Guess the Decade: Living & Dining Room
Ready for another round? This week's Guess the Decade room is a open plan room, combining living & dining. Check out the design details and jump below to guess:...
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CHI Good Questions: Vacuum Recommendations?
Click Chick sent an email: "Bought a fabulous rug for my living room - for a steal! I only have two burning questions.
1) What kind of vacuum should I get to take care of it? My vacuum broke when I br...
Bathroom Inspiration from Jaime Hayon
We love Spanish artist Jamie Hayon's series of bathroom designs for Artquitect. These came out in 2006 and anticipated the trend towards thinking of bathroom fixtures as furniture. The line still in...
Reader Tip: Original Herman Miller Eames Chairs for Sale
Victoria sent us an email - "I might have been the only one who saw this craiglisting -- I'm passing it along because i unfortunately can't keep them all for myself right now: K is selling 2 vintage E...
Beach Towels in the Bathroom
If you're looking for a way to bring some color and pattern into your bathroom, don't discount beach towels. Folded in a stack of color-coordinated patterns, they can bring some casual hippie-chic s...
AT On: Compromising
We're searching for a new apartment. Our current apartment is a beautiful space that once had good bones, but right now it has osteoporosis. A few too many things crumbled at the same time and, sinc...
Serving Trays from Impulse Enterprises
We love a good tray: decorative, useful in a number of ways, always feels like a small party could happen on a whim. Impulse Enterprises has a great assortment in a number of materials......
CHI Spring Cure: Week Three - Weekend
steph vixen had snow in Tennessee
It doesn't feel much like spring now in Chicago, and looking at steph vixen's photos we see March snow in Tennessee, too. Right now you might feel like putting of...
Flickr Finds: Art and Chel's Bathroom Rehab...In Progress
Since the final days of bathroom month are upon us, we wanted to take a look at a beautiful bathroom in the making - a rehab by Art and Chel. Jump below for photos and details of the challenges and su...
Houndstooth Blanket
Houndstooth is so fun in small doses. As a pattern trend that pops up on AT semi-regularly, we've been thinking about a houndstooth purchase but can't quite decide in what way it is best suited. An up...
Earth Hour: Turn Out Your Lights Tomorrow Night!
On Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 8pm, turn off your lights for one hour to be part of a global statement on climate change. The Earth Hour even was created by the World Wildlife Fund and took place fo...
Bathroom Tour from Bungalow Tile
We've visited this bathroom for online inspiration many times. It's not fancy, but very basic, which is why we like it. If we could redo our apartment's bathroom from the ground up, we'd probably ch...
CHI Good Questions: Paint this Woodwork White and Replacing Closet Doors with Curtains?
Two questions in one from Jill: Hi! My husband and I are expecting twins in August and we are starting to plan where the whole family is going to sleep. We live in a small house and our second floor i...
CHI Scavenger: Art Deco Desk for $975 obo
Near Damen/Wilson, this rare 1920s Art Deco desk is for sale. The stunning piece is two-toned wood with chrome accents.
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Best of Home and Housewares 2008: Miam Miam
Miam Miam s booth at the Home and Housewares show looked a bit Jetsons-like...futuristic in a cartoony, vision of the sixties way. Which is a good thing......
CHI Open Thread: 103
Design Chat
Hello to Klem, Siongchinchan, and Farmhousemoderne!...
CHI House Tour: Pam's Unempty Nest
Name: Pam
Occupation: Rug Designer
Location: Albany Park in Chicago, IL
Type: 2 bedroom in a rehabbed 1920’s building
Size: 650 sq/ft
Years lived in: Owned for 5
>>Enter Tour Slideshow
The first...
Modern Design Auction Preview: The Seventies
Wright Auction House is holding the Modern Design auction this Sunday, March 30 at noon sharp. We've been poring over the auction catalog and choosing our picks from the fifties, sixties and seventies...
French Metal Cafe Chairs from Pottery Barn
These new French Cafe Chairs from Pottery Barn are almost identical to the Marais AC Chair (the 1934 design) from Design Within Reach, and at $199 they're $50 less. We haven't seen them in person, s...
CHI Good Questions: Color to "Whiten" These Cabinets?
Chris is looking for some color advice: "Please help! My apartment comes with these lacquered kitchen cabinets. They look somewhat white at night, but very yellow during the day. I'm thinking of paint...
