the Delano,” Machnik says of the South Beach hotel’s Philippe Starck-designed poolside retreat, which, like Machnik’s project, was conceived as an indoor room moved outside. “Te philosophy is that it’s not just a deck; it’s outdoor living space. I’m using the same color palette and contemporary lines that we’re using inside the house.” Te bunker-like, exterior cinder blocks were painted in Machnik’s signature charcoal gray (“It took years and lots of tests to finalize that shade,” he says), the floors were covered with sandblasted concrete tile (lighter than a concrete pour, the weight of which the rooftop structure couldn’t support), and the space was filled with sleek furniture pieces and planters from Zaha Hadid, Urquiola and Wanders. “It’s moody, kind of depressing, but sexy,” Machnik says of the shades-of-gray space. While design was always top of mind, putting the “fun” in functionality was equally important. “My client loves to entertain, and the first deck will be primarily used as a massive dining room,” Machnik says. A built-in Lutron system offers party-perfect lighting and sound at the touch of a button. Machnik designed and hand-built the 12-foot-long, Donald Judd-inspired slab

Gray GardensThree levels, one color and sky-high design transform an outdoor Bucktown bachelor pad

into a sexy, monochromatic space for all seasons By Kate Templin | Photography by Bob Coscarelli

slat happy Above: Clean-lined

West Elm lounge chairs under

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...continued table, which accommodates 10-plus, from reclaimed barnwood with Lonney H. White III (available at Pavilion). Te lounge area will feature Hadid’s lighted modular tables, which also act as additional seating. “Tey kind of look like mushrooms after the rain, sculptural but beautiful,” Machnik says. “And when you sit on them, they’re actually comfortable.” Urquiola’s Canasta armchairs, oversized Fibrestone planters, five-foot-high polished-chrome torches—Machnik’s take on a modern fire pit—and Jayson Home & Garden-designed, low-lying plant boxes filled with tall grasses fill out the first deck. “All the plant life is low maintenance,” Machnik says. “I don’t see my client watering or weeding, so we went for a more wild, less manicured, ‘pretty, pretty’ look.” Lighting was also extremely important to Machnik (“After all, you spend 90 percent of your time at home at night”), who brought in illuminated coffee tables, planters and an organic, wicker-weave fixture to hang over the dining table. “Tis is a sharp-angled, clean-lined space, but I thought it was important to play around with organic elements that add softness while keeping everything very masculine,” he says. And make no mistake about it: Tis is a manly

space—from the private cubes tucked between weeping willows and designed to act as make-out booths, if the need should arise, to the no-wimps-allowed, dramatic spiral staircase that connects the first deck to the second. Machnik hopes his client will use it often. “It was important that each deck had its own purpose. Otherwise, he’d probably end up using only one,” Machnik says. “Te challenge is they’re all separated, so how do you create a functional flow? I introduced elements on each deck that will force him to use one or the other for dining, tanning, lounging, entertaining… It gives him a lot of options without leaving any space unused.” Te second-level deck’s purpose: lounging, specifically on a black lacquered Hadid bench, Kartell plastic Bubble Club Chairs and CB2’s Sawyer eucalyptus wood adirondacks, a sleek, sustainable and economical find at $250 each. “I like to mix expensive and inexpensive, especially in an outdoor space,” Machnik says. “Why spend $3,000 on a chair that will be damaged in a year, when you can find a $300 chair that looks so great?” Design-wise, the second deck continues the gray theme with a concrete fire pit and coffee table from Luminaire and an eight-foot-tall piece of petrified wood. “It almost looks rotten because it has so many holes in it,” Machnik says. “It makes a statement that this is an outdoor room.” And the truly courageous (and hopefully sober) can brave a ladder up to the final deck, a massive, top-floor space lined with green grass and filled with simple loungers designed for sunbathing. Shockingly, Machnik ordered them in black and white.

Private cubes, tucked between weeping willows, are designed as make-out booths, should the need arise.

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Whether you’re greening up your house, balcony or garden, these planters turn a brand-new leaf on out-of-the-box containers. If you’re looking for a high-concept home for foliage, English design collective Vitamin Living has the answer with its IV Planter, a cheeky solution for every forgetful waterer. � e refi llable IV bag with built-in fl ow regulator lets you set watering rates to suit your plant. For the best new eco option, Bacsac off ers the latest in high-tech, lightweight containers made from 100 percent recyclable Geotextile. And if you’re looking for sculptural, brightly colored pots, PAD’s Pod planters are it. Created by RISD-trained designers, the powder-coated pieces will sprout in any room of the house.

Planters Punch!By Alexandria Abramian-Mott

Vitamin Living’s IV planter, $285, at aplusrstore.com.

Bacsac’s Geotextile planters, $36–$275, depending on size, at aplusrstore.com.

Magenta’s 4.5”-tall wood grain herb planters, $55 for a set of three, at magenta-inc.com.

Chelsea boxes made out of fi berclay, $45–$165, at Jayson Home & Garden, 1885 N. Clybourn Ave., 773.248.8180, jaysonhomeandgarden.com.

Woolly Pocket’s modular planter, $50–$189, at City Escape, 3022 W. Lake St., 773.638.2000, cityescape.biz.

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For a hotel that exudes luxury from its grand French motor court to its Lucien Lagrange-designed mansard roof, designer Lisa Simeone of Simeone Deary Design Group knew the lobby’s first impression had to be awe-inducing. Her crystal chandelier—inspired by an amalgam of Chanel brooches—provides just the explosion of sparkle the Elysian needed. “Juxtaposed with the embroidered wool drapes and marble finishes of the lobby, the chandelier’s glitter is meant to set the tone for what you’ll experience

throughout the entire hotel,” she says. Based on Simeone’s sketches and built by Baldinger in New York City, the chandelier consists of more than 100 polished chrome spiked arms studded with more than 2,000 faceted crystal beads. For a residential setting, Simeone says, it would need to be scaled down by several notches. “I’d take a picture to a custom lighting company and have it made, or peruse antique or auction sites like 1st Dibs or Pavilion. I also always recommend Lightology for its sheer volume and variety of lighting—there’s usually something there that would be close in nature.”

Stair Cased

When designing the showstopper staircase at River North bar and restaurant Epic, architect Jeremiah Johnson of Chicago Building Design approached it “as though, with the right lighting, it could become the ‘chandelier’ of the space,” he says. Scenesters now traipse up the stairs on their way to Epic’s rooftop until the wee hours of the morning, but Johnson says the industrial-chic look could also work in a more Zen residential space. “It would be great in a modern home or as a modern insertion into a period building. It has a rough-versus-refined feel that would also be fantastic in a loft.” If the lines of the staircase seem laser-cut, it’s because they practically were: Johnson used a process called Computer Numerical Controlled design (CNC) to carve the prototype from a block of raw material. Te stairs were later fabricated by Chicago-based Nick’s Metals.

Beaming It Up!

An al fresco feel was the inspiration behind the unique beamed ceiling at Fred’s restaurant in the new Barneys New York store on Rush Street. “It’s meant to evoke a garden lattice,” says David New, the executive vice president of creative services who works with architects, designers and contractors to build out Barneys stores nationwide. “We used teak wood, and the light fixtures are somewhat randomly placed and residential,” he says. Achieving the terrace look is not overly complicated, New insists. “It’s just nice materials used in a simple way. Tis format could succeed in almost any room of a home.” If working in a space with less natural light, New would consider choosing a lighter ceiling color than the dark stain used at Fred’s.

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BARE MARKET The rustic-chic

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ON THE RISE The industrial staircase at Epic.

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“I own the complete 1969 Playboy After Dark series,” says Robert

Polacek of San Francisco-based design firm Puccini Group. “It was filmed at the Playboy penthouse in Chicago, and in almost every scene, Hugh had a fire roaring in the background to set the mood.” For the interior of new River North restaurant Sable, Polacek and his team decided to go for a modern take on the cozy vibe by teaming up with Strike Anywhere Films to create a digital fireplace for the space. “You can buy fireplace videos online, but most of them are just films of a gas burner. No sparks. No jumping fire.” Polacek and Strike Anywhere filmed an actual six-foot burning log over cocktails in Napa one night, and the difference, he says, “is exceptional.” When translating the look at home, Polacek recommends, “Don’t just think about where you’d expect a fireplace.” And though he knows it would be a stretch for someone with traditional sensibilities to incorporate a digital fireplace into a classic design scheme, “It would look outstanding,” he says.

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Design magazine photos of burned cedar planks—a traditional Japanese building material still used by modern architects—were hanging on the tackboard in designer Karen Herold’s office for two years before she had the opportunity to translate the

look in one of her own projects: the high-profile Girl & the

Goat restaurant just opened by Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard. Herold, the vice president of design at Chicago-based 555 International, felt it described the restaurant’s “rustic with an edge” aesthetic perfectly. “We burned them ourselves in our parking lot,” she says. “It was the most fun I’ve ever had creating a finish.” Te burned cedar covers a brick wall dividing two rooms in the restaurant, and Herold says she’s already had at least one request from a residential client to cover his entire fireplace in the planks. But the project could easily be do-it-yourself, she says. “Anyone with a torch and some cedar is good to go.” To finish the look at Girl & the Goat, Herold and her team added a layer of resin to give the wood sheen, then lit the wall from the top with LED lights.

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Te new, 6,000-square-foot Hermès store in the old Barneys New York

space was Chicago’s most anticipated retail opening of 2010. Like all Hermès boutiques since 1976, it was designed by Parisian firm RDAI, the architectural group founded by Rena Dumas, the late wife of former Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas. A section of mosaic tile at the foot of the store’s centerpiece white spiral staircase is an ooh-la-Hermès touch that has been echoed in the brand’s worldwide flagships for decades. “It would be perfect in the home of anyone who loves the art of travel,” says RDAI artistic director Denis Montel. “It looks best in an entryway, hallway, foyer or any specific space the individual would like to personalize.” As seen from a distance, the mosaic’s woven pattern tips its hat to Hermès’ long tradition of sumptuous leather goods—an effect that can be achieved by choosing a small tile size and light, closely contrasting colors.

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Multicolored Wall Clock, $89, available this fall at Bo Concept, 1901 N. Clybourn Ave., 773.388.2900.

Karmelina Martina’s Helix chair for Moroso, price upon request, at Luminaire.

Dransfi eld and Ross’ fl ower tables, $115–$140, at Elements, 741 N. Wells St., 312.642.6574, elementschicago.com.

Piero Lissoni’s The Dark Side of the Moon coffee table, $6,589, at Luminaire.

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Forget all about monotone décor. � is season the focus is on bringing a rainbow’s worth of hues into every room of the house. Designers from all over the globe are celebrating the spectrum with a series of stripes, dots and swirls. Designer Piero Lissoni’s latest is a polychromatic table made out of colored glass, while Karmelina Martina gets color crazy with her super cool seating for Moroso. Even classic design is getting a multicolored makeover: Pierre Paulin’s classic Pumpkin armchair was originally designed as a one-colored seat for Claude and Georges Pompidou in 1971. Now, Ligne Roset is off ering a limited number of the chairs in shades of gradating red and blue. But is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow? You be the judge!

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Glass ActFrom the studio of Antonio Citterio, a globe-trotting designer returns home to ignite Chicago’s design scene By Lisa Cregan | Photography by Maia Harms

Felicia Ferrone has had one foot in Chicago and one foot in Milan for most of her adult life. But hallelujah: � is world-traveling young designer—whose glassware has been added to the Art Institute’s permanent design collection and touted in Wallpaper* Magazine—seems to have settled her heart on a 606 area code. A native of River Forest, Ferrone snagged a position right out of college (Miami University of Ohio, architecture) in the studio of Milan-based architect/product designer Antonio Citterio—a name that sends little shivers of joy through all card-carrying modernists. “I experienced architects there who were not just creating architectural products, but were creating graphics, designing showrooms and furniture. Always playing with diff erent scales,” says Ferrone. “� en the Milan Furniture Fair came along and that altered my life. I saw design in a whole new way.” Pumped after observing all the edgy brio at Milan’s famous Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Ferrone says she began rethinking the whole “building thing.” “My real love was product design, I just didn’t realize it,” she says.

