Heavenly Baths

A newly built house in Roscoe Village is a light-filled family home full of luxurious touches

In Door County, innovative design, eco-smart materials, and the loveliest of lake breezes make green dreams come true.

Glamorous new knobs and pulls in luxurious materials transform doors, drawers, and entire rooms

An enterprising do-it-yourselfer gives the outdated kitchen in her lakefront apartment a contemporary makeover

A panel of pros gives us the scoop on specialty paint finishes — and avoiding cheesiness

When we spotted this sturdy little box at Scout, Larry Vodak’s Andersonville antique shop, we knew it had potential because—well, Vodak thought so, and we trust him. Originally used to store petri dishes in a laboratory, it’s now a functional-looking glass and steel cube in search of a function. We asked Vodak and four local interior designers to tell us how they’d use it in a home

Decorator Todd Haley levitates commercial materials to high-style status

A distinctive mid-century house teaches its owners how to garden

The coolest couple on the block hosts a party, Moroccan style

A peek inside the owner of Hejfina boutique’s down-to-earth loft

A long-time designers’ favorite, Vintage Pine and its galleries offer a wealth of one-of-a-kind antiques and accessories for the home

Discriminating interior designers have long called on Tony Ciavola

Wilmette Lighting offers the styles of the first half of the 20th century with the technology of today.

Matt Lorenz and Erik Kolacz talk design at NoMI.

The new Raul Carrasco showroom in River North—the first outside of Miami—is a gleaming example of how to do global right.

A globetrotting antiques dealer, Denise Odell, answers some questions about her areas of expertise.

Clean-lined, earthy-looking tables, bed frames, dressers, and chairs

A mix of cheeky, Old Hollywood elegance and updated takes on classic modern

Steven Haulenbeek, a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, launched a Web site to showcase the fruits of his labor and became the talk of the town

Raise your bathroom’s standard of living—one good idea at a time

Inspired by Palm Beach, timeless lattice and cane patterns feel fresh on everything from tile to tabletop

One of the hottest trends in bathrooms is to mimic, at home, the feel of a luxurious boutique hotel

Absolutely of-the-moment touches to address your every bathroom design dilemma

Mosaics, ever a staple of public art, are the latest way to make your private spaces shine, especially if you go bold with the color