Studio Tour: Buckingham ID

When I learned that Julia Buckingham Edelmann had moved her interior design firm to Grand Avenue, I realized the area had shed its status as Chicago’s best kept secret and officially become Chicago’s hottest new design district. Julia and friend Debra Phillips, who owns Scentimental Gardens in Geneva, IL, decided to take the West Town plunge together by opening neighboring showrooms. Joining Urban Remains second showroom and Grand Avenue mainstays Post 27 and MCM Grand, Julia and her Buckingham ID team cater to private clients in a brilliant, white street front loft space while Debra opened my favorite new urban antique store SG Grand. Julia’s creative collaborative studio space was hopping when I arrived, so things seem to be going very well in the new location. Stay tuned for posts about the many other great shops in the area.

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Buckingham ID, 1820 W. Grand Ave., 312.933.8359

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Julia’s office.

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Julia’s daughter selects fabric samples, one of her many tasks while working at the firm this summer. Julia told her to listen to her gut when choosing which samples to keep on file.

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