In 2000, while living in Italy and working, by this time, for starchitect Vittorio Gregotti, Ferrone became fascinated by the whole messy enterprise of table settings—the diff erent heights, shapes and sizes of water and wine glasses off ended her sense of order and discipline. So she set about creating her own design solutions, the result of which is her Revolution Collection: clear glass cylinders that can accommodate a generous goblet-sized pour of water at one end, or fl ipped over to receive a more abstemious serving of wine at the other. “� ey’re meant to be used two to a guest. Each place setting gets a pair, one with the wine side up and the other with the water side up. It makes for a clean tablescape,” says Ferrone, who modestly admits the glasses were an instant sensation. “I was published in Elle Décor Italy, Surface, Dwell, Abitare.” But, she says, it took until recently to iron out the manufacturing to her satisfaction. “� ey’re simple, but very diffi cult to make. � ey have to be made by hand by expert glassblowers. I fi nally found a manufacturer in the Czech Republic, so I’m manufacturing them myself.” In April, ff errone design was born, with an online store where the Revolution glasses can be purchased along with her exquisite glass bowls and champagne fl utes. Currently, Ferrone is working with Corian on a new shower design, and this October, she’s headlining a solo exhibit with Volume Gallery. “I’ll be showing all new work, from a kinetic chandelier to a rug. Really, my designs are all across the board. � e glassware collection is just the beginning.” Let’s all buy one and raise a glass to homegrown Chicago design.

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Leather Forecasters

After launching the city’s coolest wallpaper biz, Casey Gunschel teams up with a local handbag designer to give leather a new grooveBy Thomas Connors | Photography by Maia Harms

“When people hear we work with leather, they immediately think S&M stuff ,” says Casey Gunschel, a wallpaper designer who recently took up a new medium after apprenticing under a saddle maker in Oregon. Using traditional leather-tooling techniques to achieve almost painterly eff ects for high-end custom furniture and interior installations, Gunschel and her partner, local handbag designer Meghan McGuinness, will make you rethink that glass-top coff ee table. Celebrating the beauty of a natural material and an ages-old craft, Gunschel and McGuinness create singular patterns—intertwined snakes against a botanical backdrop; a composition of old penmanship fl ourishes—that project a decidedly modern aesthetic. Gunschel, owner/designer of Palacepapers, was living in rural Oregon a few years back when she got the itch to try something new. “� ere wasn’t much going on where I was and I just needed a creative outlet,” she relates. “And I’ve been a horse person my whole life.” Her longtime friend McGuinness, who was back in Chicago making belts and bags, asked Gunschel to tool some straps for the hand-crafted, easygoing creations she sells online (cope-and-drag.com). “My handbags are meant to be well worn,” says McGuinness. “We aren’t trying to make the next ‘it’ bag, but more a timeless bag that gets better with age. I have known Casey for years and we share a similar aesthetic and work ethic. I respect her eye for design.”

When California interior designer Erin Martin asked McGuinness to apply her leather crafting skills to furniture, she asked Gunschel to collaborate. � e two dove in, fashioning a tabletop (inscribed “Zins of the Fathers”) for a California winery. More projects followed. One entailed executing an astrological theme across a homeowner’s bedroom walls. “We’re not interested in Western motifs,” says Gunschel. “What’s interesting to us is taking a traditional craft and giving a modern twist to it, making it contemporary.” For one designer, the two fashioned a large coff ee-table top depicting an octopus, its tendril-like arms unfurling, a uniquely dramatic piece that sold for $18,000. � ey get tanned hides from Argentina, treat them for durability, and hand-dye them with an oil- and spirits-based dye they often mix themselves. “It’s been a real learning process,” admits Gunschel. “Even old saddle makers tell you it can be hit or miss, because you’re dealing with an organic product that can take dyes diff erently. And no one works on the scale we do.” Gunschel’s leather endeavors aff ord her a new kind of freedom. “Wallpaper is more intrusive in an interior and I have to appeal to a wider audience. Furniture can be more unique and personal. And leather is so interesting because it’s kind of alive. I never would have guessed that what started as a hobby in rural Oregon would become a growing business.”

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Patricia Urquiola’s Tropicalia chaise, $3,032–$3,880, at Luminaire, 301 W. Superior St., 312.664.9582.

Charles Long’s Untitled, 2009 ceramic bird feeder, at cumulus-studios.com.

Tord Boontje’s Sunny lounger, $2,763, at morosousa.com.

Emmet sofa made from 100 percent recycled plastic, $649, at Room & Board, 55 E. Ohio St., 312.222.0970.

Lebello’s Chumy chaise, $1,325, at lebello.com.

Big Sur lantern, $78, at Jayson Home & Garden, 1885 N. Clybourn Ave., 773.248.8180.

KAA Group’s ceramic bird feeder, $325, at homlifestyle.com.

Don’t even think about putting patio standards in the garden. � is season, it’s all about importing insider style to your outdoor areas with big color, bold shapes and out-of-the-box ingenuity. Some of the world’s top design talent is taking it outside, from Patricia Urquiola, whose Tropicalia chaise and daybed are the ultimate in multicolored, plein-air chic, to Tord Boontje, who created the ultra-swank Sunny lounger. And for the birds? We’ve got two takes on high-fl ying style, from artist Charles Long’s limited-edition ceramic bird feeders to KAA Group’s super-sleek and pointy take on sowing new seeds of outdoor change.

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Designer Patrick Henson outfi ts a 4,000-square-foot rooftop with everything from foo dogs to rare fl owers to create a mind-bending ride of an urban oasis By Lisa Cregan | Photography by Jason Robinette

Hey kids, don’t try this at home! Unless, of course, you have an enormous penthouse on top of your sprawling warehouse complex with 4,000 square feet of rooftop garden to trick out. Landscape designer Patrick Henson of Chicago’s Handsome Designs is the pro who was handed this once-in-a-career assignment. His clients own an old-time manufacturing facility on the banks of the newly scenic Chicago River and decided it would be fun to live above the shop. What ensued was a fabulous fourth-story aerie with long views of the city’s glimmering skyline, while immediately below lies that other Chicago—the one of husky, brawling, big-shouldered fame. Maneuver past skittering forklifts, around clattering heavy machinery and through gigantic spools wrapped in lord-knows-what to an industrial elevator that eventually spills you out facing a massive steel door. Swing open that door to a wonderland of sculpture, planters and trees that seems to go on forever. How much space is there? Well, let’s put it this way: ere’s a tennis court. e mind boggles.

Henson’s task here amounts to hand-to-hand seasonal combat with Mother Nature. ere’s a reason most landscapers don’t do rooftops. Henson has to battle desiccating wind, scorching sun and, let’s face it, non-existent soil depth. Not to mention needing to work around a sculpture collection that’s constantly expanding and morphing at his clients’ whims. Just when things seem laid out for the season, Henson suddenly fi nds himself looking for spots for Buddha and his companion foo dogs. And the Astroturf? At least Henson wasn’t expected to grow a suburban rooftop lawn. A perpetually green carpet was already in place when he arrived—a welcome, no-maintenance, faux-sylvan backdrop. Now in his fi fth year on the roof, Henson seems to take the tumult and trials in stride. “ is garden’s been a labor of love,” he says. “I’d rather do rooftops all summer long. I enjoy the challenge, it’s closer to God, and the views are spectacular. You can see the whole skyline, the entirety of Chicago.” e scale of

1. There’s an unobstructed view of the skyline from almost every angle of this enormous warehouse rooftop garden 2. A brass pyramid was manufactured right in the

homeowner’s factory two stories below 3. The homeowner personally designed these fi ber-optic globes that periodically change colors 4. A copy of a sculpture currently at the

Weizmann Institute in Israel 5. Sand sculptures engage in a staring contest atop driftwood pedestals.

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this installation is almost as vast as the views. Currently 27 planters line the outer perimeter and a fl eet of rolling aluminum boxes of boxwood can scoot around to accommodate any eye-popping sculpture that suddenly appears. “� e crabapple trees and forsythia in planters bring in bright spring color,” says Henson. “� e fi berglass planters I fi ll with fragrant viburnum and nemesia. � ey’re actually hiding some vents.” Henson even makes the Astroturf a little more visually palatable by growing tufts of pretty lime green sedum in gaps in the carpet. Nothing pays greater tribute to Henson’s creativity, though, than the endless line of planters edging the vast terrace. Henson employs them like some citifi ed Gertrude Jekyll to create the eff ect of an English border garden. � e planters are an exercise in controlled chaos, bursting with delphinium, lilies, poppies, roses and heather. “Carnival colors. We made that our color palette: purples, blues,

coral, pink,” says Henson. Despite the harsh growing conditions, it’s an expert plantsman’s Eden that softens the hardscape of rooftop parapet and the stone and steel sculptures that pepper the garden. “I can’t say I completely understand how things come and go here,” laughs Henson. “I’m just working on the garden and I love working around all these wonderful things. Like these four gigantic candelabra with light bulbs, gigantic menorahs. All of a sudden they were up here. � ings just appear.” Once they do, Henson enfolds them in nature’s embrace like the vintage washtub he’s fi lled to overfl owing with petunias. He says he’s learned to have confi dence in his clients’ mad methods. “On my third year working here I went to one of the owners and I said, ‘You know, I don’t really understand these orange triangles,’” Henson recalls. “So she pointed out the Star of David inside them and suddenly they made sense. Now? I love them.”

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terrace “like a crossroads of molded aluminum,” says Henson 9. Garden designer Patrick Henson inside a salvaged architectural remnant. Framed in the distance is a globe

sculpture by Brian Sperry 10. Sun chaises, also designed by the homeowner.

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What seems like one more little blink-and-you’ve-missed-it burg along Michigan’s Red Arrow Highway, Harbert is actually a town with a long history of nurturing creative risk-takers. Back in 1928 a young guy named Carl Sandburg set up house in Harbert’s dunes with a plan to raise goats (and maybe write a little poetry on the side). Seventy years later, Brian Overley and Alan DeBaugh lit out for the small lakeside town from a cramped Chicago apartment and launched their own creative eff ort, a genre-defying interiors shop named Marco Polo Antiques. Pause on the threshold of Marco Polo (about 75 miles around the lake from downtown Chicago) and prepare to be blown away. Arrayed against the walls are pieces of farmhouse furniture with perfect patinas and mysteriously beautiful obsolete machinery. Call it “agrarian modern” or maybe “haute farm.” Every pristine,

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clean-lined piece stands in crisp relief against walls painted smoky gray or alabaster white. A burnished steel machinist’s toolbox here, ancient spikes of hayforks there, mysterious bits of defunct equipment, clouds of wire baskets, even quirky oversized factory lighting fi xtures. In Overley and DeBaugh’s chic hands the industrial grime falls away to reveal the beauty of the form and the romance of the wear, and the fl otsam of rural American life becomes covetable tables, chairs, consoles, lamps—even sculpture. “T is is about our personal vision of beauty. If something’s not beautiful when we get it, we ask ourselves, ‘What does it need?’” says Overley, who has a degree in fi ne arts from Indiana University. T e pair maintains a separate studio they laughingly refer to as “hair and makeup,” where Overley works his magic on their fi nds. “Sometimes it’s about changing the fi nish,” he explains. “Sometimes it’s about refurbishing, sometimes repurposing, but it’s always about maintaining the fl avor of age.” For example Overley points to a piece he says was once an old tavern table in some rural 1950s Michigan saloon. “I cut it down to make a

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cocktail table,” he says. “It was sanded, painted, then I tapered the feet so it would feel elegant.” Te table has the quirky integrity of age but, paradoxically, it also feels very modern. “Rural farmers were more concerned with function than decoration so their pieces have an inherent modernity,” explains Overley. “I think these pieces have an almost Bauhaus feel, where form follows function. Even an old farm washstand, today, looks so beautiful, clean and contemporary.” DeBaugh points to a swirling floor-to-ceiling plume of yellow-speckled steel: “I love that. It was part of a combine that rotated the corn and then spilled it out into a wagon—purely functional, not trying to be beautiful at all, but you isolate it away from the machine and it becomes a piece of sculpture.” “But not all farm machinery is created equal,” Overley laughs. “We have to see something in the proportion and lines, and that spiral is strangely poetic.” Te poetry carries over into a line of very limited-edition furniture Overley has begun designing: ash shelves in an iron frame, his interpretation of some creaky painter’s scaffolding he spied in a World of Interiors magazine, and a steel version of a folding wooden campaign table he once admired. He’s even conjured up a line of Adirondack chairs with a uniquely Marco Polo silhouette. But for the most part, no two pieces here are alike. So here’s a word of advice: If you see something you love in Marco Polo, buy it. You’re probably never going to see it again. A few years ago the store’s growing reputation forced Overley and DeBaugh to move from their intimate space in Harbert’s former post office. “We just kept selling out all the time,” sighs Overley. True to form, the pair saw something graceful in the impossible ugliness of a discount party store down the street. It had yellow vinyl siding and tiny blackout windows that made it look more like a roadside porn shop than a place to plan a celebration—unsurprisingly it quickly went belly up. Overley and DeBaugh pounced and transformed the building into their fantasy of elegant converted stables. “We changed the surface of everything,” admits Overley. “My inspiration was a quasi-Swedish barn crossed with Kentucky horse barn. A rural flavor but more classical.” If this is a barn, next life we’re coming back as a Holstein. Sandburg wrote that “the secret to happiness is to admire without desiring.” Obviously Carl’s Harbert years were pre-Marco Polo.

