The Portuguese Galo de Barcelos
This national symbol of Portugal - the rooster (galo), symbolizes honesty, integrity, trust and honor. We received a tiny ceramic rooster from a Portuguese roommate several years ago, and have held on...
This national symbol of Portugal - the rooster (galo), symbolizes honesty, integrity, trust and honor. We received a tiny ceramic rooster from a Portuguese roommate several years ago, and have held on...
Earlier this week, we rounded up a few small space wine racks. Today, we're sharing one of our own solutions to the space dilemma. We like using small patterned glasses to serve wine and cocktails. ...
Known for its stationery and card selection, All She Wrote is also a monogramming megaland. For the monogramming novice, the store offers suggestions and tips for getting things just right. Did you kn...
We owe a great big Thank You to AT readers, Molly and Pam, for introducing us to The Sweden Shop. This quaint but unbelievably roomy shop is a wonderland of Scandinavian home design. It's expected...
A great online shop for specialty items, pieces from Lekker have been profiled on AT a few times. Always stylish and easy to search, we especially like to see what shows up on the "Hot" list. Click ...
Velocity Art and Design is one of those shops that we bet you've visited virtually at least once. Why is Velocity such a "go-to" online shop? One is history - they've been around since 1999 - anothe...
In winter, nothing's better than drinking hot chocolate or coffee out of a mug that you really love. We've had good luck with a set of mugs we bought a few years ago at Anthropologie, similar to the...
Red plastic cups can only go so far. Some parties (and guests) require the real stuff. Cue lushLYFE, the one-stop-shopping cocktail hour boutique. This online shop specializes solely in glass and b...
Drink. Recycle. Drink again. The Green Glass Company is a small glass studio in Wisconsin that specializes in re-purposing discarded wine and beer bottles into glassware. Using specially enginee...
Deep in the Rockies, there lives a home boutique that might be quaint (if it wasn't so enormous). Steamboat Art Company has been a purveyor of anything fun, artistic, and unusual with a western flai...
Distinctive style with a sense of humor is how we'd describe Jonathan Adler and his Chicago shop. Super successful but not overly serious, he seems to be enjoying his ride as a celebrity designer, ...
The home design/art shop in Andersonville, Haus, has significantly grown since its Oct. '06 opening. We stopped in last week, spoke with owner Greg Steffans about the artists he represents in the sho...
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...
iQ living just opened. It is housed in a brand new building that went up over the summer; it seems that the paint could barely be dry but they are open for business. We took a quick walk-through ye...
We discovered these handmade ceramics by Little Flower Designs online, and only wish there were even more teacups, teapots, sushi sets, and vases. Linda Johnson's stoneware creations are handmade fro...
2 Jane is such a good online resource for imported interior accessories, we thought we should include it here in our guide. It features products from independent designers in the UK, which means they...
A modern old-fashioned shop. An oxymoron, yes, but it does describe RR#1 Chicago. It is housed in a 1930's apothecary just north of Chicago Avenue on Ashland, and is full of original details like mo...
Browsing through the MCA Store can be a bit like walking wide-eyed around the museum itself. We mostly go for the book selection and range of fun, beautiful cards, but the store also has a slew of h...