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Roger Brown House in New Buffalo, Michigan

New Buffalo, Michigan has been coming up in conversation a lot lately. Three years ago, I took a drive with my dad to see if his grandparents' house was still there (a place he spent many childhood su...

South Side Factory to Home Conversion:
Chicago Home + Garden May/June 2008

The May/June issue of Chicago Home + Garden covers a lot of the things we love: Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home, local designer updates (Hillary Estes), product themes and colorful summer ideas. Of the...

CHI House Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home

>> Enter Slideshow Yesterday, we trekked down to the Museum of Science and Industry to do the press tour of architect Michelle Kaufmann’s MK Solaire, which officially opens today. It was stormy, ...

Jim and Kari's Evanston Home in CS Interiors

Jim and Kari shared their fantastic Evanston home with us back in November. Seems that CS Interiors was as impressed by the space as we ATers were. Jim and Kari were featured in the Spring issue of th...

CHI House Tour: Susannah and Jeff's Hyde Park Home

Name: Susannah, Artist and Interior Decorator (former Structural Engineer) and Jeff, Architect and Jazz Drummer Location: Hyde Park Size: 550 sq. foot Vintage Condo - circa 1907 Years lived in:1.5 ...

AT Book Alert: Update on Marilyn and Peter

Name: Marilyn and Peter (The Franks and F2) Home Then: Ranch Style House in Skokie Home Now: 2 bedroom Duplex Condo in Albany Park, Chicago Marilyn and Peter's former home is one of the 40 feature...

CHI House Tour: Amy's New Place in West Rogers Park

Note: Due to the server crashes yesterday that made the slideshow for this tour unviewable for much of the day, we are re-publishing today - Enjoy! Name: Amy Location: West Rogers Park, Chicago, IL...

AT Book Alert: Update on Melissa and Matt

Name: Melissa and Matt Home Then: 550 sq. foot rental apartment Home Now: Same home but with new paint, colors and a few new pieces Melissa and Matt's home is one of the 40 featured in our new boo...

CHI House Tour: Jessica & Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget

Name: Jessica, a graphic designer and Alex, a packaging engineer Location: Evanston Size: 1920's 3 Bedroom Condo - (Don't know the square footage; too lazy to measure) Years lived in: 2 >> Enter Sl...

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...

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...

CHI House Tour: Glorily and Jeremy's Evolving Wicker Park Victorian

Name: Glorily and Jeremy Location:Wicker Park Years lived in: Almost 3 years, until the owner sold the building Glorily took amazing photos of the apartment she and Jeremy shared before they (sadly)...

CHI House Tour "Before": Arthur's Long Distance Home

By now, many of you have enjoyed touring Arthur's new home in Chicago - if you haven't, be sure to check out the full tour here. When arranging the tour, we found out that Arthur had photos of the "b...

CHI House Tour: Arthur's Long Distance Home

Name: Arthur Location: River West Size: 1000 sq. ft. Years lived in: 10 months We met Arthur at the AT: Chicago House Tour Party last December. He has recently moved to Chicago - nothing unusual ab...

CHI House Tour: Dave's New Place

Name: Dave (you may "know" him from his old apartment) Location: Chicago Size: 900 sq. ft. Years lived in: 8 months Welcome again to Dave! His previous home was the subject of of this Andersonville...

CHI House Tour: Christy & John's Logan Square Bungalow

Name: Christy and John Occupation: Public Health Project Manager and Publishing Sales Rep, respectively Location: Logan Square Type: Wood-frame bungalow, circa 1904 Size: 1500 sq ft Years Lived In: ...

House Tour: Zoka's East Village "Open" House

Today we are revisiting one of our favorite house tours, which we photographed in the summer of 2006. Zoka's home is featured in the new issue of Domino (page 91) which got us thinking that we should ...

House Tour Roundup: Chicago Bedrooms

Bedrooms - One of the more private rooms in the house, it is not the usual spot to present your design style; one often feels more comfortable decorating it just as you like, with less thought to how ...

CHI House Tour: Sa's Family Home in the City

Name: Sa, Scott and Theo Location: West Ridge Size: 1700 sq/ft Years lived in: 3 (rented one year, then bought the 3-flat) Sa fell in love with her apartment. After years of East Coast living, she...

House Tour: James and Rui's Prefab Paradise

Name: James and Rui Location: Eliot, Maine Type: Modern Prefab Home Size: 2,000 square feet of finished living space Years lived in: One-and-a-half When James and Rui were ready to build on thei...

House Tour: Meg and Ross' Life in Logan Square

Names: Meg and Ross Location: Logan Square, Chicago Size: 800 sq. feet Years lived in: 1 Meg and Ross live in Logan Square and were scouted out by Evan who photographed their cozy apartment for AT....

Mini House Tour: Pam's Art-Filled Condo

We got an email from Pam just before the holidays: I have tons of art in my home (1119 square foot condo), which I use as a rotating gallery, since I paint myself. My idea is to keep the furnishings...

House Tour: Danny & Chris' Budgeted Success

Name: Danny and Chris Profession: Graphic Designer & author of FrugalFag.com and Pediatrician (respectively) Location: Oak Park, IL Owned/Rented: Owned Type: 2 bedrm, 1 bath, building built around 1...

AT House Tour Party: Mini Tour of Alex Fuller's Loft

Here is the final of our mini-tours from our House Tour Party earlier this month. Alex (of The Post Family) is no stranger to the house tour experience...his loft was featured in an AT:Chicago house ...

House Tour: Doug's Home for the Holidays

Name: Doug Davis Profession: Interior Designer - Dungan Nequette Architects Location: Mountain Brook (Birmingham), Alabama Size/Type: 2 bedroom/1 bath 1948 garden apartment, rented Years lived in: 5...

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