Using the Bathroom as a Kitchen
Since moving and living among disarray and boxes and a non-functioning kitchen, we've resorted to using our bathroom as a make-shift kitchen. This is not the first time - we've been known to do dishes...
Open Storage in the Bathroom
Not for the faint of heart, open storage in the bathroom can be difficult to pull off. But if you can do it, it's great for creating a clean, uncluttered look that keeps all your supplies in view. C...
Modern Design Auction Preview: The Sixties
Wright Auction House is holding the Modern Design auction this Sunday, March 30 at noon sharp. We've been poring over the auction catalog and choosing our picks from the fifties, sixties and seventies...
Color Combo: Navy Blue and Naturals
We associate this color combo with Ralph Lauren's All-American style, although it can just as easily be interpreted as the starting point for a rustic Scandinavian look. It brings together two class...
Lela Line from Pottery Barn
This line of seating from Pottery Barn just screams spring - lightweight rattan, bright, and detailed. We really love those chairs, but we're not sure if they'd be suited for year-round use. Thoughts?...
How To: Have a Spa Day in Your Bathroom
We're nearing the end of bathroom month, and we've looked at ways to clean, organize, and renovate bathrooms. Still, we didn't want to let March slip by without talking about ways to relax in the ba...
Works in Progress: 5 Evolving Chicago HomesChicago Reader 03.27.08
We really love the Reader's annual "Nest" issue - we blogged it last year, and are happy to see it come around again. This time, it features five ever-changing Chicago homes - very interesting and sup...
Wood Tiles for the Bathroom
Back in April '06, Janel blogged these stunning mesquite wood tiles from Ann Sacks, which start at $42.62 per sq/ft. For $27 sq/ft we found some alternatives from Anchor Bay Tile. Still a big investme...
Armand Lee: Framing and Art Restoration
When I used to work at an art gallery, we used Armand Lee for framing and restoration several times. We knew that they would provide quality work, and their expertise in conservation and repair made...
Modern Design Auction Preview: The Fifties
Wright Auction House is holding the Modern Design auction this Sunday, March 30 at noon sharp. We've been poring over the auction catalog and choosing our picks from the fifties, sixties and seventies...
CHI Good Questions: OK to Wash These Cotton Curtains?
Alex is looking for some advice: "Hoping that someone can help. I have the sailcloth tab top curtains from Pottery Barn and as the final part of redoing my bedroom this month want to give them a good ...
CHI Sales Calendar: 03.27.08
Two FishMarch Sales...
Two Fish
Everything in the store is 20% off
March 27 - April 6
7401 W. Madison St., Forest Park, 708.366.6800...
KBIS Design Idea Center Sneak PreviewTraditional Home Magazine
One of the more entertaining sections of the giant KBIS (Kitchen and Bath) Show in Chicago is the Design Idea Center, put together by five of Meredith's publications. The magazines pull together sampl...
Tile Inspiration from Bisazza Mosaic
What if you stopped thinking of tile as material for a shower and started thinking of it as wallpaper? That's the question that Bisazza Mosaic asks. The Italian company is well-known for covering wa...
Florence Knoll Low Side Tables
We clipped the image above from the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living. To us, it's an ideal bedroom: clean, calm, and simple. The part of the photo we love the most is the bedside table, a class...
Colorful French BathroomsMarie Claire Maison
A small gallery of inspiration for bathroom month. Embracing color in a big way in what is often the smallest room in the house takes guts but can produce striking results...take a peek below for 6 m...
Toilet Signs Around the World
Toilet signs and images will always be a fascinating part of public life. We found this group of 59 toilet signs from around the world, and wonder if any of these would complete your at-home bathroom...
The Gallery: Julianna Swaney
Yesterday we featured 25 artworks under $50 from Etsy. One of those artists was Julianna Swaney of Oh My Cavalier. Her small drawings and prints reference fairy tales, populated with anthropomorphic...
CHI Good Questions: Suggestions For this Bathroom?
Jenny has a question for the community: "My father just recently bought a house in "as is" condition. The house contains many design challenges, though none as great as this bathroom. We are replaci...
Accessories for the Bathroom from Sprout Home
Jessica's post on the Magical Plant Garden got us thinking about plants for the bathroom. We got our bathroom tillandia plants at Sprout Home on Damen, so we thought we'd look there for ideas and go...
Scales for the Bathroom
Not ones to keep a scale at home, we are guessing that a lot of people do. If our hunch is right, we're wondering what the top choice is: digital or analog?...
