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This Week: Mod Life
Fans of retro mid-century furniture will want to check out Mod Life, a sleek Lincoln Square showroom, which offers a terrific selection of mid-century furniture and accessories, much of which has been...
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This Week: Post 27
Post 27, which recently opened in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, offers an eclectic mix of mid-century furniture and accessories at affordable prices and joins a group of like-minded enterprises...
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Interiors Magazine Features Istanbul Apartment
It’s not often that I print every single photo from a magazine article, but I fell in love with the Istanbul apartment featured in the most recent issue of Interiors (on sale now!). Turkey is a true...
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This Week: Assemblage
Assemblage offers a collection of mid-century modern furniture, art and accessories so interesting and unique it prompted 1st Dibs (how I love thee) to reach out and contact them shortly after opening...
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This Week: Marco Polo (Red Arrow Highway, Michigan)
When you were in grade school (a looooooong time ago), you probably learned about Marco Polo, a Venetian trader and explorer who was also a known raconteur, famed for telling stories about his travels...
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Open House: Dan’s Happy Humboldt Home
When the kind Dan Devening, a busy artist / professor / gallery owner agreed to a Strange Closets Home Tour, my vestigial tail started wagging (or trying to), because I knew the space would be cool....
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Open House: Bruce’s Michigan Modern
The life of an artist can be a solitary one, and fate made no exemption for Bruce, a St. Joseph painter and craftsman whose decision to pursue his art over all else has resulted in more than a few...
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This Week: Alan Robandt (excellent showroom in Buchanan, Michigan)
ALAN ROBANDT I love this vintage mannequin at Buchanan’s new showroom Alan Robandt, because it perfectly illustrates the cycle of chic. Classical forms reinterpreted for utilitarian purposes become...
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Intelligent Design: Furniture Designer Bladon Conner
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to interview furniture designer Bladon Conner in his Ukrainian Village apartment. Bladon’s a rising star in Chicago’s design scene having appeared in Chicago...
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Chicago Secrets: Arthur Swirgon’s Art Collection
West side antique dealer Arthur Swirgon knows a lot about a lot: European antiques expert, jewelry dealer and self-taught mid-century modern expert (he can run circles around most), Arthur knows the...
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