Chicago Home + Garden

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Concrete wallpaper from Dutch designer Piet Boon.

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Ceramics from Heather Braun-Dahl.

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Wow, what a bright kitchen. Too much or totally awesome?

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Eclectic Design Its a lot, but it works with the enormous windows and somewhat fades into the background. I think its fun!

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A TV is concealed by a custom-made sliding barn door.

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The unfussy bedroom is minimalistic but cozy. Reclaimed-wood ledges serve as nightstands, and built-in closets eliminate the need for dressers.

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Cedar siding and galvanized piping in the foyer stairwell show how exterior materials work beautifully inside this house, too. The flooring is gray-washed wide-planked hickory.

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With its reclaimed-elm top and factory-style steel frame, the dining table is a down-to-earth presence in the narrow but airy room, where windows on three sides fill the space with light.

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The screened porch provides a view of the woods that make up almost half the property. A funky red factory cart used as a coffee table provides a focal point.

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John Toniolo (standing) and Jeff Harting chose Shaker-style cabinets with contemporary hardware for the kitchen. A sleek faucet and stainless steel farmhouse sink—along with the bold floor-to-ceiling subway tiles—are subtle reminders that this house is a modern take on a traditional form.

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The owners’ daughter and her lucky dog hang out on the cedar walkway that leads through an area planted with prairie dropseed grass. “We were careful that the structure felt natural and not contrived,” says Harting. He and Toniolo worked closely with Sara Furlan at Mariani Landscaping.

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Beach rocks are displayed in an antique muffin pan and a candy mold on the coffee table.

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The fireplace surround in the living room is faced with micro-hammered limestone; shelves hold vintage books, lap desks, and other collectibles.

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The traditional T-shaped farmhouse (another wing protrudes from the back on the left side) is connected by a loggia to a three-car garage.

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De Thomis This type of house is call a "Tennessee T"

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Friday, May 11, 5-10 p.m. is the opening party for Modern Cooperative, a new shop at 818 W. 18th St. that offers mostly mid-century modern furnishings, and, on monthly rotation, pieces by local artisans who work with reclaimed and repurposed materials.

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Aren't these trays from Gretel Home gorgeous?

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Bulthaup’s b2 Poetic Analysis cabinet, in walnut or oak, can be customized to tidily stash all manner of dishes, glasses, cookware, and kitchen tools. With its doors closed, you’d never know what’s going on in there.

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$2,290.00

Philippe Starck used DuraCeram, a ceramic material developed to be impact resistant and able to withstand extremes of temperature, for his Starck K kitchen sink for Duravit, $1,465 to $2,290 (includes faucet), at Hydrology. The side piece accommodates any of four Starck K wooden cutting boards; the sink’s raised rim can support specially designed colanders.

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$175.00

Spicy standing knife holder by Legnoart hides six rubber-handled stainless steel steak knives in an artful bundle of rubber sheaths, $175, at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.

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Cast-porcelain condiment dishes (with matching spoons) by Japanese-born, Pennsylvania-based ceramist Hiroe Hanazono.

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$118.00

Philippe Starck’s polycarbonate Masters chair is one chic seat, $224, at Orange Skin. Tibetan wool Carnival rug by Paul Smith, from $116 per square foot, at The Rug Company. Abstract Idea wool and cotton chevron-patterned crewel pillow, 24 by 30 inches, $118, at Anthropologie.

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$899.00

Everett armchair upholstered with quilts made from overdyed indigo kantha fabric, $899, at West Elm.

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Hand-carved gilded Italian chair, circa 1890, restored and upholstered with vintage Japanese boro, $5,200 for a pair, at Maison Suzanne.

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Boro Stitch bedding inspired by traditional Japanese indigo-dyed patched-rag textiles, $498 (queen quilt) and $118 (pair of standard shams), at Anthropologie.

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Suzanne Lovell’s coffee-table book is an instant education in how art and furniture can live in harmony

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This office, designed by Gregga Jordan Smiezny, is filled with shades of celery green, nicely complementing the woods in the room.

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Glenview homeowner Amy Schneider was raised in a house decorated in neutrals. “I vowed that when I grew up, I’d have a different color in every room,” she says...

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The ipe-sheathed third-floor atrium is ringed with clerestory windows that ventilate the entire house.

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An ipe-clad deck with an outdoor fireplace sits atop the new garage and opens into a new family room adjoining the kitchen.

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In the children’s Jack-and-Jill bathroom, glass and recycled-content ceramic tiles surround the mirrors; Celador, a durable quartz composite, was used for the countertops.

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An “endless” lap pool (water jets provide a current to swim against) in the newly deepened basement wasn’t one of the couple’s original requirements, but “we already had enough guest rooms and thought this would be a good addition,” says the wife.

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Clerestory windows provide light and ventilation in the master bath when the blinds in the bay are closed for privacy.

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The third-floor landing borders an atrium that ventilates the house with windows that operate automatically via temperature sensors.

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The kitchen, which has Energy Star appliances and a system of stainless steel cabinets from WPA Chicago, is designed so husband and wife can cook at the same time without getting in each other’s way. The bar countertop and the Calligaris table and banquette in the dining nook are made of walnut.

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Reflective overhangs on windows in the south-facing bay bounce natural light into the house and off the ceilings year-round; they offer cooling shade in the summer without compromising passive solar heating in the winter.

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The limestone on the stair treads, grooved for safety, comes from Indiana; low-iron glass panels are topped with walnut handrails.

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Vintage and new pieces furnish a seating area in front of the restored marble fireplace in the living room.

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On the main staircase, frosted-glass risers are illuminated from behind; a coat of textured plaster, punctuated by steel expansion joints for crack resistance, clads the support wall.

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The bed in the library loft is covered with a throw from Post 27.

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A vignette created by Teresa Surratt and Angela Finney-Hoffman includes a collection of fishing lures, vintage binoculars hanging from a spindle, framed collages by Chad Kouri (of the design collective The Post Family), and old photos of hunting and fishing scenes.

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The owner made the stump stools from trees that fell on the property after a tornado; the table is by Steven Teichelman.

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A library loft.

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A chandelier suspended by block and tackle incorporates antlers shed on the Camp Wandawega grounds. Sleeping lofts are accessed by reinforced vintage ladders.

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David Hernandez (left) and Tereasa Surratt enjoy an evening on the deck with Tyler Peterson, below light fixtures made from Ball jars and Edison bulbs.

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A side yard offers space for a patio and garden. The balcony opens off the master bedroom.

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Among the architects’ cost-saving moves was buying cheap galvanized steel exterior doors and stripping the paint from them for an industrial look indoors.

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On a bedroom wall, the couple hung a large 1970s textile they bought on eBay for $150.

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The copper windows are original to the building.

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Instead of installing expensive custom windows, the architects put a stationary fire-station-style garage door in an opening that previously had allowed trucks to drive through this former powerhouse.

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A wall of Ikea storage units allows Lisa Santos, a chef, to keep her tools and dishes nearby, yet obscured by frosted glass.

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The front entrance of the condo faces an alley. What appears to be a garage is not one; the other side of the garage door is insulated and covered with drywall.

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