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Can Cleaning Make You a Better Person?
Chicago Public Radio 11.03.09

According to a recent study conducted at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Business, the implication is yes. Researchers found a link between citrus-scented cleaners (rather than antiseptic scents) a...

Enter NOW: The Small Kids, Big Color Contest

The time has come for Ohdeedoh's annual search for wonderful, colorful kids rooms - the entry form for Small Kids, Big Color is up! Grab your camera today, get together 5 great photos of your child(re...

Illinois Dedicates $242 Million to Home Weatherization

Here in Chicago, the cold winters can make for high heating bills and lots of energy use, so we were happy to hear Governor Pat Quinn announce that a chunk of federal stimulus money will go to Illi...

Final Day to Enter: The Room for Color Contest

Today is the deadline for entries, so it's your last chance to send us in 5 great photos of your colorful room. If you'd like to be the one joining Maxwell in NYC this Spring for a Design Shopping we...

Urban Tree Forge at the G-20 Summit

Remember our friend Jason's project with Urban Tree Forge? Well, they've been busy again. This time for the G-20 economic summit at the Phipps Conservatory. Urban Tree Forge was asked to create 12 o...

2016 Olympics in Chicago?

Tomorrow, kids all across town will be wearing Chicago-themed clothes to school in hopes that their city will be chosen to host the 2016 Olympics. We know that our son's class will be watching the ann...

Here Comes the 2009 Room for Color Contest!

This year marks the fifth time around for our annual celebration of our readers wonderful, creative, colorful interiors. We're launching the contest this Friday and are planning some new twists - entr...

Bernard's Small Space in Canadian Architect

Remember this light and bright apartment from our 2009 Smallest Coolest contest? The September 09 issue of Canadian Architect magazine recently profiled its owner, Bernard, who works as a Heritage A...

Coming Soon from Domino's Former Market Editor: Lonny

Do you miss Domino? If you are like us, the answer is "yes" followed by a "very much" maybe even with a "desperately" in there somewhere if we're feeling dramatic. Since they closed up shop we've fel...

Pantone Fashion Color Report for Spring 2010

To celebrate Fashion Week from afar, we went to a matinee of the documentary about Vogue yesterday. As we watched The September Issue (loved it, especially the scenes featuring the work of Vogue Crea...

Confirmed: First West Elm Location in Chicago

Back in February (brrrr - we don't even want to think about last winter!), we put together a post, based on an email from a reader about the possible locations for the first West Elm in the city. Acco...

Store Closing: Prairie Avenue Bookshop

Sad news for lovers of interior design monographs and rare architecture books. Chicago's premier architectural bookstore, Prairie Avenue Bookshop, will be closing this month. On the upside, the stor...

Trend Watch: Retailers are Banking On... Plaid?

Yesterday on NPR's Marketplace, we heard a story about apparel retailers who are trying to pull themselves out of the current economic slump by betting on plaid as a "must-have" for fall. Unlike mar...

Patina Moves to Andersonville

One of our favorite vintage shops has a new home. Owner Alan Shull (of Alan's Andersonville Loft) has just moved his shop full of fabulous finds to Andersonville.... ...

Tweet About Your Landlord...and Get Sued?

A Chicago resident tweeted a complaint about her landlord to her 22 followers and in response, that landlord has filed a libel lawsuit for $50,000.......

Kinetic Opens to the Public
Montreal

Kinetic Living Concept is a Montreal-based company providing reproduction and original design furnishings for the home. Up until now, they were distributors of contemporary furnishings to retailers ...

Happy Canada Day: A Roundup of Great Canadian Homes

We've been enjoying the content coming in from the Apartment Therapy readers in Canada - over the years, we've discovered wonderful spaces and great resources from this design-loving community. To he...

Elle Decor Tops in Shelter Category

Today, Elle Decor announced that, for the first time, it has taken the #1 spot in the Shelter Category. For the period of Jan - July 2009, the magazine......

Goodbye to Pierre Paulin

We heard the sad news that the French furniture designer Pierre Paulin passed away this week at the age of 81. We found out from the staff at the Chicago Ligne Roset store, when we were in the shop t...

Sneak Preview: FLOR's First Store...Opening Friday!

The carpet tile company, FLOR, has had a storefront location in the past (in Santa Monica) but it was strictly for "show" - a way to let consumers know about their unusual product. They've now jumped...

Bisazza Chicago Flagship Store Opens!

The Chicago flagship for Bisazza (the absolutely beautiful Italian mosaic tiles) opened last night with a wonderful party. Packed to the gills with partygoers sipping champagne by 7pm, we got there e...

Simply Green Blog Launches : Ideas, Tips & Giveaways

Simply Green is the name of the line that Danny Seo works on with JCPenney and, as of today, it is also the name of a new blog they are collaborating on. It is a place where "you'll find lots of easy ...

Defaulting on Extra Space: Self-Storage Auctions
NPR's Morning Edition

On NPR the other day, we heard a story about the effect of the economic downturn on self-storage units. Many people who can't afford to pay their fees have defaulted on their spaces, so storage prov...

Too Cool: Frank Lloyd Wright Lego!

Lego lovers and architecture lovers have a lot in common, in fact, many of the people we know and love are card-carrying members of both of those groups. We were so happy to hear from the kind folks a...

The Art Institute of Chicago's New Modern Wing

click thumbnails for larger picsThe eagerly anticipated new modern wing of the AIC is set to hold its grand opening this Saturday, May 16. Featuring the museum's modern collections of Modern Europea...

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