Lisa Skolnik

12 ways to freshen up your home for spring — that have nothing to do with cleaning

May 13, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

When the weather warms, most of us head outside. But after a long, dreary, glacial winter, it’s time to embrace spring’s heady brilliance and heat inside as well as outside...

The bedroom's black-and-white color scheme is dressed up with a graphic wallpaper.

A pair of style savants create a Noble Square home that’s pure fun

May 10, 2019 at 6:27 a.m.

If your style is more maximal than minimal, if you never met a cool vintage piece you didn't long to collect, you might want to take a few notes from...

Megan Winters brings her bold, graphic style home

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

Rules are meant to be broken — the oft-invoked tenet attributed to legendary decorator Billy Baldwin — rings true for Lake Forest designer Megan Winters most of the time. The...

Taking flight at the AF Vandevorst Haute Couture collection.

3 Chicagoans offer insider travel tips

August 23, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

Montreal with Steve Dolinsky Reporter, "The Hungry Hound" James Beard Foundation Award-winning reporter Steve Dolinsky covers the food world as ABC's "The Hungry Hound" and on "The Feed" podcast with...

Feeling the future

May 10, 2019 at 6:25 a.m.

Interior design trends come and go at light speed. But some have the legs for an endurance run — specifically, those that draw on the past and speak to the...

Artist Theaster Gates at his fine-arts bookstore, Bing, one of his projects to bring art into the community.

How to be a good neighbor with Theaster Gates

June 16, 2018 at 2:49 p.m.

Theaster Gates, artist, planner, developer, activist, preservationist, neighbor has the energy of a presidential candidate and the schedule to match. It takes a small village (various staffers at the University...

Party in grand French style: A how-to from the chateau that stole Versailles’ thunder

June 15, 2018 at 2:18 p.m.

After growing up at Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, the opulent 17th-century French castle on 1,200 acres that inspired Louis XIV to build Versailles, Alexandre de Vogue knows a thing or two...

Raising your coffee ritual: 2 favorite new ways to pour a cup

May 11, 2019 at 7:35 a.m.

Give your coffee routine a jolt of style with these two new tools that are utilitarian — and aesthetically impressive enough to pour when dinner guests are on hand. Go...

Art collector and gallery owner Jason Pickleman in his gallery, Lawrence & Clark, with works by Tony Tasset and Halsey Rodman.

This Chicago art gallery doesn’t actually sell anything

June 15, 2018 at 2:58 p.m.

Chicago graphic designer Jason Pickleman, noted for his own highly visible, culturally significant work as well as the art he's amassed since age 15, just opened Lawrence & Clark, a...

Bronze sculptures by White flank a bronze and wood table and chair he made, turning a patch of bare space into a little oasis in a huge open area.

Lukas Machnik brings his “bad boy” style home to Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Lukas Machnik, 35, dubbed the 'bad boy of design' by NBC's reality show American Dream Builders when he was the winning contestant last year, credits his countless creative proclivities to...

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