Apartment Therapy Shopping Guide Listing for C

Chinese Whisper by William Warren

We've got a thing for blue willow, so we were excited to see William Warren's new take on a classic pattern. In his Chinese Whisper collection, standard white china is printed with the traditional w...

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...

CHI Good Questions: Bohus of Retrothing's Lamp Mystery

Bohus sent us in a good question: "My mother bought this hanging lamp in a Danish furniture store in the late 60's. She had just immigrated to the U.S., fell in love with the lamp, and bought it desp...

Crocheted Afghans

These are the perfect spring blankets - beautiful, lightweight, and full of vintage charm. We like to pair afghans with modern furniture to warm up a contemporary space while toning down the stereot...

CorkStore.com

AT:NY mentioned CorkStore a while ago in their review of Jelinek Cork Products, and we recently followed that lead to look for supplies for a project of our own. In our search for small cork sheets,...

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

We are in awe of these floors! Farmhouse chic thrives at Carlisle but we've also never seen wide-planked flooring look so modern and fresh. Yet in green terms, this flooring is the furthest thing fr...

CHI Good Questions: Adjustable Height Dining Table?

Rachel is looking for info: "I am wondering if anyone knows of a dining room table that can be adjusted to bar height? I am moving into a great loft with a really nice view out of windows that hit a...

Chicago Architecture Foundation Store

Located on Michigan Avenue across from the Art Institute, the Chicago Architecture Foundation Store is in the middle of a tourist hub. They have a wide selection of guidebooks and Chicago paraphern...

CoolTiles

If a tiling project is next on your list, check out CoolTiles before you do a thing. Their webstore is a virtual warehouse of tile in glass, stone, metal, and even blended medium, like a combo marble...

Caste

Remarkably beautiful things in an amazing storefront space. Soaring ceilings, huge windows and gallery-like white walls compliment the hand-made pieces......

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...

Console Desks

In our search for a console desk for our budget apartment makeover, we looked around the web for some inspiration. Many of these aren't what you'd call budget items, but it never hurts to look at we...

Cooper Used Hotel Furniture

We got a great reader tip from Alana about a spot our friends had just pointed out during Pilsen's Second Friday art walk. Coooper Used Hotel Furniture sounds like a scavenger adventure according to A...

Crate and Barrel Outlet

We stop in here regularly - it is right by Trader Joes, and we burn through milk at our place pretty fast. If we have a few minutes to spare we take a peek. The savings on the items at the Crate and...

Cole Scego Design

Cole Scego is a rural Missouri-based "furniture designer/fabricator/powder coater." Cole's philosophy: As the world moves toward the ideology of sustainability and away from the love of consumerism a...

Community Home Supply

A great resource, Community Home Supply is an extensive showroom of bath and kitchen goods. This is often the first stop on the list for Chicagoans considering a bathroom or kitchen renovation. The...

Creativity Explored Store

Our friend Andy kindly clued us in to a totally original online resource for art. The Creativity Explored store has a fantastic lineup of work done at an arts center in SF. Creativity Expored is a n...

Chicago Firewood

Tis the season. We use our fireplace all the time. We like those goofy duraflame or javalogs, they are the perfect size. Light one before dinner and it burns for 3-4 hours - just right. BUT - if...

Chicago Bauhaus Academy

So you want to be a furniture maker? Maybe you've thought about attempting to create some original pieces for your place. Looking at Prairie Mod this morning we saw a post on a Chicago resource that i...

Colori

A new paint shop has opened in Chicago. Colori sells the high end, high pigment C2 paint system. They offer a Color Lab, color consultations, color matching and classes. The claim: the C2 paints o...

Chicago Antique Market

We are big fans of the Chicago Antique Market. We love this event and try to make it each month. It has it all: Shopping, snapping (pix), sipping, snacking and snooping (people watching). It is our...

Clark-Devon Hardware

Since moving way up to the north side last year, we've used the Clark-Devon Hardware store for practically everything. And now that we know about it, we certainly would have, should have, could have b...

Crypton: Design your own pet bed

If you've ever wanted to design your own pet bed, you are in luck. Crypton, who makes pet beds for DWR, will custom make the bed you design from their "superfabrics". Crypton is known for it's cr...

Curran

Curran is a catalog/online retailer that started as a flyer mailed to 20 people in 1996. Based in Seattle, it has grown based on a simple idea. When you shop with Curran, the products are shipped di...

City Farm

"City Farm is a sustainable organic farm bordering two very diverse Chicago neighborhoods: Cabrini Green and The Gold Coast. Located on the west side of Clybourn Avenue, just north of Division Street...

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