Works in Progress: 5 Evolving Chicago HomesChicago Reader 03.27.08

Works in Progress: 5 Evolving Chicago Homes
Chicago 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 super personal. As the Reader puts it: " It’s your taste, energy, skill, and cold hard cash that determine what goes in, and on, your house. Essentially, it’s you. The people profiled here have taken that fact to heart..."

Jump below for lots of photos and links:

The Artist - Brian Bonebrake - West Loop

The Pros - Alex Dunham & Eve Fineman - Mayfair

The Restorer - David Teplica - Uptown

The Bloggers - Steve & Jocelyn Gerard - East Rogers Park

The Grandaddies - Sol Kogan and Edgar Miller's Carl Street Studios - Old Town

Check out the full article here: Chicago Reader

Comments (9)

"The Professionals" is by far my favorite. Nice detailing, clean lines, good storage solutions, accommodates their son.

posted by NathanSE on March 27th 2008 at 10:27am
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wow, not a single family of color in CHICAGO?!

nonetheless, nice homes...

posted by k in ditmas on March 27th 2008 at 11:05am
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because naturally you can not relate to someone's home unless you're the same color skin as them...

posted by geek details on March 27th 2008 at 11:18am
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rierei, do you live here?
i've never once been on the train where there are no black/asian/hispanic people. it is a bit odd that out of six homes all the people are white.

posted by any such name on March 27th 2008 at 11:54am
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The daughter's doll isn't white

posted by JG on March 27th 2008 at 9:07pm
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why isnt any1 commenting on that creepy picture of the topless little girl?

posted by SD913 on March 28th 2008 at 5:49am
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I was just thinking that SD913. That creeps me out beyond belief. Wrong on so many levels; and only one is design related.

posted by Melissa82 on March 29th 2008 at 4:21am
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The creepy picture reminds me of the Ann Beattie novel Picturing Will -- and not in a good way. Gross.

posted by madampince on July 27th 2008 at 10:07am
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The fact that you people see something sexual in a shirtless 2-3 year old freaks me out. That's a beautiful little kid. Would you be upset if it were a little boy without a shirt? No, you wouldn't. What is up with Americans trying to sexualize little kids? You guys are the creeps, not the photographer. Yikes!

posted by Mitch707 on November 4th 2009 at 4:47pm
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