Lisa Cregan

What’s your coffee table saying about you?

May 22, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Perhaps Rorschach should have gone with coffee tables rather than inkblots. According to Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, award-winning interior designer who was featured on Bravo's "Million Dollar Decorators" and author of a...

Last call for patio parties

May 13, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

And suddenly, it was over. The endless summer that stretched before you in May, all tanned and fireworks-strewn, has melted away like a popsicle on a two-year-old. Time to start...

Country sleek: Urban country bucks decorating trends

May 22, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Few juxtapositions are as classic as the rough-dressed rube midst debonair cosmopolitans. So it shouldn't be too surprising that every shelter mag you open right now is showing arrays of...

Summer at home: Getting a warm-weather place nearby. Very nearby

May 13, 2019 at 9:43 p.m.

If you won't be rocking in your hammock in the Hamptons this summer or diving from your dock in Harbor Springs, how about taking a holiday in your head? That's...

What the pros know: The ultimate kitchen

May 23, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

A Dream Team of Chicago food pros tells us the one thing they crave for their home kitchens. Here is their exuberant mix of utility, utopia and style. La Cornue...

What the pros know: The ultimate kitchen

May 13, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

A Dream Team of Chicago food pros tells us the one thing they crave for their home kitchens. Here is their exuberant mix of utility, utopia and style. La Cornue...

Bedside manner

May 22, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Bedside tables are the belly buttons of home design — everybody's got one. That's because they're so darn useful. An alarm clock, your reading glasses, that copy of Proust you're...

Mudrooms: Beautiful, functional and key for kids

May 22, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

She may have built her reputation decorating the immaculate homes of stylish celebrities like Steve Martin and David Mamet, but Kathryn Ireland is one designer who also knows mud. The...

Micro chic: Style in a small space

May 22, 2019 at 3:21 p.m.

Not everyone outgrows their first place. Eight years after moving into her studio apartment, interior designer Aimee Wertepny still calls it home. Maybe that's because 700 square feet is all...

Heavenly hideouts: A haven for Mom

August 19, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

Being a mother is heaven...except when it's not. Somewhere along the bumpy, wonder-filled, milk-stained road that is motherhood every woman realizes she needs a little me-space to hide out in....

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