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Vista Tower, seen here from Navy Pier on Aug. 27, 2019, has a two-floor penthouse on the market ahead of first move-ins scheduled for this summer.

Duplexes are popping up in more luxury downtown high-rises, padding amenities with ample elbow room

March 3, 2020 at 4:39 p.m.

Jeff and Kelly Baker didn't have a duplex in mind when they began searching for an in-towner near the Riverwalk, restaurants and cultural attractions in downtown Chicago last year. Then...

After dabbling in sales, carpentry and most recently interior design, Chicagoan Anne Abueva turned to art again in 2014, after the deaths of her and her husband, Steve's, newborn twin sons.

After her sons’ deaths, Chicago artist put her grief and joy on canvas

May 23, 2019 at 2:01 p.m.

For as long as Anne Abueva, 40, can remember, making art has been a source of serenity. Known for her vibrant abstract paintings, Abueva still vividly recalls the sense of...

Family heirlooms, modern accents blend in doctor’s eclectic Lakeshore East home

May 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Getting to know her patients is crucial for Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh, a physician who practices Ayurveda, a traditional healing system from India that dates back thousands of years. So perhaps...

At Chicago entrepreneur’s first home, every piece has a story

May 23, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

Checking items off an ambitious bucket list is nothing new for Eva Niewiadomski, 55, who has launched a successful business, traveled the world and even fulfilled a longtime dream to...

Interior of the common area at 444 Social in Lincolnshire, Ill.

Ukrainian Village remodel finds beauty in black and white

May 20, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

When Chuck Droege and Julie Wroblewski, both 41, found a brick, four-bedroom home brimming with historic character in Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood last year, the married couple leapt at the...

Out with the old, in with the new(ish)

May 23, 2019 at 1:57 p.m.

For Claire Staszak, the attraction was immediate. "This house has an art deco or old Hollywood feeling that I responded to right away," she says of the 1930s Tudor-style bungalow...

New house, vintage style: The perfectly imperfect look

May 31, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

"I'm into messy elegance," explains Rebekah Zaveloff, of the two-bedroom coach house in Wicker Park that she shares with husband, John "Nick" Nichols, and their 4-year old daughter, Hannah. Indeed,...

Chicago penthouse mixes rustic with modern

May 23, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

"This is the penthouse, so we wanted to be sure and keep things light and airy," says interior designer Melissa Lewis, describing Chris Taggart's seventh-floor condo in River North. With...

Modern updates mix seating you can sink into with an original bar and stone-clad fireplace wall that's a 1960s classic.

Designing a modern mix from a midcentury mish-mash

May 31, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

"This home was a challenge in many ways," explains interior designer, Michael Del Piero, of the four-bedroom midcentury ranch in River Forest that she designed for Chuck and Minhae Doherty....

Creating a glamorous city apartment with a romantic twist

May 23, 2019 at 1:39 p.m.

The views from the three-bedroom corner unit on the 56th floor of the Park Hyatt Residences on Michigan Avenue are always in flux. Light and the color of the lake...

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