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Paging all petal pushers: A modern take on fl oral design is sprouting throughout the house. Channel your inner wallfl ower with a variety of new wallpapers, including Amy Butler’s drop-dead-gorgeous Field Poppies paper and Osborne & Little’s granny-gone-groovy Foxglove pattern. And if you’re feeling like sprinkling some seeds of change a bit further, Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc’s 5 O’Clock Chair for Moooi takes those traditional climbing roses into postmodern turf. Your garden variety of fl oral patterns this is not.

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Nika Zupanc’s 5 O’Clock Chair for Moooi, price upon request, at Luminaire, 301 W. Superior St., 312.664.9582.

Amy Butler’s Field Poppies wallpaper in midnight, $80 per double roll, at grahambrown.com.

Madison and Grow’s Michelle wallpaper, $150 per 15-foot-long roll, at Urban Source, 1432 W. Chicago Ave., 312.455.0505.

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Chicago contractor Dave Albin is a human divining rod when it comes to scouting killer deals on art, furniture and building materials. T ere’s no better example of his ingenuity than his new La Porte, Indiana summer home—a former schoolhouse he bought for a song and renovated over the course of 10 months. His handiwork speaks for itself: from the salvaged tin ceiling he bought on Craigslist and installed himself to a sprawling outdoor oasis with DIY sculpture and garden cabanas. “I didn’t keep track of my labor, but I spent less than $100,000 altogether,” says Albin, who includes furniture and art in the fi nal tally, along with the reno and serious landscaping eff ort. His secret? T e jack-of-all-trades sources materials from Craigslist, consignment shops and even alleys, where

he got nearly every piece of art that hangs throughout the house as well as much of the furniture. Take the beat-up, four-drawer dresser he found in an alley and had “dip-stripped” before staining ebony black. He spruced it up with stainless steel handles and new legs to complement the contemporary look of his master suite. Albin is also the master of design shortcuts. Above the dining room table, he hung fi ve modern globe pendant lights at varying heights to save time leveling. Reinforcing the pleasingly off -kilter eff ect, he made no attempt to center each fi xture in the round, chartreuse decals he stuck to the ceiling. Creative touches of the DIY variety abound: a shadowlike chandelier decal that mimics the chandelier hanging in the dining room and an art installation

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makes a dramatic statement

in the kitchen; dave albin in

his lush backyard; graphic

decals and random placement

create an interesting lighting

installation over the dining

room table.

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...continued fashioned from homemade shadow boxes and spray-painted trophies. When Albin first toured the 2,400-square-foot brick building, it had already been gutted and outfitted with a new roof and windows. Making the deal even sweeter, the sale price included piles of rough sawn lumber stacked throughout the building, which the former owner had left after clearing a dense thicket of trees in the backyard to make room for an addition. Instead of completing the project, Albin filled the foundation hole (with dirt he dug up to create a koi pond) and used the lumber to handcraft a long, narrow dining room table, as well as the home’s baseboards, window frames and front porch. But Albin isn’t all save and no splurge. He used the money he saved with freecycling and penny-pinching to pay for hand-carved mahogany flooring throughout—a decision that lends a certain richness and continuity to the space.

When it came to the sprawling backyard—where he envisioned both intimate gatherings and big soirées—it was all about making a statement. Near the house, Albin created a chic outdoor dining room decorated with two industrial mirrors, and three tall pieces of tempered shower glass, which he painted blue and green and hung side by side. Ten, farther back toward the edge of the property, he built a small wooden pergola and hung an unexpected Ikea clearance sale chandelier made of plastic balls. “It was really important for me to have a design for all four seasons,” says Albin, who favored plants like berry bushes and red twig dogwoods that have bright red leaves all winter. “I knew I’d be having people over all year long, and I wanted it to be as interesting as possible,” says Albin, who scored deep discounts at end-of-season sales. One thing he didn’t anticipate: “Tere’s an extremely exotic South American bird in my backyard—a Purple Gallinule—a mating pair. Tat’s never happened north of the Everglades.” Albin’s backyard is full of wonders. Unable to resist adding a little bling, he created a dramatic outdoor sculpture by smearing concrete over two-inch Styrofoam pieces he glued into a giant cube. Reaching nearly six feet and standing in the middle of a patch of burning bushes, the DIY piece—with a price tag totaling less than $20—is the perfect representation of how little money it takes to create cool.

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Cabin Fever!A pair of Chicago design lovers gives an old-growth groove to a brand-new getaway house tucked far in the Wisconsin woods

By Lisa Skolnik | Photography by Tony Soluri

Jay Franke’s driving directions to those visiting the weekend retreat he shares with his partner, David Herro, are emphatic and concise: “Look for the house that’s different. Really different.” Te directions help, since GPS is erratic in the boondocks of North Lake in Hartland, Wisconsin. But just when it seems that Franke’s instructions are a bit too cavalier, there’s a break in the protracted row of prosaic little houses and a handsome cedar, glass and Lannon stone house with several soaring pitches in its broad roof bursts into view. With its oversized glinting window walls, spectacularly engineered slopes and natural materials, it’s a state-of-the-art architectural dazzler for today with its roots in the mid-20th century. Yet its demeanor and scale respect the rustic, idyllic setting. Te couple planned it that way, interviewing a handful of well-known architects for the job in 2004 before settling on Bruce Jackson in nearby Milwaukee. “We never wanted a harsh glass box. We didn’t want to be the goofy

FEEDING THE MASSES For the open living/dining area, the couple found a set of 12 matching vintage Scandinavian chairs (at Collage 20th Century Classics in Dallas) to pair with their contemporary Hugo França dining table. Right: Franke made the installation over the bed using dozens of ceramic pieces he bought at George Lowell in Chicago.

guys from Chicago who built an über-contemporary that stuck out and upset everybody,” explains Franke. Inside, the design program cleaves to the same standard of moderated drama. A towering central stairwell that rises 60 feet from the home’s lower level to its third-floor loft organizes spatial flow and sports an impressive steel-and-oak floating staircase that was technically challenging to fabricate “and required an engineering feat to get it installed properly,” says Franke. Te house’s layout is tailored to the couple’s lifestyle. Herro, an international fund manager, and Franke, a freelance dancer and artistic director of the Chicago Dancing Festival, are both big-hearted, gregarious extroverts who are involved in myriad

philanthropic ventures. It’s no surprise that the two love to entertain, which translates into a constant stream of weekend guests. On the main level, an L-shaped, two-story living space that transverses almost the entire structure is punctuated by a gigantic Lannon stone hearth and lined with a glass curtain wall overlooking the lake. Te curtain wall extends into the enclosed kitchen, equipped for entertaining with banks of sleek white Bulthaup cabinetry and high-performance stainless steel appliances. A trim, window-lined loft holds a very private yet airy master suite and office for the couple, which feels like a secret tree house thanks to the branches right outside the windows. Meanwhile, a rambling, walk-out lower level below offers four guest rooms, an intimate

“We never wanted a harsh glass box. We didn’t want to be the goofy guys from

Chicago who built an über-contemporary that stuck out and upset everybody.”

Above: In the study,

a zigzag West Elm

rug adds even more

verve to spirited

vintage pieces, as well

as Jonathan Adler’s

repro of a Curtis Jere

sculpture and a funky

driftwood coffee table.

Opposite page: The

central stairwell has

300 works and is still

growing. All the pieces

relate to the couple

and their family, and

none of the clocks are

operative, save the one

that is easy to reach.

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den and a huge multipurpose room that features an 82” flat-screen monitor and projector, lots of cushy seating and enough hidden sleeping for four more, thanks to additional sofas and a queen-sized Murphy bed. Franke, a self-proclaimed “vintage junkie” who has always had a passion for interior design, outfitted the entire home with a mix of pristine midcentury and sure-to-be-classic contemporary furnishings. “I had a starter kit of generic pieces at first, then slowly upgraded everything. I dance all over the country so I’ve had access to some amazing sources,” he explains. He scored a new Hugo França dining table and BDDW sideboard from now-closed Chicago atelier Abode, and the prized set of 12 vintage Kai Christiansen dining chairs and an impressive array of significant pieces by big-name designers (think Vladimir Kagan, Jens Risom, Florence Knoll and Robsjohn Gibbings) came from near and far. Yet if you look past the state-of-the-art architecture, sumptuous fittings and significant furnishings, the place is a bona fide throwback to the idyllic midcentury that the house references in so many ways, for it was conceived as a place to embrace family first. “David is from Wisconsin, and his brother had a home nearby. We’d come up here every weekend, then realized we wanted a more permanent place than the guest bedroom. So he found us this property, we came to see it and were hooked,” says Franke. Herro has five siblings, Franke has two and all those guest rooms and spare sleeping spots were

designed to accommodate the couple’s parents, siblings and 16 nieces and nephews. “David’s family lives within driving distance, so they’re here every weekend. Mine is in Utah and Texas, so we have Frankeder’hey Day for a week every summer, complete with organized activities and T-shirts,” jokes Franke, explaining that the name came from the local slang. Te close-knit clan also inspired what both men consider the heart of their home: the picture-encrusted stairwell. Franke got the idea to cover all the walls in pieces that reflected their families from the well-known Brooklyn silhouette portrait artist Carter Kustera, whose work he admires. He asked every family member to take a snapshot of their profile (and their little ones and pets), and painted his own versions from the photos. Other pieces hang between the silhouettes and play to guests’ interests: Tere are racecars for David, pansies for his sister and pirates for a nephew. Installing them was another DIY production, complete with scaffolding that Franke convinced his builder to erect. It took him a week to get the wall just right, but the effects of the statement-making installation were immediate. “Everyone loves to come over and see themselves on the wall,” says Herro. And Franke is considering a new venture. “All dancers have second careers. Mine just might be in interior design.”

From top, left: Barware and pottery from several decades in the dining area; a pristine corner of the living room, outfitted with a Knoll sofa, Jens Risom lounge chairs, Hans Wegner-inspired chaise and vintage coffee table, is pure midcentury Opposite

page: Choice pairings include a contemporary BDDW sideboard, Thomas O’Brien lamp and Hugo França dining table with vintage chairs and a Curtis Jere sculpture in the dining area.

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Open SeasonA nature-loving architect creates his own pre-fab dream spread that’s all about al fresco family dinners, earth-first building materials and picture-perfect lake views

By Lisa Skolnik | Photography by Tony Soluri

Jodi and Walt Eckenhoff have been through enough major renovations over the last 30 years to know that rare is the building project that runs smoothly. Gaffes and spats are routine. Yet none of the glitches they experienced on their four former DIY efforts kept the two-tool belt couple from tackling a stupendously original fifth to build a sleek, eco-friendly second home—from scratch and mostly themselves—on a small lake outside Buchanan, Michigan. “I grew up going to our cottage in Door County and always dreamed of having our own. And I always like to have a project in the works. So doing this was right up our alley,” says Walt, principal of Eckenhoff Saunders Architects in Chicago and a self-admitted chronic tinkerer. Fortunately Jodi, a physical therapist, has “always been pretty decent with a hammer and saw,” she notes. If that hadn’t been the case, they would not have had much together-time during the 18 months it took to build the home on weekends.

GREEN SCENE

Common, inexpensive

building materials

surpass their humble

provenance in the

interiors of this pre-

fabricated cabin. The

Bunch Vase by Naoto

Fukasawa for B&B

(from Luminaire) sits

on a harvest table,

which was milled from

a tree felled to make

way for the house.

Right: A soaring skillion

roof underlined with

windows floods the

home with light.

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Walt got the opportunity to fulfill his dream when a client offered him a 20-acre lakefront parcel in 2006 that she decided not to use. Te couple fell in love with the site—rife with gently rolling hills and statuesque, old-growth trees—and acquired it immediately. Deciding what to build took a lot longer. “Walt played with the design for a couple of years,” confides Jodi. “It started out large, then shrunk to a one-bedroom box. But we have three girls. Tey’re sure to have families someday. So I negotiated two bedrooms and a sleeping loft.” Te final 2,300-square-foot design “is rooted in the aesthetic of the barns, sheds and cribs that are so common here,” explains Walt. It has glassy rear walls that permit panoramic views of the lake, sports three decks that add another 1,500 square feet of outdoor living space; and is topped with two soaring skillion-style roofs, one on top of a jutting silo that contains the sleeping loft at the home’s highest level.

