Strange Closets

Andrew Hollingsworth bid Chicago adieu in 2009 when he relocated to San Francisco, trading in his 3400 square-foot Lake Shore Drive condo for a bright and sunny studio with a sleeping loft and large corner windows that overlook the surrounding hilltops. Located at the end of a long, narrow path behind an old Pacific Heights [...]

The den is done, and I like the way it looks. More importantly, I like the way it feels. Having said that, the outcome was kind of an accident. There must be at least a few colors that don’t look good with Benjamin Moore’s brownish-blackish-grayish Iron Mountain hue, but I haven’t found one yet, so [...]

When Danish modern furniture dealer Andrew Hollingsworth needed space for an office, he bought a studio apartment one flight up, using a stunning lucite staircase to connect the two units.  Light-filled and functional with lots of storage, the office addition is ideal for working.  Enjoy.

Well there’s no easy way to say it, is there?  Danish Modern furniture authority and dealer Andrew Hollingsworth has decided to leave Chicago for California’s sunny shores, specifically San Fransisco, a kind of fairy tale city in my mind where it’s bright every day and foggy every night and the streetcar bells echo through the [...]

This post is a few pargraphs long, but I believe in you. I’m so exhausted that I almost went to bed instead of writing this post.  I was at Ikea, you see, and as much as I’d like to say the visit was an unfortunate accident, it was quite deliberate.  I need accent lights for [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, I recently purchased a few lamps on clearance at Andrew Hollingsworth.  The most dramatic piece is no doubt Julie Prisca’s Dahlia floor lamp, which in combination with the mantel lamps completely transformed my living room.  Although I’d like something sleeker to replace the much maligned yet quite comfortable Pottery Barn Manhattan [...]

Scarcity makes people act in often irrational ways.  People are more likely to order an item that’s on sale, especially when they believe the sale’s temporary.  And because of restrictive government arms bans, difficult-to-procure suitcase nukes fetch a mint on the black market.  By the same token, it’s a rare treat to peruse furniture as [...]