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grass to my terrace, thanks to the vision
and expertise of Rhett Downing of Rug
Zoom. Im a suburban girl at heart, and his
unbelievably soft, grass-like installation
has transformed my urban space.
is new issue is dedicated to all
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planters in the city. If youre short on
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gardening trend. Check out the story about
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up everything from backyard walls to
sky-high buildings.
Weve also got the scoop on the latest
shop and showroom openings. Fabulous
designers Randy Heller and Julia Edelmann
have both opened namesake stores, while
Kim Chapman works her magic touch on
custom window treatments at the brand-
new Urban Environments. If its glass youre
looking for, youve been warned: e highly
anticipated Trainor Glass Design Center
on the corner of Lake and Sagamon in the
West Loop spans 5,600 square feet, carrying
everything from glass tiles to replaces.
is issue is also packed with new
designers on the scene and on the rise,
from Casey Gunschel and Meghan
McGuinness, who are turning out leather-
tooled tables that look like ne art, to
Studio Murmur and Felicia Ferrone, both
local multidisciplinary designers who are
getting their turn in the spotlight. Studio
Murmurs new line of outdoor furniture
is on its way to the showroom oor of
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glassware is a minimalist showpiece at the
store in the Art Institutes Modern Wing.
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depending on your mood (Ill take a glass
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And nally, if youve ever wanted to
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Editors Note
Summer
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 aair. 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 o the grid and
spend your days picking wildowers,
baking bread, reading by lantern light, and
practicing archeryin 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
smallerbut no less importantstories
unfolding behind the scenes. Sam from Post
Family took my four-year-old shing and
he caught his rst sha 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 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
Nol Ashby, who I met for the rst time,
even though Ive 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-produced
design on the cheap, the opportunity to
spend a couple of days with some of
Chicagos most talented design minds
reminded me what were doing here at CS
Interiors matters. ese are some of the
people behind our citys local design scene.
eyre holding it up. eyre making
things with their hands. eyre thinking
responsibly and innovatively about materials.
And theyre not only prodigiously talented,
theyre also really nice folks.
e whole weekend was a working
testament to getting outside your everyday.
Especially in the summerwhen the days
are long and the pavement is hotwe 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 Frankes impeccably-appointed
midcentury spread to the Eckenho
familys modernist prefab in the woods,
we oer a peek inside two of the most
striking second homes in the area. And
then theres ultimate do-it-yourselfer Dave
Albin, who bought and decked outwith
salvaged materials and self-made art
installationsa creative Indiana retreat for
less than $100,000. Now thats inspiration.
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DIRECTORS NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
EDITORS NOTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12


HOME FRONT
NOW! e people, places and products you
need to know about now . . . . . . . . . . 24
STYLE Get ready for a whole new spin on the
color wheels prettiest players . . . . . 32
A triple-decker Bucktown patio goes
super sophisto under the agile hand of
designer Lukas Machnik . . . . . . . . . . .34
TRENDS! e next generation of plant containers
brings new life to leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
STYLE Looking for some one-of-a-kind
interiors inspiration? Weve snagged
the ultimate decorating ideas from
Chicagos top hotspots . . . . . . . . . . 40
TRENDS! Ready to assemble a rainbow coalition?
Summers 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 to
the 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 o-the-beaten-path
interiors shop grafts a new breed of
home cool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
TRENDS! A new take on no-frills oral furniture
blooms into view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
HOME DIY guy Dave Albin builds a better
weekend getaway. Penny-pinching
required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
HOUSE PARTY CHICAGO
All of Chicagos hottest design parties . . 96
MARKETPLACE
Where to get sofas, lighting and glass tile?
e only listings that truly matter . . . . .106
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
With a new take on the silent treatment,
the design minds behind Studio Murmur
make a big statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
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ON THE COVER
Photography: Tony Soluri
Stylist: D. Graham Kostic
Hair & Makeup: Christina Culinski
for Ford Artists using YSL & Davines
Model: Shara McGlinn at Ford Chicago
Photographers Assistant: Al Froberg

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Cabin Fever! High-ying midcentury-meets-contempo
style enters the deep boondocks of the
Wisconsin woods 68
OPen Architect Walt Eckenho builds a prefab
dream house tailor-made for communing
with Mother Nature 74
nature Art camp for grown-ups? A former
Latvian summer camp evolves into
a low-key, high-designed colony for
Chicagos creative set 80
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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 bote
and an intriguing artists
workroom. Its rich red walls
and glossy checkerboard
oor make the eclectic
and chockablock panoply
of pieces, ranging from
signicant artworks
and couture clothing to
captivating little baubles,
all the more beguiling.
Tis 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 nds at Atelier.
The pair from Furniture Revival put together a must-buy list for the hardware store.
How good are the guys at Furniture Revival? Good
enough that midcentury savant Richard Wright
calls on Dan Snyder and Garth Borovicka for pre-
auction prep on his pricey collectables. Te pair also reports that Scouts Larry Vodak trusts
them to renish his nds while preserving, in Larrys 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-Homan 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 dont leave
the hardware store without. Lisa Cregan
DENATURED ALCOHOL
Its a solvent for shellac, but its
also a good cleaner. We can wipe
a piece before its nished and
get a good idea of what it will
look like when were done. We
dont use water because it soaks
in and raises the grain and that
can hurt the wood; denatured
alcohol just dissolves.
MINERAL SPIRITS
Its more or less a paint thinner,
a low-odor version. Its good for
clean-up and wont smell up the
whole house the way turpentine
does. If youre using an oil-based
enamel and you dont want your
paint to dry too fast you can thin
it with this and the paint will
dry slower. And when we use a
special varnish like tung oil, well
use mineral spirits as a base.
HANDHELD ORBITAL SANDER
We go through two or three
a year. But we nd the Porter
Cable orbital sanders work best
because they dont burn out
after three months. Theres so
much sawdust in our workshop
between us and our two
employees that it affects
the motors.
MURPHYS OIL SOAP
Were trying to get people
to stop using silicone-based
cleaners like Pledge. Dust
doesnt stick to them but nothing
else will either. If you ever want
to paint or revarnish after using
a silicon-based polish, its very
difcult. Murphys Oil Soap
doesnt leave a harsh residue...
after weve renished a piece,
we always give it a once-over.
Prep Schoolers
DECK SET!
Damien Hirsts
deck chairs.
Well Slung
Te humble deck chair gets an artistic upgrade
this summer via Damien Hirst. Te Brit
art stud seems to be moving away from his
broody skull period and returning to his mod-
pop roots with brightly colored, buttery-
embellished patterns. Te images are digitally
printed on sailcloth seats, while wooden
frames include Hirsts signature on stainless
steel plaques. $425 at artwareeditions. com.
Alexandria Abramian-Mott
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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-o. With solar
panels, low-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 Mortar
Taking 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. Te self-professed
hunter/gatherer oers a range
of treasures, from vintage
couture furniture and her own
custom pieces to a selection of
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. Te two
have taken a space on Grand
Avenue, divided it in half and
created a double-punching
hotspot for one-of-a-kind home
nds. At Buckingham I+D
(1820 W. Grand Ave.), Edelmann
oers 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.),
Phillipsa landscape designer
and veteran retailer making her
city debutpresents 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.