It is also mindful of a new reality to be sustainable and economical. For starters, Walt consciously tracked down aesthetically and economically smart building materials, such as construction grade one-by-six pine planks for the walls and third-grade one-by-six maple planks for the floors. Both are inexpensive but beautiful, especially the maple “because it has a lot of figuring that makes it interesting instead of bland,” Walt explains. Equally economical is the far-more-costly Garapa Gold planking that clads the decks and master bathroom. “It’s an ultra-durable hardwood that can weather sun and water, so I won’t have to redo them in 10 years,” explains Walt. Te home is also loaded with money-saving green features. Tese include a closed loop geothermal HVHC system; strategically sited glass curtain walls and “low-e” windows for passive solar heat; super-insulated construction; a layout and overhangs

Above left: All of the

doors are hung on

barn door hinges and

painted rustic colors

in deference to the

vernacular architecture

of the area. Above right: Stair treads are also

made of wood recycled

from felled trees, and

support columns are

painted maple leaf green

to blend into the foliage

outside. Opposite page:

The cabin is nestled in

a grove of old-growth

trees and sports glass

curtain walls that allow

access to the decks

outside and maximize

the view.

“It’s the only project where I’ve been the owner, architect, general contractor,

machine operator, carpenter’s assistant and interior designer.”

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designed to foster air convection for cooling; and a reflective corrugated steel roof to deflect sunlight and retain heat. And finally, he came up with an extraordinary building plan that deflated their construction budget to less than $200 a square foot. “Tat’s not counting the area of the deck. If we did, it would be about $120 a square foot,” Walt points out. “We decided to do as much as possible ourselves,” he says. So they rented a North Chicago warehouse from January to June 2007, and prefabricated all the framed components of the house with the help of their friend, Angelo Roncone, who is also a professional construction manager. “He was the mastermind behind the scheme to prefabricate the parts and erect it on-site,” says Walt. In June, they rented two flatbed trucks and hauled the completed floors, walls, beams and roof 120 miles to the site, where the driveway, concrete foundation and power had already been completed. “I leased a forklift with a 30-foot telescoping boom, and we lulled the house sections and steel beams into place. We had it up in four weeks,” says Walt, who admits to a fondness for operating the machine. Te couple spent the rest of the summer supervising the subcontractors who installed the plumbing, HVHC, curtain walls, deck and electrical systems, then put on the roof themselves. Weekends the following winter were devoted to the interior finish work, often with

the help of their daughters. To respect the house’s vernacular design, Walt used sliding barn doors in every room but gave them definition and personality with paint. Tose in public spaces are yellow in deference to a nearby yellow barn the couple admires; bedroom doors are white; and bathroom doors are red. Steel structural support columns are coated with “maple leaf green so they vanish in the spring and summer against the trees outside,” says Walt. Tey splurged on Wood-Mode kitchen cabinets, and saved—ecologically speaking—by recycling furniture from their Glencoe home and reclaiming maple and walnut trees to make way for the home as stair treads, bathroom vanities and a majestic, monolithic harvest table. A black granite slab for the hearth got the same treatment when it arrived from China undersized. “I had it made into a coffee table,” says Walt. In retrospect, Walt got his wish to do it all. “It’s the only project where I’ve been the owner, architect, general contractor, machine operator, carpenter’s assistant and interior designer,” he laughs. Now that the work is done, they live on the front deck facing the lake, even when it gets nippy. Tey even eat out there almost every night they are there. “Te only thing that keeps us off the deck is rain and snow,” says Walt, who learned one lesson the hard way. Sleep inside. “It’s so beautiful under the stars that I camped out on the deck last May,” says Walt. “But I got drenched when it started raining at 2am.”

Left: Topping the

coffee table (made

from marble that

was originally meant

for the fireplace but

came in the wrong

size), beautiful white

plate and vase from

Luminaire. Right: The

entire home rises

over five levels and

incorporates three

decks. The largest,

shown here, wraps

around the main living

level, which is faced

on three sides with

glass and fitted with

sliding doors.

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Nature Nurtured

A former Latvian summer camp in Wisconsin, Camp Wandawega gets reincarnated as a creative playground for Chicago’s art and design set

By Meghan McEwen

Photography by Bob Coscarelli and Greg Gillis

David Hernandez was an infant the first time he slept at Camp Wandawega. Te Latvian summer camp located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, is also where he learned to swim, climb trees and fish. More than 30 years later, when he took his then fiancée (now wife) Tereasa Surratt back to see the magical setting of so many childhood memories, they left with a parting request to the 80-something-year-old owner/priest: “If you ever decide to sell this place, call us first.” Te call came five years later, and Hernandez and Surratt couldn’t resist. Tey snatched up all 25 acres: the main lodge; a three-story hotel; two cabins; an archery range; basketball and shuffleboard courts; a garage; two piers; horseshoe pits; and all the furniture inside.

Te lure of the place, which sits directly on a quiet 800-foot stretch of Lake Wandawega, is undeniable. Sunshine streams through a canopy of majestic oaks, silver maple and cottonwood trees; winding gravel pathways crisscross through lush hostas and patches of wildflowers; and it’s not uncommon to stumble across a family of blue heron cranes or find eggs on the shore from nesting turtles. Welcome to the scenic backdrop of Camp Wandawega, where nature, culture and art go hand in hand, and big, freewheeling ideas fuel the creative currency that has transformed a former Latvian summer camp into a weekend playground for Chicago’s creative set.

From the first summer Hernandez and Surratt took ownership, Camp Wandawega’s transformation has

FIRST-CLASS CABIN

Art camper Tyler

Petersen walks past

a two-bedroom cedar

cabin from the ’30s

carrying a silkscreened

print. Left: David

Hernandez and Tereasa

Surratt stand on a pier

from the ’40s while their

dog, Frankie, dries off.

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taken the form of a non-stop work/play party. Both ad execs for Ogilvy, the ambitious pair enlists friends, who in turn enlist their friends, who trade skills and manpower—from building a new floating pier to landscaping a lakeside hill—for enviable weekend stays in the beyond-charming lodge and cottages. “It’s very rustic, like camping indoors. Tink chipmunks running wildly down the halls, ladybugs on your pillow,” says Surratt. But the tall, stunning brunette and author of the new book A Very Modest Cottage (published by Hearst, documenting the rescue and decoration of a one-room cabin she transported from her hometown Beardstown, Il) is far too humble.

Yes, it still has all the trappings of a bona fide, no-frills camp: Tere are shared showers, creaky wooden floors, rickety piers

and plenty of wicker. But make no mistake: Tis is no ordinary backwoods affair.

Camp Wandawega reads like a curated thrift store paradise, where even the bathroom doors are decorated with paint-peeling vintage oars. Te rooms are outfitted with well-worn furniture that came with the place, but Hernandez and Surratt have added another layer to it all with a beguiling mix of flea market and garage sale finds: a stack of leather suitcases in one corner, weather-worn water skis in another; Hudson Bay blankets folded neatly across beds; and vintage radios, alarm clocks, Coleman thermoses, and antique lanterns as finishing touches. Te interiors, put together like a page from Te World of Interiors, play a crucial part of the camp-as-creative-outlet experience—with

Surratt as the consummate set designer, stylist and storyteller.

“Every room is kind of a joke—we call this one ‘Brokeback Mountain room,’ because there are cowboys on the sheets,” says Surratt, who gave the main living area a decidedly hunting-lodge-2.0 spin with taxidermy overload, grommeted vintage leather sofas, and enough plaid to outfit a band of bagpipers. It’s an approach that takes every nook and cranny into account: old photos hanging by wooden clothespins, a cluster of framed paint-by-numbers, a collection of pitchers, an old fencing mask mounted on a plaque she picked up in Argentina.

“It’s hard when you’re cheap. I don’t pay much for anything,” says Surratt, who’s currently working on her second book—this one about collections. “It makes it more interesting when it’s filled with junk. It was never intended to be fancy. It’s disingenuous to do anything else.”

Tere are moments when you wonder if Hernandez and Surratt actually relax. In the two-bedroom cedar cottage, they recently spent a weekend ripping out the ceiling to expose peaked roof beams, whitewashed the entire interior and added French doors—yes, in one weekend. Over one of the beds, the wall is decorated with a simple row of fishing lures they found all over the property, imparting a tangible sense of history and place.

Given Surratt’s affinity for vintage odds and ends, art and the stories behind both, her friendship—and collaboration—with Post 27 owner Angela Finney-Hoffman seems inevitable. After stopping by the beloved West Grand Avenue store (just a few blocks from her city digs) the week after it opened in 2008, Surratt and Finney-Hoffman became fast friends. It wasn’t long before Finney-Hoffman was a Wandawega regular. And it was there, around the communal kitchen island—a massive butcher block-topped vintage metal rolling cart—where Finney-Hoffman had an idea: Art Camp for adults! Te next morning, “we were up before 8AM with clipboards and coffee, plotting activities” for the annual weekend combining nature, communal art projects, and a group of talented artists and designers.

Above: In the two-

bedroom cottage, a

room is decorated with

lanterns found on the

property and a collage

wall of framed pieces,

including a promotional

piece that reads

“Wisconsin’s Finest”

that Surratt scanned and

blew up; a ceramic deer

head; and an ink-drawn

hunting poem. Opposite page: Steven Teichelman

relaxes on a World

War II barrack bed in a

100-year-old Boy Scout

tent that Hernandez and

Surratt bought from an

old camp in Jamesville,

Wisconsin. The Boy

Scout bedding rolls and

manual in each room

were found on eBay.

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“We have so many creative friends, from graphic designers to textile artists—it just made sense,” says Finney-Hoffman as she dribbles white paint down a piece of scrap wood with intentional haphazardness. “Tere’s this great energy here,” says Finney-Hoffman. “And we’re all like a family now because of it.”

Te roster of campers who have made appearances reads like a who’s who in the art and design community: the guys from Post Family; surface designer Noel Ashby; furniture designers and woodworkers Tyler Petersen and Shaun Owens-Agase of Stone Blitzer; textile designer Linsey Burritt; designer and design blogger Margot Harrington of pitchdesignunion.com; furniture designers Steven Teichelman, Bladon Conner and Aaron Pahmier. “We’re not making fine art,” says Finney-Hoffman. “Te setting doesn’t lend itself to that. We’re working on craft with reclaimed and found objects. We didn’t want it to offset the environment here. And we wanted it to be organic, because that’s how great art happens.”

Huge pieces of reclaimed wood spread out across a field for a collaborative painting—individual painted works on pressed board and salvaged doors are configured into a giant collective work that will later be

Above, left: A peek

through barkcloth

curtains at the bar in

the card room, which

used to be a parlor for

“working girls” (before

Wandawega became

a Latvian summer

camp). Above, right:

Sam Rosen (front)

and other art campers

work on the collective

field painting. Opposite

page, clockwise from top

left: Margot Harrington

takes a swing break;

Steven Teichelman

works on a birdhouse;

the rehabbed one-

bedroom cabin; art

project sign; flipping

through a vintage book

for inspiration; shelves

of Fiestaware, which

was discovered when

they knocked through

a wall; a boat on Lake

Wandawega; a cigar

box full of materials; an

original life preserver.

exhibited at Post 27, with various components either sold, given back to the artist or donated to a gallery wall at Wandawega. A buzz saw hums in the distance. Up on the hill, some of the furniture guys are working on birdhouses—creations they construct from scraps. “We don’t worry about the quality or variety: It could be from the firewood pile, blowdown trees from our own woods, demolished houses, you name it. So far, the birds haven’t complained,” says Hernandez.

Art buttons are designed with help from Kristen Carter from Busy Beaver, the local company responsible for button vending machines at spots like Nightwood and Empty Bottle. Sam Rosen and Chad Kouri from the Post Family lead a workshop on silkscreening, and the frame-worthy results are hung by clothespins on a piece of twine strung between the trees. Mini collages are an unexpected favorite that have emerged from the activity lineup. “It’s like the art version of scrapbooking,” says Finney-Hoffman. “Tey really geek out over this stuff.” A din of paper shuffling, scissors cutting and tape pulling are the sounds of creative concentration. Tables pushed together and covered with paper, wood scraps, markers, tubs of rubber cement, rolls of twine

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and X-Acto knives, are an explosion of color, texture and pattern. Everyone brings huge wooden crates and their cigar boxes full of magazine clippings, vintage papers and visual graphics. “Te purpose isn’t to go out and buy a bunch of new materials. It’s about the art and getting people out of the city—getting them off the grid to a setting that’s open creatively,” attests Finney-Hoffman.

Last summer, a collective brainstorming and improv sketching session laid the groundwork for an unbelievably cool tree house that’s currently in the works—a modernist-meets-camp cabin in the sky. And when they aren’t creating, campers have their run of the pleasure grounds, including access to a sports room packed with mostly vintage recreation equipment:

rackets, balls, bows, fishing poles, tackle boxes. Along the hallway hangs a row of adorable plaid vintage life vests—all fully usable—including a tiny faded orange one that belonged to Hernandez as a kid.