CHI Spring Cure: Mid-Way Through Week Three
metromom's artwork in progress
This week, we're in the middle of organizing a landing strip to sort clutter at the door. As we declutter our homes, it helps to keep three questions in mind: 1) Do ...
What's In Your Outbox?
One of the greatest parts of the Cure is the outbox. A waystation of sorts - the place where those THINGS we don't really need, want or love can rest before leaving our homes forever. In our current o...
Long Tiles by Bryan Kerrigan
27 inches long! It's hard to visualize but these ceramic tiles by artist Bryan Kerrigan are indeed 27 inches long. The proportions are similar to subway tile...if said subway tile was on steroids! ...
Call for Entries!: Smallest Coolest 2008!
Gentlemen (and Ladies, of course) of the Midwest, start your engines! Small Cool 2008 is here and AT:Chicago is ready for your entries. Check out the contest page and spiffy entry form here and send u...
CHI Weekly Events Calendar: 03.26.08
Art & Design Events...
March is Bathroom Month on AT:Chicago
April is Small, Coolest Month!
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CHI Good Questions: Amy Butler's Bedside Lamps?
Kristina sent us an email: "There's a feature in the December issue of Blueprint on Amy Butler's home, and I'm dying to know about the wall lamps around her bed (there isn't any info that I could find...
CHI Scavenger: Vintage Maple Dresser for $850
A gorgeous mid-c piece in Andersonville: Maple dresser by Harvey Probber with top that opens to white laminate and two door cabinet with shelving. Condition looks fantastic!
Apartment Therapy Furnit...
Best of Home and Housewares 2008: Sagaform
As you walk the aisles of a giant show like Home and Housewares, great looking booths appear like an oasis in the desert of silicone oven mitts. Last week, Sagaform was one oasis......
Back Splashes in the Bathroom
How about a small tiled back splash for the bathroom sink? In addition to being practical in the way all back splashes are, they provide an opportunity to use some more decorative or high end tile in ...
Leaning Artwork Displays
We do this a lot in our own home, partly because we like the casual style of leaning artwork and partly because we switch things around so much that we try to avoid putting holes in the walls when w...
CHI Good Questions: Thrift Stores Near the Loop?
Paula's going to be in town this weekend and has a question for the AT readers: I have some time to kill in the Loop (vicinity of Chicago & Rush) on Saturday afternoon and was wondering if the readers...
Look! Installing Our Cork Flooring
Desperate to get our kitchen up and running so we can stop devouring take-out, we're inching closer and closer each day. The latest production: installing our cork floors over roughed-up wood floors t...
Is Your Dictionary on the Shelf or Online?
We recently received a new dictionary as a gift. Our old edition is the 1980 Oxford American Dictionary, so it's nice to have an updated volume with words like "google" and "blog." To be honest, tho...
Best of Modern Wallpaper: Pottock
Brand new, very interesting and green: hand silkscreened wallpapers using water based inks, without chemical treatments and on recycled paper by artist Geoff......
Bath Goods from Urban Outfitters
Oval silhouette hooks, $12
Although we've never bought anything for our bathroom at Urban Outfitters, the store came to mind when thinking about those quirky touches that sometimes fit right at home i...
CHI House Tour Roundup: Landing Strips
Mini Tour of Alex's Light-Filled Loft
Homes are very personal, private spaces, which is why we're always grateful to AT:Chicago's House Tour participants for letting us take a peek inside. The medi...
Fawn Galli's Family HomeDomino 04.08
Our favorite space in the new Domino? Decorator Fawn Galli's brownstone. Starting on page 130, the piece on Galli's home inspired us with the combination of color, exotic textiles and shiny surfaces....
A Restored Love of Mail-Order HomesCottage Living March 2008
Around the turn of the century, companies such as Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Ward sold homes out of catalogs. The houses were shipped to the home site, complete with instructions and numbered mat...
Mod Cats Collections
We just spotted Maryland's Mod Cats' site and their selection of mid-century greatness...including furniture, ceramics, lighting, glass and art. Take a peek at a few pieces:
...
Affordable Artwork: 25 Under $50
We get a lot of requests for affordable artwork suggestions. Although there are many options - just search our archives to see some - it can be hard to choose unless you set limitations for yoursel...
Hot or Not? Goldtone Flatware
At last years Dream Home, one of the top ten trends we saw emerging were gold metallic accents in the kitchen, for cabinetry hardware, faucets and flatware. We are wondering what you think about a gol...