Tomas Connors
BUrNING QUESTION
Te Design Deutschland
2010 exhibit was the most
interesting of the international
exhibitions at the ICFF. Te
newcomer products were all
original, fresh and quite clever.
I especially enjoyed items by Formford,
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 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
circuitMilan, Miami, ICFF, etc.this year? Diana Tychsen
One product that
I thought was not
only beautiful
but sensible from
the Milan Fair:
Tokujin Yoshiokas
Memory chair, which is
composed of recycled aluminum
and changes shape depending on
who is sitting on it. Te 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.
PATrIZIO FrADIANI, STUDIO F
The sleek interior of
Buckingham I+D,
which is lled with
style-forward nds.
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TJ OKeefe designs furniture that would bring a tear to Euclids eye.
Its all based on logic and geometry, OKeefe 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, OKeefe 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 rms OKeefe realized that furniture is his
real passion. Tings took o from there. With two Helic tables and a stunning, stripped-to-its-
essence chair called Chair IV (available this fall) under his belt, OKeefe is already on to his next
mathematical conquest. Hes thinking cubes. LC
One To
Watch!
Growing by The Number
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 owers every
year. More roof-raising stats:
The stunning rooftop of the Gary Comer Youth Center.
New-on-the-scene
furniture designer
TJ OKeefe sits in
the Chair IV of his
own design.
1,000
pounds of organic
food each year that is
used by students, local
restaurants and the
centers caf
3,500
spring and
summer bulbs
26
varieties of perennials
in the garden
75
kinds of annual owers,
vegetables and herbs
85
teens involved
in the career
exploration
program
Green Teens
this summer
29
planting rows
8,160
square footage
of green roof
30
height in feet above
street level
Famous by Design
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 Fukasawas every word. Also at Luminaire,
an exhibit of products by the Tokyo-based designer showcased his sensory, solution-based style,
from a jointless Bo bathtub that gurgles water like a futuristic hot spring to a thoroughly
modern mini-TV that eschews a thin-as-paper prole in favor of a more nostalgic shape. When
Fukasawa outlines a product, he says its never perfect the rst time but always trying to be: Like
when you draw a circle and you make your pen go around many times. Amalie Drury
PASSING THrOUGH
Naoto Fukasawas impeccable
Grande Papilio Lounge Chair for
B&B Italia, available at Luminaire.
NUMBEr CrUNCH
Number of square inches
of glass in the new Trainor
Glass Design Center. 100,234,678
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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 Chicagos Street Furniture Competition, they
started breaking rules right away. Te challenge was to
reimagine how to use empty lots in the city, but we didnt
want to make something like a lonely bench that would
just sit there. We wanted to engage the community, says
Iker Gil, Mas Studios founder. Quickly nixing actual
furniture, the group created containers made of aordable
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 gardensor living walls,
as theyre sometimes calledare
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 doesnt damage the
buildings, because unlike letting
ivy run wild, the plants used
arent suckers that grab onto
the skin of the building. Teyre
just looking to grow, says Grace
Rappe, a landscape architect with
Chicago rm Hoerr Schaudt,
whos 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
benets as a top selling point: Te
cooling eect that a green wall can
have is signicantas much as a 30
percent energy savingsand theres
research on the cleaning eect the
plants can have on the surrounding
air. Still, he goes on to say, Te
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 Studios
containers were
built for use in
Little Italy.
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home nds. Upgrade your standard-issue rope hammock with a
color-punching, macram seat that can take prime position on
the porch, while a garden-variety water pitcher gets a modern
makeover with a chic seagrass cover. And why not swap out that
ho-hum grocery tote for a fashionably cool wire boucl basket
that marries drop-dead form with eco function? AAM
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When Julie Michiels and Iker Gil moved into their Marina City condo 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 classied 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. Weve had to learn how to work with the color. Now we
love it, says Gil. And while the couple rst thought of painting the entire kitchen white or
gray, theyve now not only learned to abide by the shade, but abet it as well. Weve learned
to embrace the color, which isnt really a pale pink but hasnt yet reached Pepto-Bismol
either, says Michiels. Weve bought pink oven mitts, pink salad tongs, and, our best nd,
a Bialetti espresso maker. When we saw it in pink, we had to have it.
Thinking Pink!
Ready to indulge in the color wheels sweet spot?
Meet the hueswho of pink
By Alexandria Abramian-Mott and Meghan McEwen
Shelf Life Contractor and creative dcor 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 Albins bubblegum-colored book covers.
PINK-ALICIOUS! Julie Michiels and Iker Gils 60s-era kitchen.
Sliding Scale
Barely bubblegum?
Full-throttle
watermelon? Weve
got the seasons
choicest pink
oerings 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 Dots 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 rst
oor. Its the rst thing you
see when you walk in, and
I wanted to make a rst
impression. But I didnt
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. Its almost Peptobut
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
I also painted bookends
and gurines. I painted
everything pink, then tucked
my art books in between
some of the nonfunction
books. He picked up the
volumes from resale shops,
yard sales, rummage sales
and a book trade drop-off,
where he would trade in old
paperbacks anytime he could
snag a hardbound. Theres
maybe about $10 worth of
books there.
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Forget wicker rockers, wrought iron lanterns and a
smattering of geranium-lled owerpots. 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 o at its attering nest, Machnik added illuminated
occasional seating and coee tables, perfect for after-dark
ambiance. Te result: a decidedly Delano-meets-Donald
Judd aesthetic with nary a kitschy stripe or oral print to
be found. And those bright, summery colors that usually
populate a patio? Tey didnt 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 nothings popping out,
its more serene and much sexier.
Te rst stop to sexy was creating
a sense of privacy on the three
decks, each of which stands close
enough to the homes on either side
that sharing a cocktail with neighbors
wouldnt 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 rst deck, a dining and
entertaining space, Machnik commissioned a dramatic,
16-foot-tall duck-blind pergolahorizontal 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 hotels Philippe Starck-designed poolside retreat,
which, like Machniks project, was conceived as an indoor
room moved outside. Te philosophy is that its not just
a deck; its outdoor living space. Im using the same color
palette and contemporary lines that were using inside the house.
Te bunker-like, exterior cinder blocks were painted
in Machniks signature charcoal gray (It took years and
lots of tests to nalize that shade, he says), the oors
were covered with sandblasted concrete tile (lighter than
a concrete pour, the weight of which the rooftop structure
couldnt support), and the space was lled with sleek
furniture pieces and planters from Zaha Hadid, Urquiola
and Wanders. Its 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 rst deck will be primarily used
as a massive dining room, Machnik says. A built-in Lutron
system oers 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 Gardens
Three levels, one color and sky-high design transform an outdoor Bucktown bachelor pad
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slat happy Above: Clean-lined
West Elm lounge chairs under
an angular, 12-foot wooden art
installation of Machniks own
design. Left: table and benches
designed by lukas Machnik.
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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 Hadids 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,
theyre actually comfortable.