At the end of the long days, the group heads up the hill, where a huge farmhouse dinner awaits. Surratt and Hernandez often recruit chef friends to come for the weekend to prepare food for their guests. Another friend, DJ Ed Menacho spins music during dinner and throughout the evening, and then again in the morning, when dreary-eyed campers reconvene for a big communal breakfast. Surratt sashays around with trays of food, perfectly wrapped silverware and towering stacks of color-popping Fiestaware (discovered in the lodge when they knocked down a wall in the breakfast

Above: The wood-

paneled living room

in the lodge is where

guests come to relax

indoors on cushy

upholstered furniture.

At the other end of

the room, a pool table,

dartboard, piano and

a collection of old

instruments keep

everyone playing music

and games. Opposite

page: Art campers eat

a big farmhouse dinner

on the hill and under the

trees at dusk.

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room), while delegating responsibilities with the charm of a practice-perfect hostess. She points to a kitchen wall covered with brightly colored, patterned vintage aprons on hooks: “Tose aren’t decoration. When we have big, communal breakfasts, everyone has something to do—that’s why I have so many aprons.”

Hernandez, who can be found at any given hour climbing on the roof to fix a leak or scaling trees to work on the electrical, is famous for his giant bonfires—at least 15 feet high—which light up the dark, starry night. And at least once during the weekend, the art campers file into the old wooden pews in the outdoor chapel for a projected movie screening in the woods—either an Eames art film or the finale slideshow of the weekend’s events.

By the time Sunday morning rolls around, old-timers wander in for the weekly outdoor Latvian Catholic service that has continued uninterrupted for more than 50 years. “We have vestments that are 100 years old and hand-painted with gold silk—they’re like artwork. Tey donated it with the property, because they knew we would continue to let the community come for service,” says Surratt, who takes as much pleasure in preserving long-standing traditions at Wandawega as she does creating new ones. “David’s mom showed me old photos of traditional Latvian craft competitions—basket weaving, pottery, cute little old ladies who could crochet like nobody’s business. Te art camp is bringing it back. It feels like part of the tradition.”

“We’re not

making fine art,”

says Finney-

Hoffman. “The

setting doesn’t

lend itself to that.

We’re working

on craft with

reclaimed and

found objects.

We didn’t want

it to offset the

environment

here. And we

wanted it to be

organic, because

that’s how great

art happens.”

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abouttown

ChiCago “City Style”

houSe tour

The 22nd Annual “City Style”

House Tour gave over 350

guests the opportunity to view

six extraordinary residences

in the Belmont Harbor district.

Chicago’s finest came out to

support Chicago City Day School,

dine on bites from Fortune Fish

Company, Erwin, and N9ne

among others and tour the

amazing interiors of these historic

Lakeview homes.

KitChen Bath &

induStry Show

CS joined Chicago’s finest

kitchen and bath designers and

professionals for the annual

Kitchen and Bath Industry Show.

The premier industry event

showcased product trends and

new design concepts from Brizo,

Kohler, Jenn-Air and many more,

while guests had an opportunity

to mingle with top manufacturers

and attend presentations on

upcoming design innovations.

CaSSona CeleBration

Cassona Home Furnishings &

Accessories welcomed guests

to their Clark Street store to

celebrate Latin-inspired furniture,

jewelry and art. They displayed

everything from functional

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designers. Talented Chicago

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Matt Carroll: How did you get started in the real estate industry?

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AddingTon gALLERy

Addington Gallery features a wide range of talented contemporary artists

working in various styles, subjects and mediums. In addition to this, the

gallery offers expert services such as installation, painting restoration and

conservation, framing, and corporate curating. 704 N Wells 312.664.3406

or www.addingtongallery.com

CoLLETTi AnTiquE PosTER gALLERy

Offering one of the world’s finest collections of antique posters and

decorative arts, as well as furnishings and artwork from the late 19th to early

20th century. Belle Époque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modern periods are

represented. 67 E. Oak St. 312.664.6767 or www.collettigallery.com

dARRyLL sChiff

Besides photographing celebrities like Robin Williams, Tea Leoni, and

Jason Patric, shooting assignments for Rolling Stone, Stern, and Pepsi, this

internationally known commercial and fine art photographer’s work is in

the collections of museums from California to New York. 1039 N LaSalle Dr.

312.944.6163 or www.schiff-art.com

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Colon Cancer is 90 percent preventable and Design for a Cure is a foundation

that spreads the word on prevention by integrating art and design through

colon cancer research/awareness. Check out DFAC’s website for more

information on prevention, and how founder Lauren Schreyer is inspiring a

cure. 2 E. Erie, Ste. 3109 312.266.CURE or www.designforacure.net

gALLERiE MK

Self-proclaimed as an art gallery by artists, for artists, MK Gallery features a

variety of artistic styles ranging from abstract to contemporary and beyond.

This is also the only gallery in the River North art district to give emerging

artists the opportunity to hang inside such a prestigious space. 750 N

Franklin St. Ste 105 312.643.5545 or www.galleriemk.com

giLLis finE ART

Artist Samuel Gillis is a master of classical painting techniques. His work is

comprised of a realistic style that uses modern art, landscape and both still life

and figurative artworks. Visit his website or contact personally for purchase

information. Elmwood Park 708.583.1255 or www.gillisfineart.com

hoLby gALLERy

This River North gallery offer’s the finest American art from the 18th

through the 20th century. While they have steadfast supporters of well

known American artists, they’ve also managed to balance their passion

for championing the talent of lesser-known artists. 222 West Huron Street

312.280.8888 or www.zholbyamericanart.com

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Serious fine art collectors who are passionate about art will find this River

North gallery most amusing. By only selling what they love, the owners pride

themselves on not only offering work from esteemed artists, but work that

they feel passionately about, and chances are, you will too. 207 W. Superior

Street 312.787.4640 or www.josefglimergallery.com

KEvin LAhviC gALLERy

This gallery is located in the Flat Iron Arts Building and features the renowned

works of Kevin Lahvic. From illustrations and drawings of faces and hearts,

to unusual paintings and more, this gallery features a colorful cache of work.

Check out the website for more info on events and opportunities to visit. Flat Iron Arts Building 708.415.6370 or www.kevinlahvic.com

nEw disCovERiEs

Owner Laura Davis has an eye for scoping out unique finds. In addition to

selling gifts, this Roscoe Village gallery represents a bevy of new artists and

artisans who are either new to the Chicago market or already established.

The art represented often embodies the spirit of the owner’s many travels. 2236 W. Roscoe St. 773.360.8564 or www.art-artisans-you.com

PRACTiCAL AngLE

Practical Angle offers a vast variety of custom framing options, from

mounting and matting to custom corner frames. Choose from over 2,000

different moulding choices available in metal, hardwood and designer. They

specialize in framing mirrors, artwork and shadowboxes. 161 E. Erie St.

312.280.8118 or www.practicalangle.com

sAPERE ART

Located in the historic Flat Iron Arts building, this contemporary art gallery

showcases the art of both emerging and established artists in Chicago. In

addition to having a rather impressive selection, the gallery also serves as

the owners studio, where often times clients get art lessons as well! Flat Iron

Arts Building 312.208.1504 or www.SapereArt.com

ThoMAs RobERTELLo gALLERy

This gallery represents a broad scope of talented emerging and established

artists both locally and from across the pond. Not focusing on one artistic

medium, you’ll find a interesting collection of artwork including sculpture,

video, photography, installation, drawing and painting. 939 W. Randolph

Street 312.421.1587 or www.thomasrobertello.com

ThREE PEAs ART LoungE

Three Peas Art Lounge is a gallery that supports burgeoning and established

visual artists and cultivates a consortium of new art collectors. Showcasing

artists such as Hebru Brantley and Amanda Williams, this gallery features

artwork that is hip, contemporary and forward-thinking. A full, top-shelf bar

for you to enjoy while perusing the artwork is also available. 75 East 16th

Street 312.624.9414 or www.threepeasartlounge.com

ugLy sTEP sisTER ART gALLERy

Located in the heart of Chicago’s West Loop, Ugly Step Sister is an art

gallery located in the Fulton Market Arts District. In addition to showcasing

talent near and far, the gallery also sells vintage furniture, vintage items from

the 1950s and other items. Children’s art classes are also available. 1044

W Fulton Market 312.927.7546 or www.uglystepsisterartgallery.com

vALE CRAfT gALLERy

Vale Craft Gallery features and sells contemporary American fine craft and a

variety of sculpture. The River North—based gallery also has colorful textiles,

handcrafted furniture, glass objects and ceramics. Owner Peter Vale’s knack for

showing eclectic, affordable collections from local and national artists is also a

highlight. 230 W. Superior St. 312.337.3525 or www.valecraftgallery.com

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ASID is the leading organization representing the interests of professional

interior designers. They provide knowledge and information, education

and training, advocacy, support for business, recognition and leadership

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For the love of Art

Samuel Gillis Specializes in Contemporary

Modern Works of original fine art. His work

is in collections around the world and has

been on television and published in several

magazines. Meet the artist and view his work

at the Lake View East Maison Rouge Gallery.

(708) 583-1255

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VALE CRAFT GALLERY

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Owner Peter Vale has selected an affordable,

eclectic collection of contemporary fine craft

by local and national artists. Textural fiber

art, beautiful glass, handcrafted ceramics,

mixed media sculpture, colorful wall pieces,

and unusual jewelry are presented in an

inviting gallery setting. Let our artists design

something unique for your home or office.

Tue-Fri 10:30-5:30 Sat 11-5

230 W. Superior St.

(312) 337-3525 [email protected]

www.valecraftgallery.com

Richard Parrish, Tapestry 19 (detail), fused glass, 42” x 12” x 2”

Art Mirrors Framing

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New Discoveries

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New Discoveries sells one-of-a-kind home

accessories, wall art, gifts, and jewelry.

We represent over 50 artists from all over

the US and Canada. All items are hand-

crafted using media such as ceramics, glass,

photography, metal, paper, and wood.

Mon-Tue by appointment Wed-Fri 11-7

Sat 11-6 Sun 11-5

2236 w. roscoe st.

(773) 360-8564

[email protected]

www.art-artisans-you.com

HOLBY GALLERY

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Our inventory of American paintings,

sculpture and works on paper includes

examples from the Colonial and Federal

periods, the Hudson River School, Tonalism,

Impressionism, Post-impressionism,

Modernism, and Regionalism. Whether

you are a new or seasoned collector, we

will assist you in bringing the heritage of

American art from our walls to yours.

Tue-Fri 10-6 Sat 11-5

222 W. Huron St. (312) 280-8888

[email protected]

www.holbygallery.com

Three Peas arT Lounge

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Three Peas Art Lounge defies the white-

cube gallery model, featuring emerging

and semi-established local and national

artists. Artwork is contemporary and hip

and presented in varying mediums. Enjoy

Three Peas Art Lounge’s full, top shelf bar

while perusing the artwork. Inquire about

space rentals for private events, private

consultations, art installation and art

education.

75 e. 16th st. (between Michigan & Wabash)

(312) 624-9414 [email protected]

www.threepeasartlounge.com

Josef Glimer Gallery, ltd.

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Featuring contemporary artists

Sheila Finnigan, Mira Hermoni-Levine,

Thom Kapheim and Brian Divis. Also

featuring masterworks of the 19th and

20th Centuries; including works by Renoir,

Toulouse-Lautrec, Chagall, Picasso, Miro,

Rivera and Zuniga, among others.

Tue-Sat 11–5 or by appt.

207 W. superior

(312) 787-4640

[email protected]

www.JosefGlimerGallery.com

Sapere art

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Sapere art in the Flat Iron arts Building

Sapere Art is a contemporary art gallery

featuring emerging to established local artists.

Created and owned by an artist who wants to

make a difference for others, Sapere Art in the

Flat Iron Arts Building of historic Wicker Park/

Bucktown, features over 20 artists and more

than 400 works. Join us for WPB First Friday,

or see our website for hours and other events

1579 N. Milwaukee, Studio 341

(312) 208-1504

www.Sapereart.com

Pixelization Fields - Erin Waser, 16” x 16”, oil on board, 2010

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fAux dEsign sTudios

Faux Design Studio is known as being one of the city’s premier decorative

arts schools. Their recently expanded offerings of faux finishes and paints

features cutting edge techniques and products. They’re also a certified

training center and retail distributor of Faux Effects International®.

101 N Swift Road 630.627.1011 or www.fauxdesignstudio.com

MusEuM of sCiEnCE And indusTRy

This museum is housed in the only remaining building from the 1893

World’s Columbian Exposition and is the largest science center in the

western hemisphere. The museum features an ever-widening scope of

modern exhibitions that inspire and intrigue. 57th St. and Lake Shore Dr.

