Strange Closets

Kudos to Out Magazine’s September 2009 Playthings photo roundup. Out Magazine says, “Escapism can be found in man’s most treasured objects.”  What does that even mean? For one, it means several swoon-inducing pages of home accessories sharing that vintage-industrial-urban antiques look that’s so de riguer in Andersonville right now.  Styled by Sam Logan and photographed [...]

I predict that as technology continues to improve, our future selves will increasingly retreat into virtual worlds more to our liking than the one most of us actually inhabit.  Of course, some theorize (Matrix fans anyway) that humans already inhabit a giant virtual reality, which, if true, means we’d simply be creating an escape hatch [...]

Decoratus Absurdum is the subject of my first piece for the Fall issue of CS Interiors (available now). Special thanks to Meghan McEwen and the folks at CS, Designer Extraordinaire Kara Mann, former Open House subjects Beth and Andrew, Patina owner Alan Shull and Caste owners Brad Rowley and Ty Best, all top shelf ladies [...]

Who wants a hand? Patina, an industrial-chic boutique, is one of those places that seems to hover just under the radar. Located in a slightly subterranean storefront on a slightly residential, slightly commercial stretch of North Damen in a neighborhood I can’t quite identify.