Urquiolas Canasta armchairs, oversized Fibrestone
planters, ve-foot-high polished-chrome torches
Machniks take on a modern re pitand Jayson Home
& Garden-designed, low-lying plant boxes lled with
tall grasses ll out the rst deck. All the plant life is
low maintenance, Machnik says. I dont 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 coee tables,
planters and an organic, wicker-weave xture 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
spacefrom 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 rst deck to the second. Machnik
hopes his client will use it often. It was important that
each deck had its own purpose. Otherwise, hed probably
end up using only one, Machnik says. Te challenge is
theyre all separated, so how do you create a functional
ow? 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 decks purpose: lounging, specically
on a black lacquered Hadid bench, Kartell plastic
Bubble Club Chairs and CB2s Sawyer eucalyptus wood
adirondacks, a sleek, sustainable and economical nd
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 nd a $300 chair that looks so great?
Design-wise, the second deck continues the gray
theme with a concrete re pit and coee table from
Luminaire and an eight-foot-tall piece of petried 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 nal deck, a massive,
top-oor space lined with green grass and lled 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.
staCking thE dECk
a quartet of sawyer
chairs from CB2 create
an intimate, clean-lined
lounge area.
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Whether youre greening up your house, balcony or garden, these planters turn a brand-new
leaf on out-of-the-box containers. If youre 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 rellable IV bag with built-in ow regulator lets you set watering rates to
suit your plant. For the best new eco option, Bacsac oers the latest in high-tech, lightweight
containers made from 100 percent recyclable Geotextile. And if youre looking for sculptural,
brightly colored pots, PADs Pod planters are it. Created by RISD-trained designers, the
powder-coated pieces will sprout in any room of the house.
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By Alexandria Abramian-Mott
Vitamin Livings IV planter,
$285, at aplusrstore.com.
Bacsacs Geotextile
planters, $36$275,
depending on size, at
aplusrstore.com.
Magentas 4.5-tall wood
grain herb planters, $55
for a set of three, at
magenta-inc.com.
Chelsea boxes made out of
berclay, $45$165, at Jayson
Home & Garden, 1885 N.
Clybourn Ave., 773.248.8180,
jaysonhomeandgarden.com.
Woolly Pockets modular
planter, $50$189, at City
Escape, 3022 W. Lake St.,
773.638.2000, cityescape.biz.
PAD Pod planters,
$164$174 (steel stand, $48),
at Sprout Home, 745 N. Damen
Ave, 312.226.5950,
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For a hotel that exudes luxury from its grand
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designed mansard roof, designer Lisa Simeone
of Simeone Deary Design Group knew the
lobbys rst impression had to be awe-inducing.
Her crystal chandelierinspired by an amalgam
of Chanel broochesprovides just the explosion
of sparkle the Elysian needed. Juxtaposed
with the embroidered wool drapes and marble
nishes of the lobby, the chandeliers glitter is
meant to set the tone for what youll experience
throughout the entire hotel, she says. Based on
Simeones 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. Id 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
lightingtheres 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 Epics 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-rened feel that would also be fantastic in
a loft. If the lines of the staircase seem laser-cut,
its 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 Nicks Metals.
Beaming It Up!
An al fresco feel was the
inspiration behind the
unique beamed ceiling at
Freds restaurant in the
new Barneys New York
store on Rush Street. Its
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 xtures are somewhat randomly
placed and residential, he says. Achieving the
terrace look is not overly complicated, New insists.
Its 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 Freds.
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BARE MARKET The rustic-chic
exposed ceiling at Freds.
ON THE RISE The industrial staircase at Epic.
Forget HGTV. We tapped the designers behind six of
Chicagos coolest hotspots to give up the goods on some of
the citys most snag-worthy decorating ideas By Amalie Drury
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The Flame Game
I own the complete 1969 Playboy After Dark series, says Robert
Polacek of San Francisco-based design rm Puccini Group. It
was lmed at the Playboy penthouse in Chicago, and in almost
every scene, Hugh had a re 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 replace for the space. You can buy replace
videos online, but most of them are just lms of a gas burner. No
sparks. No jumping re. Polacek and Strike Anywhere lmed
an actual six-foot burning log over cocktails in Napa one night,
and the dierence, he says, is exceptional. When translating
the look at home, Polacek recommends, Dont just think
about where youd expect a replace. And though he knows it
would be a stretch for someone with traditional sensibilities to
incorporate a digital replace into a classic design scheme, It
would look outstanding, he says.
Finish Language
Design magazine photos of
burned cedar planksa
traditional Japanese building
material still used by modern
architectswere hanging
on the tackboard in designer
Karen Herolds oce for
two years before she had the
opportunity to translate the
look in one of her own projects: the high-prole 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 restaurants rustic
with an edge aesthetic perfectly. We burned them ourselves
in our parking lot, she says. It was the most fun Ive ever
had creating a nish. Te burned cedar covers a brick wall
dividing two rooms in the restaurant, and Herold says shes
already had at least one request from a residential client to
cover his entire replace 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 nish 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.
Tile Style
Te new, 6,000-square-foot Herms store in the old Barneys New York
space was Chicagos most anticipated retail opening of 2010. Like all
Herms boutiques since 1976, it was designed by Parisian rm RDAI,
the architectural group founded by Rena Dumas, the late wife of former
Herms CEO Jean-Louis Dumas. A section of mosaic tile at the foot of
the stores centerpiece white spiral staircase is an ooh-la-Herms touch that
has been echoed in the brands worldwide agships 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 specic space the individual would like to personalize. As
seen from a distance, the mosaics woven pattern tips its hat to Herms
long tradition of sumptuous leather goodsan eect that can be achieved
by choosing a small tile size and light, closely contrasting colors.
FAKING IT A digital re at Sable.
BURN, BABY Charred cedar walls. FLOORD! Herms signature mosaic at its new store.
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Pierre Pauls Pumpkin chair, $2,100,
at Ligne Roset, 440 N. Wells St.,
312.222.9300, ligne-roset-usa.com.
Multicolored Wall Clock,
$89, available this fall
at Bo Concept, 1901
N. Clybourn Ave.,
773.388.2900.
Karmelina Martinas
Helix chair for Moroso,
price upon request,
at Luminaire.
Dranseld and
Ross ower tables,
$115$140, at
Elements, 741 N. Wells
St., 312.642.6574,
elementschicago.com.
Piero Lissonis The Dark Side of
the Moon coffee table, $6,589,
at Luminaire.
Dranseld & Ross Louis XV
upholstered Ribbon Chair,
price upon request, at
dranseldandross.biz.
Forget all about monotone dcor. is season the focus is on bringing a rainbows 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 Lissonis 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 Paulins classic Pumpkin
armchair was originally designed as a one-colored seat for Claude and Georges Pompidou in
1971. Now, Ligne Roset is oering 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 Act
From the studio of Antonio Citterio, a globe-trotting
designer returns home to ignite Chicagos 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 Institutes permanent design
collection and touted in Wallpaper* Magazineseems 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 Citterioa 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 dierent 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 Milans famous Salone Internazionale
del Mobile, Ferrone says she began rethinking the whole building thing.
