Apartment Therapy: Suburbs

At Work Design

We're really excited about the opening of Forest Park store @ Work Design, since they carry some of our favorite lines that aren't always easy to find here in Chicago. The roster includes BluDot, M...

M&M Movers

Coming from a friend who just used M&M Movers for her condo-to-house move, the experience was stellar. Beyond doing the job well and quickly, the movers also went out of their way to pick up some othe...

McMaster-Carr Supply Company

Talk about rave reviews. Like many of you, our experience with McMaster-Carr was stellar. On a search for some basic cork to use as kitchen cabinet siding, my husband ordered at 11 a.m. on Tuesday and...

Grand Opening: The Tile Shop

With a grand opening co-hosted by Chicago Home + Garden, we caught an after-glimpse of the party at The Tile Shop's new Countryside location (one of five Chicago suburb locations): ...

Prairieland Estate Services Co.

On Saturdays only (or other days by chance or appointment), Prairieland Estate Services in Niles opens its doors for your perusal of estate treasures, furniture, artwork, and lighting. We prefer to do...

Island Girl Salvage

There's nothing better than a good rescue. Island Girl Salvage shows that rescue has many benefits, and buying those salvaged goods reaps identical benefits and sentiments:A love of historical preserv...

Green Home Experts

Another one on the green home supply circuit: Green Home Experts in suburban Oak Park. As members of such organizations as the U.S. Green Building Council, Co-op America, and the Chicago Sustainable...

IQ Matics

Our first introduction to suburban IQ Matics was with these wonderful (and expensive) Iker chairs. Established in 2001 and specializing in the "finest authentic award wining European furniture from ...

Chicago Design: Nevin Peters Woodworking

We first learned about Nevin Peters at the Guerilla Truck Show here in Chicago. This Berwyn-based furniture designer and craftsman was trained at the Bauhaus Apprenticeship Institute, and his collect...

Urban Totem

A shop focused on true eclectic tastes - in the form of antique chandeliers, mirrors, artwork, and furnishings. The Evanston shop boasts, "1910 prams, a carousel horse, outsider art shelves, toys, ex...

Joey's Movers

Joey's Movers (and Trucking company) moved us in less than 3 hours last weekend. Although we don't have that much stuff, we were not looking forward to someone else handling it all. Most of our lar...

Al Bar Wilmette Platers and Wilmette Hardware

We just bought a vintage industrial oven/stove secondhand. It needs a thorough clean-up, including refinishing a front panel. After deciding to get the panel plated in nickel, Wilmette Hardware came ...

C&M Wilkins and Fieldstone Cabinetry

We met interior designer Maggie Wilkins recently, who specializes in renovation, cabinetry and design. As a distributor of Feldstone Cabinetry: We are an approved participant in the KCMA Environment...

Jubilee Furniture: Vintage Finds at Thrift Store Prices

After AT reader Barry tipped us off to Jubilee Furniture, we made the trek to suburban Carol Stream to scout for vintage finds. (Important to note: The store is only open on Fridays from 3-8 pm and ...

Lumber Liquidators

No frills, but to the point. Our trip out to Arlington Heights to check out nationwide Lumber Liquidators was quick, painless, and fruitful. We'd been on the hunt for new cork flooring for the kitchen...

Mitsuwa Marketplace Chicago

Open 365 days a year, in Arlington Heights, we probably only get to Mitsuwa Marketplace two out of those 365. Last Saturday was one of those days. We hit Mitsuwa (on the way to IKEA) for the grand du...

Wilmette Hardware

This one is a reader tip: We got an email from Tom last week about Wilmette Hardware... "I have been working with a great shop in Wilmette, Il. Al Bar Wilmette and Wilmette Hardware.com provided t...

kuhl studios

Modern art glass. Guido Goldkuhle is a glass craftsman based in Traverse City, MI and much of his work is done in Chicago. He does custom work of all types and also has a line of interior and exte...

Fly Bird

Curious items for the happy home, body, and mind: that's Fly Bird in Oak Park, a shop for fun, colorful, sometimes wacky and always curious household items, lighting, gifts and more. While a lot o...

Vogue Fabrics

(With recent discussion on the open thread about fabric stores, we're re-posting a March entry from AT:NY before our Chicago launch. Hope this helps!) So, you sew? In the Midwest, every serious sewer...

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