Classic lines, proportion, details and jewelrylike touches add up to Barbara Barry Realized by Henredon.
Barry’s modern and elegant designs are having a coming out party Wednesday at the Marshall Field’s State Street store.
The collection includes 26 upholstered pieces such as the Grace Lounge Chair ($4,214) with its rolled arms and sculpted back; Oval China Cabinet in walnut ($8,799); the Faceted Dining Table in walnut ($4,998); and the ivory-enamel Lady’s Desk ($2,997).
Marshall Field’s has the exclusive on Barry in town. See it at 111 N. State St., 8th floor furniture department, 312-781-5000.
THINKING AND TINKERING: IKEA PS Collection shows what 28 designers did when they were told to use “what if” thinking in their designs.
The new collection, which includes styles made of materials like recycled paper and plastic, bamboo and banana leaves, is rolling out to stores this month. The full line will be in place by March.
The collection includes AXVALL rocking chair ($69.99) made of steel, rubber and nylon; the DUVHULT powder-coated steel and lacquered bamboo hat and coat stand ($34.99); the ESKILSTUNA red stool, made of steel and wool ($14.99); and JARBO corner sofa made of lacquered banana fiber with steel frame ($99.99).
Call 847-969-9700 for the Schaumburg store, or 630-972-7900 for Bolingbrook.
STYLING AND PROFILING: Lori Frank USA opened a new showroom last week with classy contemporary styles. It is only open to the design trade. Designer and owner Lori Greenberg shows her stylish hand and eye in a 2,200-square-foot loft-style showroom, 400 W. Erie, entrance on Sedgwick Avenue, 312-274-0228. The furniture is handcrafted in South America in cherry, mahogany and walnut woods in a variety of finishes.There are also antique replicas.
Pricing and style examples include: a turned cherry wood candlestick ($150); mahogany Belle Coucher Bed ($5,250); mahogany La Plage Bed; and cherry Lucyna Bench with natural hemp latticed seat ($300).
COLORFUL, CONTEMPORARY KIDS: Red Wagons, a children’s furniture and toy store, colorfully breaks with tradition. The River Forest store, which has been around for a couple of years and has its share of red wagons, added furniture during the summer.
“The baby furniture store was definitely consumer demand,” says Kelly McGann Bell, vice president of Red Wagons, 7343 and 7345 Lake St., in River Forest, 708-366-3286. Fun and functional lines include Bratt Decor, whose furnishings include cribs ($400 to $600), changing tables ($600 to $800), and dresser and storage units ($800 to $2,000) in navy blue, black and red. The Oeuf line has a space saver crib ($900) that includes a changing table design. Traditional oak, birch and white cribs are in Legacy, a Childcraft Industries line ($600 to $800).
GO WEST, YOUNG SHOPPERS: Things are hopping along west Madison Street in Forest Park — and feeling like Bucktown a decade ago. A growing number of artsy shops (and shop owners, many of them women, some of them sporting nose rings) have opened in the half mile (or so) stretch of Madison just west of Harlem Avenue. They’ve nestled themselves into a quirky retail landscape that also includes a handful of dusty antiques shops, hip cafes, at least one ice cream parlor, the renowned Todd & Holland tea emporium, a cooking school, a new knitting shop and a military- and police-supply store that and sells everything from fatigues to snake-bite kits.
One of the highlights on the home front, though, is Two Fish Art Glass, 7401 W. Madison St., Forest Park, 708-366-6800, specializing in all things glass and artful and especially stained-glass light fixtures (Arts and Crafts style, Tiffany style, hanging, table, floor, you name it) and stained-glass panels (for doors, windows), many of which dangle from the ceiling and turn the shop into electric color.
Classes in stained glass-, bead- and lamp-making also are offered. And so is a creative take on holiday shopping. “We just pulled out Christmas, and we’re ready for the season,” says co-owner Tonya Hart. Find: campy hand-blown glass ornaments ($5 to $15) with Latin and Mexican themes — Spanish dancers, bulls, guitars. And a large assortment of enameled fused-glass trays and platters from New Jersey-based artist Peggy Karr, who does the holiday theme well with pretty snowflake, reindeer and poinsettia designs. But we preferred her new Midcentury Modern patterns, clearly inspired by Higgins glass. All Karr pieces are microwave- and dishwasher-safe and make nice gifts for $35 to $100.
— Karen Klages
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