My real love was product design, I just didnt 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 settingsthe dierent heights, shapes
and sizes of water and wine glasses oended 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
ipped over to receive a more abstemious serving of wine at the other.
eyre 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 Dcor Italy, Surface,
Dwell, Abitare. But, she says, it took until recently to iron out the
manufacturing to her satisfaction. eyre simple, but very di cult to
make. ey have to be made by hand by expert glassblowers. I nally
found a manufacturer in the Czech Republic, so Im manufacturing
them myself. In April, errone design was born, with an online store
where the Revolution glasses can be purchased along with her exquisite
glass bowls and champagne utes.
Currently, Ferrone is working with Corian on a new shower design, and
this October, shes headlining a solo exhibit with Volume Gallery. Ill 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. Lets
all buy one and raise a glass to homegrown Chicago design.
Designer Felicia Ferrone at home
with her Revolution Collection.
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Leather
Forecasters
After launching the citys coolest wallpaper
biz, Casey Gunschel teams up with a local
handbag designer to give leather a new groove
By Thomas Connors | Photography by Maia Harms
When people hear we work with leather, they immediately
think S&M stu, 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 eects
for high-end custom furniture and interior installations,
Gunschel and her partner, local handbag designer Meghan
McGuinness, will make you rethink that glass-top coee
table. Celebrating the beauty of a natural material and
an ages-old craft, Gunschel and McGuinness create
singular patternsintertwined snakes against a botanical
backdrop; a composition of old penmanship 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 wasnt much going on where I
was and I just needed a creative outlet, she relates. And
Ive 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 arent 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 homeowners
bedroom walls. Were not interested in Western motifs,
says Gunschel. Whats 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
coee-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. Its been a real learning
process, admits Gunschel. Even old saddle makers tell
you it can be hit or miss, because youre dealing with an
organic product that can take dyes dierently. And no one
works on the scale we do.
Gunschels leather endeavors aord 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 its kind of alive. I never would
have guessed that what started as a hobby in rural
Oregon would become a growing business.
Meghan McGuinness
(left) and Casey t) ) a a
Gunschel team up to
design beautiful leather-
tooled furniture.
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Patricia Urquiolas Tropicalia
daybed, price upon request, at
Luminaire, 301 W. Superior St.,
312.664.9582.
Patricia Urquiolas
Tropicalia chaise,
$3,032$3,880,
at Luminaire, 301
W. Superior St.,
312.664.9582.
Charles Longs Untitled,
2009 ceramic bird feeder,
at cumulus-studios.com.
Tord Boontjes 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.
Lebellos Chumy chaise,
$1,325, at lebello.com.
Big Sur lantern, $78, at
Jayson Home & Garden,
1885 N. Clybourn Ave.,
773.248.8180.
KAA Groups ceramic
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Designer Patrick Henson outts a 4,000-square-
foot rooftop with everything from foo dogs to rare
owers to create a mind-bending ride of an urban
oasis By Lisa Cregan | Photography by Jason Robinette
Hey kids, dont 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 Chicagos 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 citys
glimmering skyline, while immediately below lies that other
Chicagothe 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, lets
put it this way: eres a tennis court. e mind boggles.
Hensons task here amounts to hand-to-hand seasonal
combat with Mother Nature. eres a reason most
landscapers dont do rooftops. Henson has to battle
desiccating wind, scorching sun and, lets face it, non-
existent soil depth. Not to mention needing to work around
a sculpture collection thats constantly expanding and
morphing at his clients whims. Just when things seem laid
out for the season, Henson suddenly nds himself looking
for spots for Buddha and his companion foo dogs.
And the Astroturf? At least Henson wasnt expected to
grow a suburban rooftop lawn. A perpetually green carpet
was already in place when he arriveda welcome, no-
maintenance, faux-sylvan backdrop.
Now in his fth year on the roof, Henson seems to
take the tumult and trials in stride. is gardens been a
labor of love, he says. Id rather do rooftops all summer
long. I enjoy the challenge, its closer to God, and the
views are spectacular. You can see the whole skyline,
the entirety of Chicago. e scale of
1. Theres 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
homeowners factory two stories below 3. The homeowner personally designed these 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 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 berglass planters
I ll with fragrant viburnum and nemesia. eyre 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 Hensons creativity,
though, than the endless line of planters edging the vast
terrace. Henson employs them like some citied Gertrude
Jekyll to create the eect 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, its an expert plantsmans Eden that softens
the hardscape of rooftop parapet and the stone and steel
sculptures that pepper the garden.
I cant say I completely understand how things come
and go here, laughs Henson. Im 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 natures embrace like the vintage washtub hes
lled to overowing with petunias. He says hes learned
to have condence in his clients mad methods. On my
third year working here I went to one of the owners and
I said, You know, I dont 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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6. The 30,000-square-foot penthouse features a large deck rimmed by Hensons plantings 7. A sculpture by local artist Stephanie Wilke 8. This piece anchors a corner of the
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-youve-missed-it burg
along Michigans 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 Harberts 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 eort, 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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and Brian overley in
their harbert shop.
clean-lined piece stands in crisp relief against walls
painted smoky gray or alabaster white. A burnished
steel machinists toolbox here, ancient spikes of
hayforks there, mysterious bits of defunct equipment,
clouds of wire baskets, even quirky oversized factory
lighting xtures. In Overley and DeBaughs chic
hands the industrial grime falls away to reveal the
beauty of the form and the romance of the wear, and
the otsam of rural American life becomes covetable
tables, chairs, consoles, lampseven sculpture. Tis
is about our personal vision of beauty. If somethings
not beautiful when we get it, we ask ourselves, What
does it need? says Overley, who has a degree in ne
arts from Indiana University.
Te pair maintains a separate studio they
laughingly refer to as hair and makeup, where
Overley works his magic on their nds. Sometimes its
about changing the nish, he explains. Sometimes
its about refurbishing, sometimes repurposing, but
its always about maintaining the 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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Call it agrarian modern or haute farm.
Every pristine, clean-lined piece stands in
crisp relief against walls painted smoky
gray or alabaster white.
farmhouse-chic!
clockwise from top: a
muted white-on-white
corner mixes clean lines
and vintage charm;
a display featuring a
vintage truck; shades
of yellow makes this
perfectly curated
vignette pop.
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 oor-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 wagonpurely 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 painters scaolding he spied in a World of Interiors
magazine, and a steel version of a folding wooden
campaign table he once admired. Hes 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 heres a word of advice: If you see something
you love in Marco Polo, buy it. Youre probably never
going to see it again.
A few years ago the stores growing reputation
forced Overley and DeBaugh to move from their
intimate space in Harberts former post oce. 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 celebrationunsurprisingly 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 avor but more classical.
If this is a barn, next life were coming back as
a Holstein.
Sandburg wrote that the secret to happiness is to
admire without desiring. Obviously Carls Harbert
years were pre-Marco Polo.
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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. Teres no better example of his
ingenuity than his new La Porte, Indiana
summer homea 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 didnt keep track of my labor, but I
spent less than $100,000 altogether, says
Albin, who includes furniture and art in the
nal tally, along with the reno and serious
landscaping eort. His secret? Te 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 ve modern globe pendant lights
at varying heights to save time leveling.
Reinforcing the pleasingly o-kilter eect,
he made no attempt to center each 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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boxes and spray-painted trophies.
When Albin rst toured the 2,400-square-foot brick
building, it had already been gutted and outtted
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 lled 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 homes baseboards,
window frames and front porch.
