Sneak Peek: BoConcept Chicago
AT editor Sarah and I had the pleasure of recently visiting the new BoConcept on Clybourn Ave. for a sneak peek at the showroom. The store's doors opened quietly over a week ago, and people are notici...
AT editor Sarah and I had the pleasure of recently visiting the new BoConcept on Clybourn Ave. for a sneak peek at the showroom. The store's doors opened quietly over a week ago, and people are notici...
Here it is! Our finished table. It's not in our house yet, but it's getting close. Along with this farm table we also ordered two other custom-built pieces of furniture from David Ellison of the Lorim...
I recently made a short weekend trip back to my hometown of University City, St. Louis. Since "U City" is the neighborhood that houses Washington University, it's sort of like a college town within ...
Based in Austin, Texas, reupholsterers Amanda Brown and Lizzie Joyce revive vintage furniture, then list it for sale through their website and Etsy shop, Spruce Home. They have a great eye for updat...
We could include a cheesy tie in to some Beach Boys surfing song here -- but we won't. Instead, we'll just let you admire the Surfin occasional table in peace. We imagine that if a Eames molded plyw...
Madmen-mania makes us want to pour a stiff drink, freshen up our lipstick and pick up something nice at Spinario Design, one of Minneapolis’ great mid-century semi-secrets. ...
Habitat for Humanity runs the Re-Store in Kansas City, Mo. It sells goods that have been salvaged out of houses for contractors and homeowners alike to use. Most days of the week it is packed to the...
Shorpy bills itself as the 100-year-old photo blog. In fact, this visual blog specializes in photos through the sixties. Everything from Ebay finds to famous photographers are posted here and can ofte...
Yesterday we stopped by P.O.S.H., one of our favorite stores for vintage dishware in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. If you like French provincial style, this is the place for you. They have a ve...
On a walk through the Ukrainian Village this weekend we came across Grand Street Gardens and went in to take some photos. This source for green gardening supplies has stacks of glazed pots organized...
"In an age of fads, mass production and questionable quality, it is refreshing to savor those things which are timeless, unique, and reflect the pride of craftsmanship." That is the philosophy behind...
Svenska Mobler specializes in a very specific niche: Swedish Modernist and Argentine Functionalist 20th Century furniture. Both mid-century styles have rich wood tones and and clean lines. The shop ...
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...
Fifty, fifty, fifty. 50 artists, 50 signed and numbered limited edition prints, 50 bucks each. That is the concept behind Slingshot Press, an new project from David Van Alpen of DVA Gallery in Chicag...
Designed to fit in the length of a bath tub, here is a multi-functional "shower cabin". The Tris contains a shower with hydro massage, a steam bath and a sauna......
Dolly Parton by Jenny Hart, 15 x 17 inches, Private Collection We've posted Sublime Stitching on AT before, but checking through our archives we realized this online shop wasn't in any of our stor...
CB2 has a number of sofas on sale right now, all for under $1,000. Some of these have gotten good reviews on AT (like the Lubi Daybed and Marcel Sofa). Click below for links and prices......
Wooden salt 'n pepper setOver the weekend we made one of our semi-regular stops into the Broadway Antique Market. While much of the stock hangs around for months and months, here are a few things we h...
We're always on the lookout for well-made pieces that last, which is why we love Salvage One on Hubbard Street. Their ever-changing inventory is salvaged from buildings in Chicago and elsewhere, and...
On a recent weekend visit to Ravenswood Antique Mart we snapped a bunch of photos of what is available currently....jump below for the finds: ...
If you're like us and don't have a built-in closet in your bedroom (or almost any room), you've got to think outside the closet. Wardrobes are freestanding closets that you can move when you need to...
A few years ago, I worked at a gallery that had a wonderful selection of African Art (for those of you looking to buy African pieces in Chicago...the gallery was Ann Nathan in River North). I loved ...
Allison Denny and Shana Price opened Stems on Ashland Avenue in 2001. Since then, the team of floral designers have supplied an impressive list of corporate clients including Harpo Productions, InSt...
Emilyn prints beautiful textiles and sells them online in her Etsy shop. The shop, Supercozy, shares the same name as one of her blogs (the other: It's (K)not Wood). The "cloth objects for the home...
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...