773.684.1414 or www.msichicago.org

DESIGN CENTERS

MERChAndisE MART

4.2 million gross square feet of space dedicated to retail shops, luxury

home boutiques, furnishings showrooms, and a host of community

events. As the world’s largest wholesale design center, The Merchandise

Mart is synonymous with high design and luxury goods. 222 Merchandise

Mart Plz., 312.527.4141 or www.mmart.com

MMPi (dEsign CEnTER)

The Merchandise Mart is home to six floors constituting the world’s first

and largest design center. The Merchandise Mart Design Center offers

the largest presentation of home furnishings worldwide. Boasting 200

showrooms that feature more than 2,500 product lines, it’s the ultimate

resource for a range of luxury home goods. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz.,

800.677.6278 or www.merchandisemartdesigncenter.com

MMPi (LuxEhoME)

Located on the first floor of the landmark Merchandise Mart building

and open to the public, LuxeHome features 30 boutiques spanning

100,000-square-feet of space devoted to your kitchen and bath. Each

boutique offers knowledgeable designers ready to answer questions and

assist you with your next design project. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz.,

800.677.6278 or www.luxehome.com

TRAinoR gLAss CoMPAny

Trainor Glass Company has been an industry leader since 1953, providing

exceptional design, installation and project management services for

residential and commercial markets. At Trainor, no job is too big or too

small. They are a single source for everything glass. 11901 South Austin

Ave., Alsip 708.388.5700 or www.trainorglass.com

DESIGNERS

bEdRooMs by bRynnE

Bedrooms by Brynne imagines and fuses the best version of who you

are into your bedroom. Services include anything from customized

bedding, furniture selection and lighting design to suit any mood, to

full bedroom renovations. Brynne will design your bedroom interior

for restful sleep, repose and a place to be playful. 773.960.8619 or

www.bedroomsbybrynne.com

bouTiquE hoME

This full Service interior design showroom specializes in the custom design

and sewing of European inspired drapery, Bedding and upholstery at

wholesale pricing. They also offer discounted fabric, trim and antique decor.

Chicago designer, Shari Cornes and her staff share a passion for design.

1645 N. Clybourn Ave. 312.867.9119 or www.boutiquehomeonline.com

THREE GENERATIONSOF

Factory and Showroom3000 ST. CHARLES ROAD, BELLWOOD

Mon–Sat 9:00–5:00 971 N. MILWAUKEE AVE., WHEELING

Old School House at Sale Barn Square

Fri & Sat Noon–5:00

Sun Noon–4:00 1048 W. FULTON MARKET, CHICAGO

"The Montalbano Gallery"

WED–FRI 2:30–7:00

SAT Noon–5:00 or by appointment

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buCKinghAM inTERioRs And dEsign

Based in Chicago’s West Town Neighborhood, this full service interior design

firm specializes in historic renovations, residential and commercial interior

design. They are more than enthusiastic about taking on projects both large

and small. 1820 W. Grand Ave. 312.243.9975 or www.buckinghamid.com

dEsign REd

This Chicago based decorative painting company recently opened

a showroom in the West Loop displaying a full range of finishes from

custom color washes and striaes, to sprayed metallics. DesignRed’s

forte of specialized finishes include faux bois, gilding, and églomisé, in

addition to custom handpainted designs. 114 N. Aberdeen 312.841.0100

or www.designredstudio.com

ERiCA gAiL dEsign

After nearly a decade working for top U.S. residential designers, Erica Smith

brings a sense of layered sophistication and warmth to her designs. Within

her clients’ preferred aesthetic, Erica delivers a signature textured look to

elevate their interiors from commonplace to supremely comfortable, well-

styled homes. 1158 W. Dickens Ave. 312.231.5084 or www.ericagail.com

gARy LEE PARTnERs

Gary Lee Partners believes that every project is an opportunity to create an

integrated environment that reveals the spirit of the location, the personality

of the client, and the power of design. Essential solutions-where every

design decision contributes to a sense of wholeness have always been their

priority. 360 W. Superior St. 312.640.8300 or www.garyleepartners.com

hiCKMAn dEsign AssoCiATEs

As principal, Tracy Hickman works closely with clients to accommodate

lifestyles. Her sophisticated, tailored interiors are driven by texture and

comfort. From Chicago to South Carolina to the Caymans, Hickman’s

singular, detailed vision has left beauty in its wake. 3105 N. Wolcott

312.642.7379 or www.hickmaninteriors.com

iRon & wiRE

Iron & Wire places a strong emphasis on architectural and ornamental

ironwork. Their design professionals utilize a broad scope of materials

and finishes to ensure a beautiful end result. Their team can design and

fabricate custom designs in metal and wood to suit any space. Call for a

consultation today. 4720 W. Walton 773.255.2672 or www.iron-wire.com

KARA MAnn dEsign

With a focus on high-end residential spaces, KMD approaches every

project as a creative collaboration between design team and client,

creating spaces with personality and sophistication. From Lake Shore

Drive penthouse to Mexican beach house, KMD produces warm, layered

interiors. 119 W. Hubbard St., 5th Fl. 312.893.7550 or www.karamann.com

LAuREn sChREyER, Asid

Understated elegance and sophisticated style are the hallmarks of Lauren

Schreyer’s design company, Schreyer & Associates. From residential

interiors and vacation retreats to executive offices, Schreyer’s design

process will always reflect your style and desires, while catering to your

comfort. 2 E. Erie, Ste. 3109 312.953.0316 or www.laurenschreyer.com

MiChAEL AbRAMs LiMiTEd

Michael Abrams creates refreshing interiors that are truly a reflection of

his clients. Education in both fine arts and architecture, and extensive

corporate experience in managing every aspect of a project sets him

apart from other designers. Michael’s full service, high-end residential

practice has completed projects throughout Chicago and nationwide. 1901

N. Clybourn Ave, Ste. 204 773.248.3039 or www.michaelabrams.com

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MiChAEL dEL PiERo good dEsign

Michael Del Piero’s diverse aesthetic is complemented her meticulous

attention to detail and her strong belief in communicative designer-client

relationships. In addition to design services, Del Piero offers furniture,

antiques, home accessories, textiles and more in her on-site boutique.

1914 N. Damen Ave. 773.772.3000 or www.michaeldelpiero.com

MiChELLE’s inTERioRs

This full service interior design group does it all: new construction,

renovations, space planning, consultations, project management, window

treatments and custom furniture designs. Michelle’s Interiors Design

Group specializes in residential design, creating a unique and timeless

space for each client. Simply. Fabulous. Design. 150 N. Michigan Ave.,

Ste. 2800 312.291.4466 or www.michellesinteriors.com

ModERno dEsign & buiLd, inC.

This interior design and construction firm specializes in turn-key delivery

of high-quality interiors, for both new construction and renovation

projects. Their services include interior design, construction, custom

furniture, woodwork design as well as fabrication in their shop and

complete decoration of residential and commercial spaces. 520 W. Erie

Place 312.951.6079 or www.moderno-db.com

RAndy hELLER inTERioR dEsign

Pure, simple, interior design with a dose of sophistication is what

makes Randy Heller Design a force to be reckoned with. Every detail

is addressed, with a specific focus placed on the individual. A range of

lighting options and furniture are also available. Check out the warehouse

location at: 531 Bank Lane in Highwood Illinois. 2919 Twin Oaks, Highland

Park 847.207.7789 or www.randyhellerdesign.com

RjA dEsign, inC

Richard Abrahamson of RJA Design effortlessly balances old with new,

intricate with simple, sophisticated with comfortable. His collector’s eye and

vast knowledge of the decorative arts lend his interiors timelessness, while

modern practicality gives them ease and livability. [email protected]

Geneva: 630.262.9474; Chicago: 312.531.2646 or www.rja-design.com

sPACE dEsign PLAnning

Leslie Newman Rhodes’ 35 years of renovation experience helps

her to identify and implement her clients’ visions. As both an artist

and gallery owner, she serves her clients from the consultation

process to the furniture arrangement and floor plan. 312.642.2031 or

www.spaceinteriordesign.com

sTACEy CohEn inTERioRs

Leed-AP certified, Stacey Cohen Interiors captures the essence of

sophistication and originality for residential and commercial projects.

With careful attention to detail and respect for each client’s individuality

and lifestyle, SCI will complement your design vision from concept

to completion in a timely manner and within budgetary parameters.

360 W. Illinois 312.480.0989 or www.staceycoheninteriors.com

susAn fREdMAn dEsign gRouP

Designer Susan Fredman and her team of design professionals count

client individuality among their biggest inspirations. Maintaining a

sense of luxury while working with many different aesthetics, their

interior design services can include everything from space planning and

extensive remodeling to selecting accessories. 350 W. Erie St., 1st Fl.

312.587.8150 or www.susanfredman.com

suzAnn KLETziEn dEsign

From commercial and residential design, to space planning and personal

shopping, designer SuzAnn Kletzien can do it all. With an acute attention

to detail and a knack for blending classic touches with comfortable

stylish design, she can transform any room into a livable work of art.

831 W. Wrightwood 312.835.1551 or www.suzannkletzien.com

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Same Commitment To Service

3372B Commercial Avenue Northbrook, IL 60062

847.784.6910www.trellisandtrugs.com

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wiLEy dEsigns

At Wiley Designs, interior design solutions reflect the client’s need and

interests while creating spaces that are sophisticated, functional and

balanced. The firm focuses on residential renovation including space

planning, custom cabinetry, material finishes and furnishings. They

are also happy to direct clients to sustainable options. 416 Ravine Dr.,

Highland Park 847.266.8991 or www.wileydesignsllc.com

DOORS

MARvin dEsign gALLERy by EsTATEs windows, LTd.

With a specific focus on windows and doors, Marvin Design Gallery by

Estates Windows, Ltd., is a premier supplier in Chicago. They sell a vast

selection of wood, fiberglass and steel entry doors in addition to Velux

skylights. They will also assist you in selecting the perfect windows and

doors for your next project. 930 North Shore Drive 847.615.1003 or

www.marvinbyestates.com

sLiding dooR CoMPAny

With the Sliding Door Company options seem endless. Choose from a

variety of glass types, finishes and much more. Their vision is a complete

package designed to work with your home, whether you’re seeking a

major interior overhaul or a simple upgrade. 221 W. Ohio St. 312.494.9494

or www.ilslidingdoor.com

FABRIC, LINEN, BEDDING

bEdsidE MAnoR

For 25 years, Bedside Manor Ltd has provided Chicago with a timeless

selection of sophisticated linens and home décor from the best brands in

the industry. They create bedding ensembles that make houses feel like

homes and bath luxuries that titillate the senses. Additional locations in

Hinsdale, Lake Forest and Winnetka. 2056 N. Halsted St 773.404.2020

or www.shopbedside.com

ChiCAgo LuxuRy bEds

Chicago Luxury Beds is a new store concept carrying Hastens Beds,

VI Spring, and Pillow Bar custom pillows. With Hastens Beds and VI

Spring in the same store Chicago Luxury Beds sells the finest beds in the

world and now offers twice the selection of luxury mattresses as before.

440 N. Wells St 312.527.5337 or www.chicagoluxurybeds.com

woRKRooM CouTuRE hoME

This full service interior design showroom features a vast couture-style

selection of drapery, roman shades, wall coverings, duvets and bed

coverings as well as architectural hardware and shutters. Located in

Roscoe Village, their friendly staff and wide selection are available to both

professionals and non professionals. 1906 W. Belmont 773.472.2140 or

www.workroominc.com

FURNITURE

AKbiK gALLERy

AKBIK Gallery prides itself of having unusual antique, new and custom

ordered hand-inlay furniture with mother of pearl. The beauty and the

quality of the pieces they carry are beyond the norm. Their items add

a touch of paradise to your home and interior. 2644 Green Bay Rd.

847.328.7777 or www.akbik.com

ARhAus

Founded in 1986 Arhaus turns your four walls into a full-on inspired

living experience. With a commitment to minimizing their carbon

footprint, they provide a broad range of items for your home, including

furniture for various rooms, bedding, upholstery and home accessories.

773.248.3071 or www.arhaus.com

Located in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park, UrbanEnvironments offers a full design atelier. Our staff has over adecade of experience in consulting and design.

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boConCEPT

This international design firm based in Denmark, produces modern design

for urban-minded shoppers. They also offer customized, coordinated and

affordable options for furniture and home accessories. 1901 N. Clybourn

Ave 773.388.2900 or www.boconcept.us

CAssonA

Cosmopolitan, vibrant and serene, this unique store carries a huge

selection of furniture, home accessories, lighting, rugs and wall art for

every room in the home. Contemporary pieces sourced from all over the

world. 5241 N. Clark St. 773.506.7882 or www.cassona.com

ChAi Ming

Chai Ming Studios affirms the power of understatement. With exquisite

lines, minimalist detailing, and sumptuous materials, the Chai Ming

Studios furniture collection perfectly suits diverse aesthetics—from the

ultra modern to the traditional. 222 Merchandise Mart 312.644.8484 or

www.chaimingstudios.com

dEsign sTudio

Design Studio offers a huge selection of European and domestic

furnishings for the home and office. Characterized by clean lines and

monochromatic color schemes the look is one of purist modernism.