But Albin isnt all save and no splurge. He used
the money he saved with freecycling and penny-
pinching to pay for hand-carved mahogany ooring
throughouta decision that lends a certain richness
and continuity to the space.
When it came to the sprawling backyardwhere
he envisioned both intimate gatherings and big
soiresit 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 Id 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 didnt anticipate:
Teres an extremely exotic South American bird in
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Albins backyard is full of wonders. Unable
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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 Frankes driving directions to those visiting the
weekend retreat he shares with his partner, David
Herro, are emphatic and concise: Look for the house
thats dierent. Really dierent. Te directions help,
since GPS is erratic in the boondocks of North Lake in
Hartland, Wisconsin.
But just when it seems that Frankes instructions are
a bit too cavalier, theres 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, its 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 didnt 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
Frana 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 ber-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 homes lower level to its third-oor loft organizes
spatial ow and sports an impressive steel-and-oak
oating staircase that was technically challenging to
fabricate and required an engineering feat to get it
installed properly, says Franke.
Te houses layout is tailored to the couples
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. Its 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 oce 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 oers four guest rooms, an intimate
We never wanted a harsh glass box. We didnt want to be the goofy guys from
Chicago who built an ber-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 Adlers
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
at-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, outtted
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 rst, then slowly
upgraded everything. I dance all over the country so Ive
had access to some amazing sources, he explains.
He scored a new Hugo Frana 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 signicant
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 ttings and signicant furnishings, the
place is a bona de throwback to the idyllic midcentury
that the house references in so many ways, for it was
conceived as a place to embrace family rst.
David is from Wisconsin, and his brother had a
home nearby. Wed 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 ve siblings, Franke has two and
all those guest rooms and spare sleeping spots were
designed to accommodate the couples parents,
siblings and 16 nieces and nephews. Davids family
lives within driving distance, so theyre here every
weekend. Mine is in Utah and Texas, so we have
Frankederhey 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 reected 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 prole (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 scaolding that Franke convinced his
builder to erect. It took him a week to get the wall just
right, but the eects 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, outtted
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
OBrien lamp and Hugo
Frana dining table with
vintage chairs and a
Curtis Jere sculpture in
the dining area.
Summer 2010 | | 75
Open Season
A nature-loving architect creates his own
pre-fab dream spread thats all about al
fresco family dinners, earth-rst building
materials and picture-perfect lake views
By Lisa Skolnik | Photography by Tony Soluri
Jodi and Walt Eckenho have been through enough
major renovations over the last 30 years to know that
rare is the building project that runs smoothly. Gaes
and spats are routine. Yet none of the glitches they
experienced on their four former DIY eorts kept the
two-tool belt couple from tackling a stupendously
original fth to build a sleek, eco-friendly second
homefrom scratch and mostly themselveson 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 Eckenho
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 hadnt 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 oods the
home with light.
Summer 2010 | | 77
Walt got the opportunity to fulll his dream when a
client oered him a 20-acre lakefront parcel in 2006 that
she decided not to use. Te couple fell in love with the
siterife with gently rolling hills and statuesque, old-
growth treesand acquired it immediately. Deciding
what to build took a lot longer. Walt played with the
design for a couple of years, condes Jodi. It started
out large, then shrunk to a one-bedroom box. But we
have three girls. Teyre sure to have families someday.
So I negotiated two bedrooms and a sleeping loft.
Te nal 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 homes 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 oors. Both are inexpensive but beautiful,
especially the maple because it has a lot of guring 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.
Its an ultra-durable hardwood that can weather sun
and water, so I wont 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.
Its the only project where Ive been the owner, architect, general contractor,
machine operator, carpenters assistant and interior designer.
78 | | Summer 2010
designed to foster air convection for cooling;
and a reective corrugated steel roof to
deect sunlight and retain heat.
And nally, he came up with an
extraordinary building plan that deated
their construction budget to less than $200 a
square foot. Tats 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 atbed trucks
and hauled the completed oors, 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 nish work, often with
the help of their daughters. To respect the houses
vernacular design, Walt used sliding barn doors
in every room but gave them denition 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 savedecologically 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
coee table, says Walt.
In retrospect, Walt got his wish to do it
all. Its the only project where Ive been the
owner, architect, general contractor, machine
operator, carpenters 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 o the deck is
rain and snow, says Walt, who learned one
lesson the hard way. Sleep inside. Its 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 replace but
came in the wrong
size), beautiful white
plate and vase from
Luminaire. Right: The
entire home rises
over ve levels and
incorporates three
decks. The largest,
shown here, wraps
around the main living
level, which is faced
on three sides with
glass and tted with
sliding doors.
Summer 2010 | | 79
Nature Nurtured
A former Latvian summer camp in
Wisconsin, Camp Wandawega gets
reincarnated as a creative playground for
Chicagos art and design set
By Meghan McEwen
Photography by Bob Coscarelli and Greg Gillis
David Hernandez was an infant the rst time he slept
at Camp Wandawega. Te Latvian summer camp
located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, is also where he learned
to swim, climb trees and sh. More than 30 years
later, when he took his then ance (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 rst. Te call came
ve years later, and Hernandez
and Surratt couldnt resist.
Tey snatched up all 25 acres:
the main lodge; a three-
story hotel; two cabins; an
archery range; basketball and
shueboard 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
wildowers; and its not uncommon to stumble across
a family of blue heron cranes or nd 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
Chicagos creative set.
From the rst summer Hernandez and Surratt took
ownership, Camp Wandawegas 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.
80 | | Summer 2010
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 manpowerfrom
building a new oating pier to landscaping
a lakeside hillfor enviable weekend stays
in the beyond-charming lodge and cottages.
Its 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 de, no-frills camp: Tere are shared
showers, creaky wooden oors, rickety piers
and plenty of wicker. But make no mistake:
Tis is no ordinary backwoods aair.
Camp Wandawega reads like a curated
thrift store paradise, where even the
bathroom doors are decorated with paint-
peeling vintage oars. Te rooms are outtted
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
ea market and garage sale nds: 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 nishing touches. Te
interiors, put together like a page from Te
World of Interiors, play a crucial part of the
camp-as-creative-outlet experiencewith
Surratt as the consummate set
designer, stylist and storyteller.
Every room is kind of a
jokewe 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 outt a band
of bagpipers. Its 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.
Its hard when youre cheap. I
dont pay much for anything, says
Surratt, whos currently working
on her second bookthis one
about collections. It makes it more
interesting when its lled with junk.
It was never intended to be fancy. Its
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 doorsyes, in one
weekend. Over one of the beds, the
wall is decorated with a simple row
of shing lures they found all over
the property, imparting a tangible
sense of history and place.
Given Surratts anity for
vintage odds and ends, art and the
stories behind both, her friendship
and collaborationwith Post 27
owner Angela Finney-Homan
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-Homan became
fast friends. It wasnt long before
Finney-Homan was a Wandawega
regular. And it was there, around
the communal kitchen islanda
massive butcher block-topped vintage
metal rolling cartwhere Finney-
Homan had an idea: Art Camp for
adults! Te next morning, we were
up before 8AM with clipboards and
coee, 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
Wisconsins 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.
