Character Study

Category: Accent chairs, Antiques, Arm chairs, Artifacts, Artisans, Artwork, Bedrooms, Beds, Bergere chair, Carved Wood, Carving, Casual elegance, Chairs, Character, Charles Eames, Chicago, Chicago design, Chicago interior design, Chicago interior designers, Clients, Cozy rooms, Decorating, Desks, Fauteuil, Fireplaces, Found objects, Furniture, Furniture statement pieces, Hand work, Home improvement, Home staging, Ideas, interior decorating, Interior design, Lake Shore Drive, Light fixtures, Live it up, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Makeover, Master bedrooms, New bedroom, New home office, Private clubs, Ray Eames, Redo, Renovation, River North Design District, Romantic rooms, Transforming space, Travel, Unique pieces, Wallpaper
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Are you a good judge of character? This post is all about adding character to a room. Many of us think this comes from a paneled room, thick moldings...

Almost Summer!

Category: Artwork, Change, Chicago, Chicago design, Chicago interior design, Chicago interior designers, Clients, Color, Contemporary artwork, Decorating, Dogs, Furniture, Gardens, Helping others, Home improvement, interior decorating, Interior design, Makeover, Nepal, Outdoor Entertaining, Photography, Renovation, River North Design District, Transforming space
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Now that Memorial Day has finally come and gone I am thinking about Summer. How we will spend our days and nights once the warmer weather firmly hits? I'm...

Control

Category: Audio, Automated window treatments, Automation, Bedrooms, Casual elegance, Chicago, Chicago design, Chicago interior design, Chicago interior designers, Clients, Color, Controls, Cozy rooms, Decorating, Draperies, Get organized, Home controls, Home improvement, Home staging, Ideas, interior decorating, Interior design, Kitchens, Lutron, Makeover, Master bedrooms, New bedroom, New home office, Renovation, River North Design District, Romantic rooms, Smart home, Smart home technology, Transforming space, Video
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  Now before we get carried away here, this is not the 50 Shades of Grey kind of control. What is on my mind is simplifying our lives with smart...

Springing Forward

Category: Ideas
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I was at a cocktail party last night at the new Ritz-Carlton Residences Chicago. We are fortunate to have designed a glamorous pied-à-terre which is currently for sale fully...

Please Sit Down

Category: Chairs
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Today I'm totally crushing on chairs--CCW, Chair Crush Wednesday! I presume this will not replace Woman Crush Wednesday or Man Crush Monday but you never know. Many of us...
Dinner outside

Gratitude

Category: Thanksgiving
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Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner I am even more reflective than usual. I can't help think how lucky we are to be Americans living in this great...

We Need Artwork!

Category: Artwork
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With September around the corner the time to focus on artwork is now. Would you like this above your sofa... ...or this? I am really enjoying each day of Summer! However, I...

Bathing Beauties

Category: Ideas
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Every year thousands of professional kitchen and bath designers embark on the KBIS conference which features the latest industry products and trends.  This year's show was held in Las Vegas...

White Out

Category: Color
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Gilbert K. Chesterton wrote, “White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black.” We couldn’t...
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