The Lincoln Park Row House featured on our portfolio page was quite the transformation. See the dramatic before and after photos below!...

Today’s Designer Spotlight features Charlet Design, a custom furniture studio located in Brooklyn, NY. Spearheaded by its namesake...

I first took note of Chicago’s Marina City – nicknamed the Corncob Towers – long before I lived in Chicago. They appeared on the cover...

Good design can be found anywhere – and it most certainly is found in this fabulous pair of C.Wonder (sadly now out of business!) shoes,...

Last Friday I attended the Small Project Awards, a reception hosted by the AIA Chicago Small Practitioners Group. The fourth annual...

If you're like me, you may have a collection of visually interesting books and knick knacks. You, like me, may also need ideas for...

Close friends of mine recently built a custom home in Indianapolis and the result is a stunning residence that is both cleanly modern and...

Chicago had a fleeting glimpse of spring last week and the blue skies that accompanied it were so inspiring. Shown here are some of my...

This month’s Designer Spotlight features Chicago based Modern Urban Woods. Founded in 2012 by brothers Adam and Devin Long, Modern Urban...

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded every year to a living architect who has contributed significantly to society with his or her...

A favorite artist of mine is the incredibly accomplished glass sculptor Dale Chihuly. He was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, and...

This month in our Designer Spotlight series we are featuring the insanely talented Erin Bodnar. She formed her design firm, EEB...

Pantone's 2014 Color of the Year is Radiant Orchid, a vibrant mix of purple, pink and fuchsia. Perhaps if we start dressing and designing...

I recently took a trip to Kohler, Wisconsin, to celebrate an anniversary. Although it wasn’t on the agenda, my husband and I made a visit...

We will now be featuring a fellow designer in the first blog post of each month! To kick off our Designer Spotlight, we have the very...

Sometimes on a frigid day, one must take a mental trip elsewhere. On this particular frigid day, I went to the desert. These beautiful...

This incredibly designed retail space is located just around the corner from the (tiny) New York City apartment I lived in during the...

Picture this: You enter a vast cathedral, cool and quiet and immense. In contrast to this solid mass, hundreds of muti-colored ribbons...

I was incredibly fortunate to study in Rome my junior year of college, and one of my favorite class trips was to Villa d’Este in Tivoli...

Julia Morgan (1872-1957) was recently the first woman to be awarded the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, which recognizes an...