Summer 2010 | | 83
We have so many creative friends, from graphic
designers to textile artistsit just made sense, says
Finney-Homan as she dribbles white paint down a
piece of scrap wood with intentional haphazardness.
Teres this great energy here, says Finney-Homan.
And were all like a family now because of it.
Te roster of campers who have made appearances
reads like a whos 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.
Were not making ne art, says Finney-Homan. Te
setting doesnt lend itself to that. Were working on craft
with reclaimed and found objects. We didnt want it to
oset the environment here. And we wanted it to be
organic, because thats how great art happens.
Huge pieces of reclaimed wood spread out
across a eld for a collaborative paintingindividual
painted works on pressed board and salvaged doors are
congured 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
eld 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; ipping
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
birdhousescreations they construct from scraps. We
dont worry about the quality or variety: It could be from
the rewood pile, blowdown trees from our own woods,
demolished houses, you name it. So far, the birds havent
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. Its like the art version of scrapbooking,
says Finney-Homan. Tey really geek out over this
stu. A din of paper shuing, 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
84 | | Summer 2010
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 isnt to go
out and buy a bunch of new materials. Its about the
art and getting people out of the citygetting them
o the grid to a setting thats open creatively, attests
Finney-Homan.
Last summer, a collective brainstorming and
improv sketching session laid the groundwork for an
unbelievably cool tree house thats currently in the
worksa modernist-meets-camp cabin in the sky. And
when they arent creating, campers have their run of
the pleasure grounds, including access to a sports room
packed with mostly vintage recreation equipment:
rackets, balls, bows, shing poles, tackle boxes. Along
the hallway hangs a row of adorable plaid vintage life
vestsall fully usableincluding 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.
86 | | Summer 2010
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 arent decoration. When we have big,
communal breakfasts, everyone has something to do
thats why I have so many aprons.
Hernandez, who can be found at any given hour
climbing on the roof to x a leak or scaling trees to work
on the electrical, is famous for his giant bonresat
least 15 feet highwhich light up the dark, starry
night. And at least once during the weekend, the art
campers le into the old wooden pews in the outdoor
chapel for a projected movie screening in the woods
either an Eames art lm or the nale slideshow of the
weekends 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 silktheyre 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. Davids
mom showed me old photos of traditional Latvian
craft competitionsbasket weaving, pottery, cute
little old ladies who could crochet like nobodys
business. Te art camp is bringing it back. It feels
like part of the tradition.
Were not
making ne art,
says Finney-
Hoffman. The
setting doesnt
lend itself to that.
Were working
on craft with
reclaimed and
found objects.
We didnt want
it to offset the
environment
here. And we
wanted it to be
organic, because
thats how great
art happens.
Summer 2010 | | 87
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The PArTy: Florense celebrated its two-year anniversary by
throwing a Brazilian-themed bash in the sleek River North
showroom. Te event also served as the kick-o to NeoCon
2010, so attendees were awarded with an impressive preview
of new pieces.
The PlAyerS: Owner Jon Fante made the rounds, welcoming
design-types and local designers like Jennifer Sweas and
Jerry Sanlippo.
The ProViSionS: Food for Tought provided
Sen Chang and Will Lee
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400 West Erie Street, Suite 503 Chicago
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Bring joy to everyday living
Porcelai n Crystal Sterli ng Si lver Stati onery J ewelry
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and get inspired at DreamHome.
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BEVERLEY R. FINE ANTIQUES ARTS 220 BEVERLEY R. FINE ANTIQUES
OCTOBER
01- 04
at The Merchandise Mart
The worlds most exquisite antiques
welcome the citys most eclectic nds.
The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair
introduces Emporium, a vintage pavilion at The Fair
showcasing cool and unusual items from dealers
specializing in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn
rst-hand from all the antiques experts about
the story behind their unique pieces.
PARTNERS
RICHARD NORTON
Be sure to join us
for a keynote address
by Leigh and Leslie Keno
of the PBS award-winning series
Antiques Roadshow.
Presented by Traditional Home.
www.mmart.com/fourdays
Preview Party September 30, Benetting
INTRODUCING
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Kelly Drinnan, Jon Fante and Lee Oko
Jennifer Hawn, Samantha Terry and Heidi Fromm
tempting South American
treats, such as sweet melon with crisp prosciutto,
lemongrass chicken on sugarcane skewers, and a
refreshing cocktail list starring avors from Brazil.
Diana Tychsen
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PROPERTY OPTIONS online www.proctorshop.com cell 773.517.6026
CS Interiors magazine recently sat down with Jeff Proctor of Property Options for a candid
conversation on real estate in Chicago.
Matt Carroll: How did you get started in the real estate industry?
Jeff Proctor: Real estate has always been an exciting industry. For me it was my mother, who
has been in real estate for over 20 years, and had inspired me to learn the business. After a year
working part time, I turned my focus full time and expanded my services offered along with areas
of specialty. Since day one I have had a passion for the business. From marketing to consulting,
acquisition to development, I have found a desire to perfect every aspect of the business.
MC: What makes clients seek you out as a realtor?
JP: All of my clients are 100% referrals which is my proudest accomplishment. Every year my
business has increased in volume and this is to the credit of my past clients and the continual
referrals they send over. I have worked with a large array of clients and properties, so there is
an overall knowledge and wealth of experience that can assist every client.
MC: What approaches do you take that give you a unique edge in the market?
JP: Consistent contact, being extremely available and incredible attention to detail.
There is not a property, building or location downtown that I have not encountered and
do not have knowledge of, so knowing the detailed information for my clients is key.
MC: Whats new in the Chicago real estate market today?
JP: The Chicago market has been consistent. For myself, I have seen business remain
consistent as well, despite the downturn in the housing market. Buyers are looking for the
best dealthey simply are taking more time to nd that option. Yet Sellers are reluctant
to sell and take the loss, so nding the right connection and situation is the key. The
overall market is still moving and we continually get referrals for all clients looking to
take advantage of the market.
MC: What changes in the real estate market can Chicagoans expect?
JP: The Chicago market will continue to move forward in real estate. There are more
individuals and families now moving into the city instead of the suburbs; from buying
an in-town to raising their families downtown, people overall are enjoying the city and
surrounding neighborhoods more and more. Chicago is a great city to live in and people
have really noticed this over the past 10 years during the real estate boom. This has really
driven the desire to live in the city. So although we are in a market downturn for real
estate, individuals nd it a perfect time to take advantage and move to the downtown area.
MC: Why do you think people choose to make Chicago their home?
JP: Chicago is continually regarded as a great city and a fun city to live. The
individuals that reside or relocate to Chicago are excited to be in Chicago. Whether
it is the Cubs games, street fests, sporting events, Lake Michigan, North Ave. beach;
the city is an exciting place to live.
MC: What steps do you take to help rst-time owners feel comfortable?
JP: Educate them on the overall market via trends, expectations, type of housing, and
neighborhood options. Living in the city personally with my family, it allows me to speak
rst hand on our experiences downtown. We have lived in Wicker Park for over 7 years
now and have experienced every area of the city. Making rst-time owners feel at home
and comfortable living downtown is very important.
MC: How do you incorporate digital tools in todays real estate environment?
