TRADITION!
All Olga Kenniburg and her late husband, Frank Czar, really wanted was a little country house, a weekend getaway that would reflect her Greek roots. ''It ended up a little...
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YEAR-ROUND HAVEN
The summer after Arlene and Chuck Semel moved into a city apartment from the northern suburbs, it hit her: ''This is not good. I spent the summer walking in the...
VISTAS AND FOND MEMORIES
Cary Frank remembers going to the country cottage in Union Pier, Mich., as a teeenager. His family owned the Prairie-style bungalow on the water since the `30s. But the family...
RUSTIC COMFORTS
Mike and Donna Bell are pioneers of weekend getaways. In 1958 they began to spend their summer Friday-to-Sundays in a tiny rented cottage in Lakeside, Mich. ''We were living on...
A RESTFUL PLACE
The cozy farmhouse, which sits on nine acres in McHenry County, dates to 1836. To Leonard Cerullo and his family, it was close to the image of a weekend getaway...
FRAMING WITH STYLE
Once you`ve decided what you`d like to display, you can get ideas on what frames or mats to choose from the local frame shop. Or you might browse through the...
DWELLING ON THE `90S
HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE in the `90s? The American dream home, while it may be built or furnished in a variety of styles, is likely to include similar...
VILLA DRAMATIC
THE SETTING, AT the edge of the water, reminded the owners of Lake Como. But when they decided to build on the site, they told architect George Pappageorge they wanted...
SOUND IDEA
''TODAY`S MASTER bedroom is like a sanctuary,'' says John Durbin of nuHaus, a firm that specializes in audio-video installations among other custom cabinetry and design services. ''People go there to...
FROM BEAT TO NEAT
WHEN THE Near North graystone was built in 1887, it was, no doubt, a gracious single-family home. Converted to a six-flat, possibly as early as the `30s, the building had...