CHI Good Questions: Kelly Green Accents?
Lesley sent us a good question: I'm just starting to redecorate my living room. The furniture includes black sofas, an eileen grey side table, and a lucite coffee table. I was hoping to add some kelly...
Arzu Rugs Nonprofit
Beyond the absolutely stunning collections and astounding craftsmanship, Arzu Rugs has a mission: Arzu, meaning hope in Dari, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides sustainable inco...
CHI Scavenger: Harvey Probber Walnut Cabinet for $875
In Andersonville, a vintage Harvey Probber cabinet circa 1950's. Made from Walnut , it is in excellent condition. Click below for links to this and more good finds:
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Guess the Decade: A Cook's Kitchen - The Answer
The latest round of Guess the Decade began last Friday with this photo of a cook's kitchen. We found the photo on from the designer's website and thought it was filled with all the little details that...
Super-Simple Landing Strip
This week during the Spring Cure we're looking into landing strips: those small spaces in an apartment where the outside world gets sorted into an organized, manageable system. We'll be featuring so...
Thrifty Ideas from Danny Seo's New Place
Danny Seo is settling in to a new home and is sharing the process on his blog - we pulled some of our favorite inexpensive products, projects and finds together here - jump below for photos and links:...
Red Leather Furniture at Urbanest
Red Lucca leather couchRed leather? We spotted these intriguing pieces on the Urbanest website, but as much as we enjoy looking at them online and imagining their interior scenario/household, it won't...
Best Products: Bamboo Bath Mat
We struggled with a fluffy white bathmat for a year. No matter how many times we washed it, it seemed to get dirty again after two showers. Despite its spa-like look, it felt grungy underfoot. Final...
CHI Good Questions: Adjustable Height Dining Table?
Rachel is looking for info: "I am wondering if anyone knows of a dining room table that can be adjusted to bar height? I am moving into a great loft with a really nice view out of windows that hit a...
Finding Your Style and Applying It
Some of the Spring Curers have mentioned that finding their style is a difficult process. It's different for everyone, but a good starting point is to take a photo you love and break it down. We sav...
Bold Graphic Shower Curtains
MonogramAvailable online or in-store at Atom in St. Louis, these fab graphic shower curtains are just one colorful, bold line among the stock at this shop. Our favorite: the coral and white "monogram"...
CHI Spring Cure: Week Three - The Landing Strip
Alana's coffee table paint options
We're moving on and up. Week Two is (already!) behind us, and this week we're focusing on two things that make a big impression in a home: ORGANIZATION and COLOR...
Pop Quiz: How to Fold a Towel the Martha Way?
We didn't know there was a way to fold a towel "properly", but, of course, why wouldn't there be? First take a guess on which is the "right" way to do it and then jump below to see if you'd get a gold...
Blue Moon Tub by Duravit
Duravit calls it "pool bathing." They claim that the rounded design of the Blue Moon tub encourages relaxation by allowing bathers to float effortlessly in the bubbly water.
All that sounds great ...
Pottery Barn Moorish Tile Rug
Leaping off the cover of the latest Pottery Barn catalog, this rug is looking good. Color, pattern, texture - check! Our favorite shade is the pineapple, but honestly... ...
8 Solutions for Bathroom Windows
Privacy and light are big issues when choosing bathroom window treatments. Natural light is really important in a small space, but bathroom windows need some serious cover-up. Click below for 8 solu...
CHI Good Question Revisted: Karen Decided on Dark Tiles
AfterKaren asked a good question last November and has completed the job. She sent us an update on how she feels about the final results, along with a thank you......
CHI Scavenger: West Elm White Modular Shelves for $20
In Hyde Park, a pair of white West Elm modular shelves for $20. More West Elm shelves and a lot of other great stuff below: Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our S...
Look! Happiness for $1.49
Those of us doing the Cure are bringing home flowers each week as a gift to ourselves and our homes - but for $1.49, no apartment within the range... ...
CHI Hot Posts: Glorily & Jeremy's Victorian, Drew's Bathroom, Vintage to Modern Reno & Chicago Real Estate - Rent or Buy?
Reader's favorite posts on AT:Chicago in the past week? A tour of Glorily and Jeremy's cozy perch above Wicker Park, Drew Barrymore's loo, a peek inside a condo for sale with all the details on the ...
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