DW: Technology is extremely important. Instant information and contact with clients and
others in the business is vital. From my laptop to my BlackBerry, staying in contact 24/7
is vital to keeping your clients as well as yourself up to date on downtown market.
MC: How do you make a house more marketable?
JP: The interior design and keeping your home up to date. Make use of the space in
a condo or home wisely; de-clutter as much as possible. We all live in our own certain
way and we certainly collect objects over timemy family is the same way. Yet, when
a buyer walks through your home you must have the home in perfect condition and
nicely decorated throughout. Removing items that are unnecessary and take up space,
repainting or remodeling certain rooms to ensure they are up to date with todays market
desires is extremely important and vital to the resale of your home.
MC: What is the most rewarding part of being a real estate agent?
JP: The individuals I get to meet on a daily basis and clients that I get to work with
everyday. My clients are consistent clients and have become friends as we continue our
working relationship. The contacts and relationships created will remain for years to come
which are also great friendships as well.
with JEFF PROCTOR
There is not a property, building or location
downtown that I have not encountered and do
not have knowledge of.
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Neil Rosario and Patrick Boyle
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The pArTy: Luminaire teamed up with CS
Interiors to wave goodbye to winter and
celebrate the new Spring issue with three
oors full of guests, who turned out to
sip cocktails, mingle and appreciate new
outdoor furniture designs from Roda,
B&B Italia and Paola Lenti. Designer anke
lohs fashion collection was also on display.
The proViSionS: Chef Stephen Wambach of
Epic and chef Dirk Flanigan of Te Gage
restaurant prepared tasty, on- and o-the-
menu munchies, including fresh hamachi
with artichoke and blood orange, and
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Cassie Flandermeyer
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RosCoe ViLLage ReVeLRy
The PaRTy: On June 3, Evan Lewis hosted a high-class bash to celebrate the
fth anniversary of the opening of the Roscoe Village showroom.
The PLayeRs: Guests in attendance included Chicago designers Douglas
Levine of L Corp and Aimee Wertepny of Project Interiors, along with a
handful of collectors who have commissioned custom pieces by Evan Lewis.
The PRoVisioNs: Cuisine was provided by J & L Catering, and included
citrus-grilled jumbo shrimp with cilantro-chipotle dip and pepper-
crusted beef in a petite popover, accompanied by Champagne and
Chardonnay from Chteau Ste. Michelle. DT
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Laura McDaniel
Heather and Troy Zimmerman
Chip DeGrace, Paul Larson and Tim Reilly
Diane Redding and Gerry Licea
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CUTTING A RUG
The PARTy: FLORs Summer Soire event was held June 2 to showcase the
sizzling 2010 Summer Collection and to highlight the vibrant new store
design. With a new customized area for rug, runner and wall-to-wall
compilations, the store was unveiled to more than 125 guests.
The FOOD: Stefani Catering provided the fare, which included light
appetizers and drinks. DT
Visit our showroom at
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Custom furniture, lighting and accessories
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ART
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 worlds nest collections of antique posters and
decorative arts, as well as furnishings and artwork from the late 19th to early
20th century. Belle poque, 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 ne art photographers work is in
the collections of museums from California to New York. 1039 N LaSalle Dr.
312.944.6163 or www.schiff-art.com
dEsign foR A CuRE
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 DFACs 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 gurative artworks. Visit his website or contact personally for purchase
information. Elmwood Park 708.583.1255 or www.gillisneart.com
hoLby gALLERy
This River North gallery offers the nest American art from the 18th
through the 20th century. While they have steadfast supporters of well
known American artists, theyve 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
josEf gLiMER gALLERy, LTd
Serious ne art collectors who are passionate about art will nd 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 nds. 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 owners 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, youll nd 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 Chicagos 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. Childrens 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 ne craft and a
variety of sculpture. The River Northbased gallery also has colorful textiles,
handcrafted furniture, glass objects and ceramics. Owner Peter Vales 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
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Asid iLLinois
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
opportunities to more than 40,000 members in a network of 48 chapters in
the United States and Canada. 222 Merchandise Mart or www.asidillinois.com
S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S E M E N T
CCH H I I C C A A G G O O CCH H I I C C A A G G O O
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Samuel Gillis Specializes in Contemporary
Modern Works of original ne 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
gillisneart@gmail.com
www.gillisneart.com
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Owner Peter Vale has selected an affordable,
eclectic collection of contemporary ne craft
by local and national artists. Textural ber
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 ofce.
Tue-Fri 10:30-5:30 Sat 11-5
230 W. Superior St.
(312) 337-3525 peter@valecraftgallery.com
www.valecraftgallery.com
Richard Parrish, Tapestry 19 (detail), fused glass, 42 x 12 x 2
Art Mirrors Framing
Peterson Picture Co.
www.art-impact.com
www.peterson-contract.com
773.463.8888
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Family held since 1954
2720 W. Belmont Ave.
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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
contact@art-artisans-you.com
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
info@holbygallery.com
www.holbygallery.com
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Three Peas Art Lounge dees 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 Lounges 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 info@threepeasartlounge.com
www.threepeasartlounge.com
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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 115 or by appt.
207 W. superior
(312) 787-4640
info@JosefGlimerGallery.com
www.JosefGlimerGallery.com
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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 citys premier decorative
arts schools. Their recently expanded offerings of faux nishes and paints
features cutting edge techniques and products. Theyre also a certied
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
Worlds 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 worlds 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 oors constituting the worlds rst
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, its 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 rst oor 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 GENERATIONS
OF
Factory and Showroom
3000 ST. CHARLES ROAD, BELLWOOD
MonSat 9:005:00

971 N. MILWAUKEE AVE., WHEELING
Old School House at Sale Barn Square
Fri & Sat Noon5:00
Sun Noon4:00

1048 W. FULTON MARKET, CHICAGO
"The Montalbano Gallery"
WEDFRI 2:307:00
SAT Noon5:00 or by appointment
866-664-3876
www.montalbanofurniture.com
www.restorationfactory.com
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Since 1929, Chicago's Oldest
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Manufacturer, Restorer,
Renisher, Reupholsterer,
and Importer.
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buCKinghAM inTERioRs And dEsign
Based in Chicagos West Town Neighborhood, this full service interior design
rm 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 nishes from
custom color washes and striaes, to sprayed metallics. DesignReds
forte of specialized nishes include faux bois, gilding, and glomis, 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, Hickmans
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 nishes 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
Schreyers design company, Schreyer & Associates. From residential
interiors and vacation retreats to executive ofces, Schreyers design
process will always reect 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 reection of
his clients. Education in both ne arts and architecture, and extensive
corporate experience in managing every aspect of a project sets him
apart from other designers. Michaels 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 Pieros 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
MiChELLEs inTERioRs
This full service interior design group does it all: new construction,
renovations, space planning, consultations, project management, window
treatments and custom furniture designs. Michelles 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 rm 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 specic 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 collectors eye and
vast knowledge of the decorative arts lend his interiors timelessness, while
modern practicality gives them ease and livability. richard@rja-design.com
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 oor plan. 312.642.2031 or
www.spaceinteriordesign.com
sTACEy CohEn inTERioRs
Leed-AP certied, Stacey Cohen Interiors captures the essence of
sophistication and originality for residential and commercial projects.
