• Designer Crush: Summer Thornton Design

    Chicago has so many great interior designers. One of my favorites is Summer Thornton who just has this way of making traditional design look so fresh by giving it a twist with new, contemporary changes like unexpected colors and fabrics. She has a way of making rooms feel rich and opulent without feeling stuffy and unapproachable.  Maybe if I had…

  • Kitchen Crush

    So happy it’s Friday!  We have a weekend that is filled with NOTHING.  Absolutely nothing….not even errands that need to be done. Which means I will spend my weekend looking at all of the projects I’ve started in my house that I haven’t finished.  Such as, changing out our kitchen cupboard hardware.  I’ve been debating for weeks now and need…

  • An Oldie But Goodie: Thom Filicia’s Lake House

    Thom Filicia is one of my favorite designers. I just love his kind of “American with a twist” approach to design. He has such a clean, masculine feel about his rooms and I love how he keeps things relatively neutral when it comes to color, but always plays with texture and scale to create amazing spaces. In 2009, (in my…