40,000 square feet of showroom space in two locations. Additional

location in Northbrook IL. 225 W. Hubbard St. 312.527.5272 or

www.designstudiofurniture.com

EvAn LEwis

As a sculptor and furniture maker, Evan’s showroom sits next to his

studio, where he and his team create one-of-a-kind work. His handmade

studio furniture is totally unique, and the use of burnished metals give

his pieces a contemporary look. 3368 N. Elston Ave. 773.539.0402 or

www.evanlewisinc.com

fLoREnsE

Committed to producing high-quality products with preservation of

the environment and quality of life in mind. One of the largest furniture

companies in the world, offering products for kitchens, baths, bedrooms,

offices, dining rooms, home theatres and more. 300 W. Ontario St.

312.640.0066 or www.florense.com

gEoRgE sMiTh fuRniTuRE And fAbRiCs

George Smith is the manufacturer and purveyor of handmade furniture,

featuring seating and fabrics of the highest quality in both design

and craftsmanship. Multiple locations across the country, but Chicago

location is open to trade only. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 1879A

312.464.0242 or www.georgesmith.com

hAuTE Living

Owners Jeffery Smith and Tatjana Ozegovic have created a place to

display the exquisite furniture they find from around the world not

readily available in the United States. They’re also the exclusive Chicago

retailer for Fendi Casa, Vladimir Kagan, and Piet Boon. 222 W. Kinzie St.

312.329.9000 or www.haute-living.com

hoLLy hunT

With showrooms across the United States, design entrepreneur Holly

Hunt produces a large collection of furniture, textiles, rugs, lighting and

outdoor furniture. The company designs, manufactures and distributes

classic, modern and transitional furnishings. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz.,

Ste. 1728/1844 312.661.1900 or www.hollyhunt.com

hoME ELEMEnT

With a mix of contemporary chairs, tables, bedroom suites and

accessories, Home Element features pieces from Natuzzi, Calligaris,

Jesse, Bontempi and more. Also featuring custom floral arrangements,

wall art and vases to complement antique and contemporary furniture.

745 N. Wells St. 312.787.3358 or www.homeelementfurniture.com

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j RobERTs AnTiquEs

This 25,000 square-foot Parisian gallery specializes in fine European

17th - 21st century furniture and objects d’art. Their 2nd floor features

hundreds of items with savings of at least 50 percent off. Sip a glass

of wine and enjoy the atmosphere as you browse the collection.

149 W. Kinzie (1/2 block East of Merchandise Mart) 312.222.0167 or

www.jrobertsantiques.com

LuMinAiRE

Specializing in modern furniture and accessories from the world’s most

renowned designers, Luminaire’s philosophy is to maintain a devout

focus on design and quality. Many of the lines offered are exclusive.

301 W. Superior St. 312.664.9582 or www.luminaire.com

MAxALTo

Maxalto is a B&B Italia Brand. Opened in Chicago in 2008 as the very

first stand alone Maxalto store in the United States (the other in Paris)

Maxalto is modern Italian furniture revisiting classic themes. It is designed

and coordinated by Antonio Citterio. 309 W. Superior St. 312.664.6190

or www.maxalto.it

MAxinE snidER inC.

Designer Maxine Snider blends elegant, refined style with a modern

sensibility to produce her eponymous furniture line. Her growing

collection includes beds, seating, storage and tables and custom work

is available. Showroom at Merchandise Mart. 116 W. Illinois St., Ste. 7E

312.527.4170 or www.maxinesniderinc.com

MobiLi MobEL

Only the finest contemporary furniture and home accessories - from

40 different lines around the globe - are presented here. With a focus

on the European modernist school, expect to find sleek pieces that

combine beauty with function. 549 N. Wells St. 312.329.9669 or

www.mobilimobel.com

ModLifE inC

Modlife specializes in 20th century vintage modern home furnishings,

including furniture, art, lighting and more. Their Lakeview showroom

features the finest in original American and Danish Modern 1940s to

1970s furniture as well as Hollywood Regency pieces that have been

reupholstered and reinvented to fit aesthetically into contemporary

living. 3061 N. Lincoln Ave., 773.868.0844 or www.modlifehome.com

MonTALbAno

For over 80 years, Montalbano Furniture Factory has made custom

carvings and furniture, and also refinishes, restores, and reupholsters

furniture. Known as the Rolls Royce of carved wood French Provincial

and Baroque furniture. A bevy of unique restored antiques are available.

1048 W Fulton 866.664.3876 or www.montalbanofurniture.com

MonTAuK sofA

Montauk Sofa provides chic, comfy sofas that are above all environmentally

friendly. With an emphasis on greenhouse gas reduction, clean

biodegradability and closed loop recycling, Montauk Sofa sticks true to

it’s ‘Take a Seat, Take a Stand’ motto. Custom design and objects d’art are

also available. 401 N. Wells St. 312.951.5688 or www.montauksofa.com

niEdERMAiER

With contributing designers such as Nate Berkus, Vicente Wolf and Mark

Demsky, Niedermaier has evolved into a design powerhouse. Offering

the utmost professional service to clients, who choose from a stellar

collection of modern furniture, fine art and the debut of Theo fabrics to

the marketplace. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 1742 312.467.7008 or

www.niedermaier.com

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PETERson PiCTuRE Co.

Choose from an assortment of matting and framing options at this

flagship framing facility. Whether you’re an artist needing to beautifully

display your work or an interior designer looking to place a mirror, they

can assist. Expert, individual customer service is also available. 2720 W.

Belmont Ave 773.463.8888 or www.peterson-picture.com

REARRAngE

Ready from some home improvement? Then let REarrange take the

reigns. Their team of experts will help you get the maximum benefits out

of the home items you already have. They also offer a line of furniture

produced locally in the city. The shop also offers great gifts. 2064 N

Damen Ave 773.904.8713 or www.rearrangeyourhome.com

RooM & boARd

At Room & Board, great design is more than a trend. It’s the combination

of everything we’re passionate about. Timeless, American-made home

furnishings created for modern living. Discover furniture and accessories that

reflect your style and fit the way you live. Visit them in Oak Brook, Skokie or

Downtown. 55 E. Ohio St. 312.222.0970 or www.roomandboard.com

sAn juAn vEnTuREs

This exclusive showroom in Chicago’s West Loop is like stepping into

a chic, upscale Bali hotel combining the aura of reclaimed woods

with high design. Kandis Wrigley’s FSC Certified company imports

their exquisite handcrafted flooring, slabs, custom furniture, sculpture

and accessories from Indonesia. 664 W. Hubbard St 312.612.1054 or

www.sanjuanventures.com

ThE goLdEn TRiAngLE

This 23,000-square-foot gallery specializes in antiques and home

furnishings from China, Southeast Asia and more recently, Hungary and

France. A line of modern furniture made from ancient and reclaimed

woods has also been added and a spectrum of furniture services are

available. 330 N. Clark St. 312.755.1266 or www.goldentriangle.biz

ubER ModERn

Located within the MCM Grand Showrooms, this company provides

quality examples of vintage modern design items (circa mid 1950s to late

1970s). Various design movements spanning this period are represented,

including Danish Modern and Hollywood Regency. While designer names

are offered, its quality, function and form that take precedence. 2219 W

Grand Ave 312.666.3376 or www.ubermodern.com

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

PowERhousE hoME buiLding & REModELing ConsuLTAnTs

PowerHouse Advisors is the division of PowerHouse delivering consulting

expertise to business owners in the luxury home industry. Check out their

website for a list of PowerHouse Platinum Professionals. PowerHouse

Home Building & Remodeling is the consumer division delivering

personal buyer representation in remodeling and home construction

projects. 2494 Shoal Creek Court, Riverwoods 847.236.1502 or

www.powerhouseadvisors.com

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gEnEvA sEAL

Custom jewelry is Geneva Seal’s forte. Offering distinct jewelry and

watches from small shops in France, Italy and Switzerland, as well as

antique European estate jewelry. Their ample, European-style boutique

has been a Chicago staple for over 25 years. 1003 N. Rush St. 312.944.3100

or www.genevaseal.com

531 Bank Lane | Highwood, Ill.

Inside Anna’s Mahogany

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www.randyhellerdesign.com

847.207.7789

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KnEEn & Co

Kneen & Co. presents exquisite and exclusive home wares that are truly

considered among the world’s finest. From Nymphenburg porcelain and

Lobmeyr crystal to The Printery bespoke stationery, Kneen and Co. only

offers the most esteemed collections. Custom designed place settings,

glassware and silver flatware are also available. 400 W. Erie St., Ste. 503

312.787.7003 or www.kneenandco.com

PEAChTREE PLACE

Peachtree Place has brought a taste of Southern Charm to Chicago’s

North Shore for 25 years. The shop features elegant gifts and accessories

including exquisite lamps, pillows, tabletop, crystal stemware, personal

care items and an ever changing selection of jewelry. Beautiful gift

wrapping is complimentary. 303 Happ Rd., Northfield 847.441.7585 or

www.peachtreeplaceonline.com

KITCHEN, BATH

buiLdER’s CAbinET suPPLy

For over two decades Builders Cabinet Supply has crafted top-notch

cabinetry for both design industry veterans and the many others who

appreciate quality craftsmanship. Their build-to-order services are

excellent for kitchens, as they commit to making your space function to

work with your lifestyle demands. 401 N. Western Ave 312.829.4300 or

www.buildmykitchen.com

dE giuLio KiTChEn dEsign

Owner Mick De Giulio has gathered an impressive group of architects,

interior designers, artisans and craftsmen to create stunning kitchens.

Specializing exclusively in kitchen interior architecture, de Giulio has spent

nearly 25 years personalizing kitchens for his clients. 222 Merchandise

Mart Plz., Ste. 121 312.494.9200 or www.degiulio.org

ERnEsToMEdA ChiCAgo

Dramatic lighting, free-standing pieces and frosted glass are some of

the features Ernestomeda brings to modern kitchen design. Gorgeous

woods combined with stainless steel and aluminum create stunning,

efficient kitchens—both modern and inviting. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz.,

Ste. 128 312.329.0229 or www.ernestomedachicago.com

hAuTE Living

Binova Kitchens at Haute Living has a rich and diversified catalog that

repeatedly earns them Italy’s Compasso d’Oro design award for kitchen

systems in timeless designs; a perfect fit for Chicago’s residential market.

Binova is exclusively available in the United States through Haute Living.

222 W. Kinzie Street 312.329.9000

KohLER

Featuring a comprehensive mix of kitchen and bath merchandise. The

store features a broad range of styles, colors and faucet finishes. Kohler’s

interactive products are completely functional so customers can see

the products at work in the store. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 100

312.755.2510 or www.kohler.com

nEff KiTChEns

NEFF of Chicago is a custom design boutique, featuring the exquisite

cabinetry of NEFF Kitchens. Old world craftsmanship meets innovative

technology to create design Nirvana — a vast array of exotic wood grains,

colors, metallics and finishes. That’s why NEFF cabinets adorn some of

the finest homes of distinction throughout the world. 222 Merchandise

Mart Plz., Ste. 144 312.467.9585 or www.neff-of-chicago.com

PoLifoRM

Poliform embodies the best of Italian design, with luxury finishes and

uncompromising quality. Varenna, the kitchen division of Poliform, is highly

sophisticated, with elegant designs that feature timber, stone, glass and steel.

222 Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 110 312.222.8465 or www.poliformusa.com

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PoRCELAnosA usA

Beauty, refinement and function play equal roles in this kitchen and bath

company’s vision. For more than 30 years this innovative company has

continued to raise the bar in design, offering technologically advanced

products and acquiring advanced solutions. 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza,

Ste. 149 312.204.6220 or www.porcelanosa-usa.com

snAidERo ChiCAgo

Snaidero offers luxury Italian cabinetry for kitchens and baths. The company

brings European modernism to its showroom through sleek cabinetry.

Snaidero offers a wide variety of colors and finishes in contemporary and

traditional styling, which provides clients with customizable options. 222

Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 140 312.644.6662 or www.snaidero-usa.com

ThE sub-zERo woLf showRooM

Your dream kitchen can found in the official Sub-Zero/Wolf showroom.