With careful attention to detail and respect for each clients 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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wiLEy dEsigns
At Wiley Designs, interior design solutions reect the clients need and
interests while creating spaces that are sophisticated, functional and
balanced. The rm focuses on residential renovation including space
planning, custom cabinetry, material nishes 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 specic 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, berglass 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, nishes and much more. Their vision is a complete
package designed to work with your home, whether youre 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 dcor 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 nest 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 Chicagos Lincoln Park, Urban
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boConCEPT
This international design rm 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 afrms the power of understatement. With exquisite
lines, minimalist detailing, and sumptuous materials, the Chai Ming
Studios furniture collection perfectly suits diverse aestheticsfrom 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 ofce. 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, Evans 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,
ofces, dining rooms, home theatres and more. 300 W. Ontario St.
312.640.0066 or www.orense.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 nd from around the world not
readily available in the United States. Theyre 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 oral 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 ne European
17th - 21st century furniture and objects dart. Their 2nd oor 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 worlds most
renowned designers, Luminaires 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
rst 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, rened 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 nest 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 nd 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 nest in original American and Danish Modern 1940s to
1970s furniture as well as Hollywood Regency pieces that have been
reupholstered and reinvented to t 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 renishes, 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
its Take a Seat, Take a Stand motto. Custom design and objects dart 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, ne 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
agship framing facility. Whether youre 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 benets 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. Its the combination
of everything were passionate about. Timeless, American-made home
furnishings created for modern living. Discover furniture and accessories that
reect your style and t 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 Chicagos West Loop is like stepping into
a chic, upscale Bali hotel combining the aura of reclaimed woods
with high design. Kandis Wrigleys FSC Certied company imports
their exquisite handcrafted ooring, 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
GIFTS, ACCESSORIES
gEnEvA sEAL
Custom jewelry is Geneva Seals 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
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KnEEn & Co
Kneen & Co. presents exquisite and exclusive home wares that are truly
considered among the worlds nest. 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 atware 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 Chicagos
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., Northeld 847.441.7585 or
www.peachtreeplaceonline.com
KITCHEN, BATH
buiLdERs 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,
efcient kitchensboth 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 diversied catalog that
repeatedly earns them Italys Compasso dOro design award for kitchen
systems in timeless designs; a perfect t for Chicagos 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 nishes. Kohlers
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 nishes. Thats why NEFF cabinets adorn some of
the nest 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 nishes 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, renement and function play equal roles in this kitchen and bath
companys 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 nishes 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 ofcial Sub-Zero/Wolf showroom.
In a no pressure non-sales environment, their showroom consultant is
committed to outtting 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 Vestas specialty. Leicht and Plain & Fancy cabinetry are
among the brands featured. Recently theyve begun selling EcoSmart
replaces 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 thats 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, owers 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 xture provider offers a
knowledgeable staff and endless options for residential and commercial
lighting. Offerings include exclusive designs and both traditional and
historic xtures. 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
Furni ture from Paradi se
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hfELE
Hfeles 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 ttings, home organization and decorative hardware.
154 W. Hubbard St. 312.467.2225 or www.hafele.com/us
iMAgE PiLoTs
Known as being global event navigators, Image Pilots is a virtual and
live special event rm, specializing in trade show and destination
management, incentive travel and more. The company also includes The
Randolph Street Market in Chicagos West Loop. 47 West Division St.
or www.imagepilots.com
LEE LuMbER
Whether you are looking for custom cabinetry, a certied 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 PiCTuRE
This home entertainment specialist designs and installs dedicated home
theaters, media rooms and game rooms, as well as family room makeovers.
The companys single-room and multi-room systems emphasize high
performance, reliability and ease of useall executed with passion and
style. 1211 Wilmette Ave 847.256.1882 or www.thebigpicturestore.com
REAL ESTATE
AT PRoPERTiEs
Known as Chicagos number 1 real estate brokerage rm, At Properties
specializes in buying and selling some of the citys 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 www.dennis.shaffer@bairdwarner.com
EMiLy sAChs wong
An impressive sales record quickly made Emily Sachs Wong a member of
Koenig & Streys Presidents 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 dEvELoPMEnT
Interesting architecture, skilled construction and savvy development
combine to produce luxurious homes. Environs has built over 100
exceptional homes in Chicagos most desirable neighborhoods since 1991.
3060 N. Lincoln Ave. 773.665.8170 or www.environsdevelopment.com
fLAiR TowER LuxuRy APARTMEnTs
This LEED certied, 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 tness center, coffee bar, business center
and more. 222 W. Erie St 312.397.1050 or www.airtower.com
RUGS, CARPET, FLOOR COVERING
bEsT vACuuM And APPLiAnCE
Since 1983 Best Vacuum has provided Chicagoland with superior quality
vacuum and oor care products. Their commitment to sell and service
only the best brands like Miele, SEBO and Dyson has made the company
Chicagos rst name in oor care. 2646 N Lincoln Ave 773.348.4500 or
www.bestvacuum.com
fLoR
FLOR 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 t 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 LooMs
Organic Looms is passionate about bringing the nest, 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.com
www.cassona.com
5241 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60640
t. 773.506.7882
cassona
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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 nest natural stone
tile and glass tile products at discount prices. For more than 35 years
theyve 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 replaces 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.ecosmartre.com
gRAniTE & MARbLE REsouRCEs
This company travels the world to bring stone and glass treasures to
your own oors and walls. One thousand year warranty and you are
the witness to limestone, marble, quartzite, seashell, onyx, glass mosaics,
and large stone tiles. Were 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 replaces. 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 replaces 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
DARRYLL S CHI FF
D I E G O K A H L O
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Diego Kahlo
The 1,500 square foot space offers a warm and
inviting casual atmosphere to view Mr. Lahvics
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
kevin@kevinlahvic.com
Hours: First Fridays 6-10 pm
and by appointment
Kevi n Lahvi c 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 Bielsksusthe duo behind
multidisciplinary design rm Studio Murmurdont
believe that innovative design should come with a side
of drama. Were 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. Were trying to drill
into that and nd what it is about certain objects that
brings joy. So often, its 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 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 MURMURS HOTS
Julius Meinl, bicycles,
e Stooges, Bi Bim
Bop, farmers markets,
Patricia Urquiola,
origami, linoleum prints,
Ravenswood corridor
STUDIO MURMURS 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.
LOOKING UP!
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for Loll Designs is a stylish, modern take on plastic, yes, but its also made
from recycled milk jugs and shipped at. Its 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 doesnt sound so hot,
adds Bielskus, 26. But the philosophy behind the collection is that it looks so
good that youre probably going to want to bring
it indoors. Were not creating plastic products you
throw away after a year; youll 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 dont want to market ourselves as
eco-designers... thats just the way we roll, relates
Bielskus, who says they recently partnered with
Siela on a line of tables made from bent metal
and glass, and are also working with a West Coast
architectural lighting company. ats the way the
industry is going to roll, adds omas. It wont
even be called green anymore.
home entertainment done right.
1211 Wilmette Avenue Wilmette, Illinois 60091
847-256-1882 TheBigPictureStore.com
Free In-Home Consultation
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