Sole Mates
Think shoes obsess you? You’ve got nothing on these store owners and buyers, who can sum up your style in a glance. Their choices will always be right on trend,...
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Eastern Exposure
Let a showhouse design for a bold master bedroom inspire your own zen-worthy retreat
Enter, Smiling
A narrow hallway goes from drab to fab
The Big Bang
Live from New York, Scoop brings its first superstore for fashion-savvy shoppers to Chicago
Men at Work
The Rat Pack look, brown shoes, and women in suits. Chicago's most creative men's clothiers dish on the best and worst choices for their own—and the opposite—sex
Shoestring Chic
Brice Cooper loves getting his hands dirty. The 26-year-old Chicago-based host and lead designer of HGTV’s Design on a Dime is used to making the most of not much—transforming rooms...
It's a Splash
An Andersonville couple show how to jump-start an evening out by inviting folks in for a vodka tasting
Everything is Illuminated
Lighting expert Xavier Yager offers insights about all fixtures bright and beautiful, the importance of shadows, and how to put yourself (and your rooms) in the best possible light
Power Players
Learn the newest spring trends from some of Chicago's Fashion Pros
The Gold (and Silver) Rush
Inspired by their own histories and the world’s great ornamental traditions, these local jewelers create magic with lustrous metals and gemstones