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This Week: The Boring Store: Not a Secret Agent Store

How I Found the Boring Store: Not a Secret Agent Store The other day I gradually became aware I was doing nothing critical while hanging out in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, that I was in fact,...

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Agent Gallery storefront opens on Damen Avenue

Agent Gallery owner Mariano Chavez looks a little bored when I arrive to see his new storefront on a stretch of Damen Avenue near the border of Ukrainian Village and Wicker Park.  Home to a diverse...

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Look: The Worth Your Salt Pop Up Shop at Pavilion

The Object Design League sponsored  The Worth Your Salt Pop Up Shop has popped up at Bucktown’s Pavilion.  And the concept’s clearly una situación Win-Win-Win! 1.)  Young designers get a splashy venue...

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Look: A Wicker Park home where everything’s for sale!

Please check out Time Out Chicago’s December 3rd issue for my piece about Elan Peltz’s amazing Wicker Park home / by appointment boutique Blackwatch ’68.  Peltz’s merchandise is rat pack cool.  Check...

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This Week: Pavilion Antiques

Dusk had taken hold when I visited Pavilion Antiques last week, and lit as it was by lamps, overheads and light sculptures, the corner shop glowed from the street.  For some reason, when illuminated...

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What’s new at Daniels Antiques?

People are always asking me if I know where to find this or that rare furnishing, but the person they should be calling is Daniels Antiques owner Danny Popuch. An expert in the field, Danny maintains...

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This Week: The Painted Lady (Plus: Contest!)

When I visited The Painted Lady recently, the most expensive item in the store was a gorgeous French antique upholstered headboard. While at $1500, it’s not a garage sale steal, it’s priced far less...

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What’s new at Michael Del Piero Good Design?

Running a shop takes different skills than decorating a house, but creating art is another thing altogether. But as I learned during a recent visit to her Bucktown boutique, Michael Del Piero...

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What’s new at Revival? Location, location, location!

What’s new at Revival? For starters, location, location, location! Owner Mark Steinke recently moved his shop from its longtime storefront at the corner of Southport and Irving Park to Armitage just...

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Pavilion Antiques

Taking photos at Pavilion Antiques is so much fun. Have you been? ↔ Pavilion Antiques. 2055 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL. 773.645.0924 ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ I love Serge Mouille’s lighting designs. ↔ ↔ More...

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