In a no pressure non-sales environment, their showroom consultant is

committed to outfitting your kitchen with the Sub-Zero refrigeration,

Wolf cooking appliances and Best by Broan ventilation products that will

work strategically for your kitchen. Schedule an appliance consultation

today. 196 Exchange Blvd. 630.872.5100 or www.subzero.com

vEsTA

Kitchen and lifestyle furniture with an emphasis on clean, contemporary

design is Vesta’s specialty. Leicht and Plain & Fancy cabinetry are

among the brands featured. Recently they’ve begun selling EcoSmart

fireplaces and sleek Fuego Grills. 1357 W. Concord Pl. 773.252.7300 or

www.vestachicago.com

LANDSCAPE, OUTDOOR

CiTy EsCAPE gARdEn & dEsign

City Escape offers a comprehensive range of design and build landscape

services, creating unique and inviting spaces. A newly opened 16,000 sq.

ft. garden and design center is a feast of botanical delights and gorgeous

garden accessories. 3022 W. Lake St. 773.638.2000 or www.cityescape.biz

RoCK CAbinETRy

Innovative and sustainable, Rock Cabinetry creates custom built options

using a variety of materials including, stone, brick, aluminum, wood

and more. They pride themselves on creating cabinetry that’s strong

yet lightweight. Finishes of natural stone, reclaimed historical brick,

tile or wood are all available. 10104 Forest Hills Rd., Machesney Park

815.979.8400 or www.rockcabinetry.com

RugzooM

RugZoom specializes in synthetic grass and landscaping in the

Chicagoland area. This premier company offers a bevy of options for

grass, trees, flowers and other plants. Free estimates are also available.

1446 S. Michigan Ave., Unit D 312.545.6550 or www.rugzoom.com

TRELLis And TRugs

Trellis & Trugs is a one-stop shop for garden ornaments. Garden antiques

as well as reproduction planters and fountains are available in a variety

of materials. The company also provides custom design services to

accommodate all of your garden ornament needs. 3372B Commercial

Avenue, Northbrook 847.784.6910 or www.trellisandtrugs.com

LIGHTING

hinsdALE LighTing

This premiere lighting design resource and fixture provider offers a

knowledgeable staff and endless options for residential and commercial

lighting. Offerings include exclusive designs and both traditional and

historic fixtures. A talented designer/architect team offers customized

plans for recessed and specialty lighting. 777 N. York Rd., Ste. 9, Gateway

Plaza, Hinsdale 630.734.0662 or www.hinsdalelighting.com

2644 Green Bay Road • Evanston, IL

1.800.963.7224

www.akbik.com

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OTHER/MISC

häfELEHäfele’s Chicago showroom is a popular destination for architects,

designers and the woodworking industry. Visit them and view examples

from all their product categories, like their famous sliding systems, access

control, furniture fittings, home organization and decorative hardware.

154 W. Hubbard St. 312.467.2225 or www.hafele.com/us

iMAgE PiLoTsKnown as being global event navigators, Image Pilots is a virtual and

live special event firm, specializing in trade show and destination

management, incentive travel and more. The company also includes The

Randolph Street Market in Chicago’s West Loop. 47 West Division St.

or www.imagepilots.com

LEE LuMbERWhether you are looking for custom cabinetry, a certified installer or an

architect, Lee Lumber can help. Founded in 1952, it has grown to become

the largest lumberyard in Chicago. Second location on the Southside.

See website for various Chicago locations. or www.leelumber.com

nEiwEEM indusTRiEs, inC.This steel fabrication and design company does it all. They design and

install catwalks, mezzanines, staircases and other random fabrications for

plants and production lines. They also produce a wide range of custom

ornamental railings, fences and gates for residential and corporate

use. Contact us at 1.800.969.8142 or www.neiweemindustries.com

21 Greenview Rd. 800.969.8142 or www.neiweemindustries.com

ThE big PiCTuREThis home entertainment specialist designs and installs dedicated home

theaters, media rooms and game rooms, as well as family room makeovers.

The company’s single-room and multi-room systems emphasize high

performance, reliability and ease of use—all executed with passion and

style. 1211 Wilmette Ave 847.256.1882 or www.thebigpicturestore.com

REAL ESTATE

AT PRoPERTiEsKnown as Chicago’s number 1 real estate brokerage firm, At Properties

specializes in buying and selling some of the city’s most luxurious

homes and spaces. Browse through numerous options on their website

and receive extensive information on various neighborhoods. Decision-

making is a breeze. 618 W. Fulton Market or www.atproperties.com

bAiRd & wARnER (dEnnis shAffER)Hard work and determination has made Dennis Shaffer of Shaffer

Group a top Producer with Baird & Warner. Whether you are buying

or selling, total client satisfaction is his main goal. 4040 N. Lincoln Ave.

312.316.4240 or [email protected]

EMiLy sAChs wongAn impressive sales record quickly made Emily Sachs Wong a member of

Koenig & Strey’s President’s Club. Her sales have continued to skyrocket,

offering clients unparalleled real estate options along the lakefront

and in Lincoln Park, Bucktown and Wicker Park. 1940 N. Clark St.

www.emilyknowschicago.com

EnviRons dEvELoPMEnTInteresting architecture, skilled construction and savvy development

combine to produce luxurious homes. Environs has built over 100

exceptional homes in Chicago’s most desirable neighborhoods since 1991.

3060 N. Lincoln Ave. 773.665.8170 or www.environsdevelopment.com

fLAiR TowER LuxuRy APARTMEnTsThis LEED certified, luxury residential property is located in the heart of

River North. With a modern art deco design, Flair Tower offers residents

full-time concierge services, a fitness center, coffee bar, business center

and more. 222 W. Erie St 312.397.1050 or www.flairtower.com

RUGS, CARPET, FLOOR COVERING

bEsT vACuuM And APPLiAnCESince 1983 Best Vacuum has provided Chicagoland with superior quality

vacuum and floor care products. Their commitment to sell and service

only the best brands like Miele, SEBO and Dyson has made the company

Chicago’s first name in floor care. 2646 N Lincoln Ave 773.348.4500 or

www.bestvacuum.com

fLoRFLOR provides stylish, modular-designed carpet with easy-to-coordinate

colors, textures and patterns that allow you to create area rugs, runners

or go wall-to-wall. Crafted to fit any space, this simple eco-friendly

option is easy to install and maintain, making it perfect for your home or

small business. 1873 N Clybourn Ave 773.325.0733 or www.Flor.com

oRgAniC LooMsOrganic Looms is passionate about bringing the finest, sustainable,

handwoven Tibetan rugs to the market. Each item is hand-knotted to

produce heirloom quality. The new showroom carries many standard

designs, and works with each client to produce a one-of-a-kind rug,

bound only by your imagination. 1019 W. Fulton Market 312.733.8187 or

www.organiclooms.comwww.cassona.com

5241 North Clark Street

Chicago, Illinois 60640

t. 773.506.7882

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PEERLEss iMPoRTEd Rugs

For 70 years, three generations of the same family have offered decorative

area and traditional Oriental rugs from top national brands. Special

needs, such as trimming, binding and fringing, can be accommodated

in Peerless Rugs’ own workroom. 3033 N. Lincoln Ave. 773.525.0296 or

www.peerlessrugs.com

RExx Rugs

A favorite of Chicago area designers, Rexx stocks thousands of yards of wool

broadloom carpet deeply discounted to the public. Their S. Julian custom rug

collection offers a limitless number of designs and colors in wool, silk and

other natural materials. 3312 N. Lincoln 773.281.8800 or www.rexxrug.com

STONE, TILE, GRANITE

dEsignER sTonE ouTLET

Designer Stone Outlet is a leading importer of the finest natural stone

tile and glass tile products at discount prices. For more than 35 years

they’ve offered a wide scope of natural options using materials like

marble, onyx and slate. A bevy of glass tiles including antique cut glass

and bubble glass are also available. 2743 N California Ave 877.DSO.TILE

(877.376.8453) or www.designerstoneoutlet.com

ECosMART

EcoSmart Fire is an environmentally friendly and easy way to warm

up your lifestyle. Fuelled by clean-burning denatured alcohol, these

distinctive fireplaces and burners are free-standing and require no venting

or chimney. Fireplace in your condo? Yes you can! Please contact Vesta,

The Tile Gallery or Green Home Chicago for more information. 225 W.

Ohio (at The Tile Gallery) 312.467.9590 or www.ecosmartfire.com

gRAniTE & MARbLE REsouRCEs

This company travels the world to bring stone and glass treasures to

your own floors and walls. One thousand year warranty and you are

the witness to limestone, marble, quartzite, seashell, onyx, glass mosaics,

and large stone tiles. We’re naturally proud to reside in your home,

aesthetically forever. 222 Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 115 312.670.4400

or www.maestromosaics.com

MosAiCos inC.

Mosaicos Tile offers custom mosaics, glass tile, Talavera, natural stones, hand-

painted tiles and other exclusive products. Superb sales associates pay close

attention to each project, one at a time, resulting in outstanding customer

service. 4948 N. Pulaski Rd. 773.777.8453 or www.mosaicostile.com

sTonE CiTy

Stone City is brimming with marble and natural stone products for the

kitchen and bath. Over 300 varieties of domestic and imported marble,

granite, limestone, travertine, slate and more are available. They also

carry both Kohler and Omega products as well as a variety of hand-

carved stone and wood fireplaces. 3053 W. Grand Ave. 773.4.MARBLE

or www.stone-city.com

ThE TiLE gALLERy

The Tile Gallery carries a wide selection of artisan-made tiles, including glass

and metal along with exquisite stone mosaics. A broad collection of lighting

and fireplaces can also be found, including the full EcoSmart Fire collection.

555 North Franklin St. 312.467.9590 or www.tilegallerychicago.com

WINDOW TREATMENTS

uRbAn EnviRonMEnTs (ChiCAgo)

Located in the heart of Lincoln Park, Urban Environments offers Hunter

Douglas window treatments as well as custom drapery and wall coverings.

Owner and interior design expert Kim Chapman, offers guests a wealth of

knowledge and reasonable pricing for any repairs on Hunter Douglass items.

1712 North Halsted St. 312.846.6721 or www.urbanenvironments.com

D A R RY L L S C H I F F D I E G O K A H L O

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C H I C A G O R E p R E S E n tAt I O n : Dar r y l l S c h i f f F in e Ar t

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Darryll Schiff

Diego Kahlo

The 1,500 square foot space offers a warm and

inviting casual atmosphere to view Mr. Lahvic’s

recent works, mingle with friends, and experience

the famous “Flat Iron Energy.” Expect to be offered

a drink or two, and plan to stay a while.

The artist is always in attendance.

Visit website for full show schedule

www.KevinLahvic.me

Flat Iron Arts Building

1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. #222

Chicago, IL 60622

708.415.6370

[email protected]

Hours: First Fridays 6-10 pm and by appointment

Kevin Lahvic Gallery

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From Michael Graves to Studio Murmur, designers TJ Thomas and Audra Bielskus are building buzz, one sustainable piece of furniture at a time By Kate Templin | Photography by Maia Harms

TJ � omas and Audra Bielsksus—the duo behind multidisciplinary design fi rm Studio Murmur—don’t believe that innovative design should come with a side of drama. “We’re in a business that is very trend- and fashion-oriented, but people are starting to slow down and reassess the value of the things in their lives today,” says Detroit native � omas, 44. “We’re trying to drill into that and fi nd what it is about certain objects that brings joy. So often, it’s in the simplicity of the design.”

Used to working on projects like a functional soap pump with sponge holder for Target, the former Michael Graves Design Group designers decided to open their own studio last year in order to hone their contemporary-meets-practical aesthetic: functional minimalism across furniture, lighting, kitchen and industrial design. “Our passion is for those everyday things that can bring unexpected pleasure,” � omas says.

� eir fi rst big project, which debuted at ICFF this spring and was picked up by Room & Board, is a study in utility-chic. � e No. 9 outdoor furniture collection

STUDIO MURMUR’S HOTS

Julius Meinl, bicycles, � e Stooges, Bi Bim Bop, farmers markets, Patricia Urquiola, origami, linoleum prints, Ravenswood corridor

STUDIO MURMUR’S NOTS

Distracted driving, TV sports bars, leaf blowers, Shape-Ups, ironic facial hair, decorative antlers, Tea Partiers

Object Worshippers

Designers TJ Thomas

and Audra Bielskus.

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for Loll Designs is a stylish, modern take on plastic, yes, but it’s also made from recycled milk jugs and shipped fl at. “It’s made from a new generation of high-density polyethylene that holds color really well and lasts for years and years,” � omas says. “You think of plastic furniture and it doesn’t sound so hot,” adds Bielskus, 26. “But the philosophy behind the collection is that it looks so

good that you’re probably going to want to bring it indoors. We’re not creating plastic products you throw away after a year; you’ll want to pass these pieces down.”

While recycled milk jugs sound the epitome of eco-consciousness, Bielskus and � omas are quick to point out that their sensibility is more global than green. “We don’t want to market ourselves as eco-designers... that’s just the way we roll,” relates Bielskus, who says they recently partnered with Sielaff on a line of tables made from bent metal and glass, and are also working with a West Coast architectural lighting company. “� at’s the way the industry is going to roll,” adds � omas. “It won’t even be called ‘green’ anymore.”

home entertainment done right.

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