Strange Closets

Backgarage and The Vintage Bazaar co-founder Katherine Raz told me about the Internet Archive Wayback Machine over coffee last week, and I was surprised to see they had an entry for Strange Closets at two months old. Whatever happened to that adorable baby blog? Click here for a look into the past of your favorite [...]

Today’s musical accompaniment is, what else?  Renegade by Chicago’s own Styx.  Click play on the YouTube player on the right-hand sidebar (if you dare). When Sue Daly started the Renegade Craft Festival in 2003, she had little idea the event, which was held in Wicker Park, would one day become a national mecca for the [...]

I meet potential Open House stars in a variety of ways: friends refer friends, Interior Designers refer clients, people email me out-of-the-blue and of course I shamelessly ask everybody I meet (and which often works strangely enough).  But I met Dave while searching for a piece  of furniture on Craig’s List.  As I perused his [...]