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Strange Closets Interior Design and Decor
www.strangeclosets.com
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interior design, home, house, decorate, chicago, home tours, furniture, andersonville, lakeview, bucktown, wicker park, real estate, gold coast, new york, los angeles, mid-century, vintage, river north, merchandise mart, design, architecture
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I can't even believe you

That link was a TEST! Why do I even bother?

01 apr 09

Photo Tour . . . Winter Scenes in and around Chicago

Happy New Year! I'm busy preparing version 2.0 so it's going to be a light week for new content, but I thought I'd post a few photos I recently took. Be safe.No, not Europa, it's the coast of Lake Mi...

31 dec 08

Color Me Happy! . . . Marco Polo Update (I'm biting my knuckle)

During my last drive down Harbor County, Michigan's Red Arrow Highway I dropped in to see what's new at Marco Polo. One of my favorite shops, owners Brian and Alan deserve much credit for an extraord...

30 dec 08

Decoratus Aburdum . . . Knot your grandma's knitting

Caste ContractIf there's one thing I learned at the Renegade Craft Fair, it's that knitting is back with a vengeance. Adding more yarn to the tapestry, last week I received an email from helpful read...

29 dec 08

Change is coming to Strange Closets . . .

My kinda town, Chicago is . . . oh hello there. There are going to be a number of significant changes coming to this site. I'm moving from Blogger to Wordpress, a move which allowed me to make some m...

26 dec 08

New Chicago Anthology

My friend Margaret Larkin, who writes the excellent language blog Metrolingua, spent much of the last year putting together an anthology of Chicago stories, and the fruit of her labor, Down the Block...

25 dec 08

Strange Musings . . . Design Star dreams end before they begin?

The interesting and funny Strange Closets reader Lisa recently e-mailed me to suggest I throw my hat in the ring to be HGTV's next design star. I'll admit there's something tempting about the idea of...

25 dec 08

While you're in Sawyer check out Fitzgerald's

Owned by the gents who own Lakeview's Berlin, Fitzgerald's offers a tamer approach with great food, nice folk and good music - the perfect place to relax with a burger and a drink while visiting the ...

24 dec 08

This Week at . . . Elizabeth Coyne Gallery (Sawyer, Michigan)

During one of my recent Michigan trips I had the pleasure to meet Elizabeth Coyne, an artist and owner of the Elizabeth Coyne Gallery in Sawyer Michigan. Sawyer's going on (as the kids said back in t...

24 dec 08

Matt and Lizzie's Attention Hound

I thought you might enjoy a few more photos of Matt and Lizzie's loft. Their pooch is very cute, but she's also sort of a camera hog. I've never seen anything like it; where I went, the dog went, plo...

23 dec 08

Open House . . . Matt and Lizzie's Lovely Loft

There will be no Open House on Thursday because of Christmas, so enjoy this one today. Whatever you celebrate, Happy Holidays!One of the greatest things about writing Strange Closets has been all the...

23 dec 08

Trend Report . . . I need my blankee

It's %#8&%#@$ cold in Chicago. Seriously %#8&%#@$ cold. Every year I make the same error; I drive over to Target in a frantic search for long winter underwear* (and inevitably lose my gloves ...

23 dec 08

Arcade Decor

Interesting . . . very interesting. Question; are these prints (which are available at the quirky funky online shop Mr. Kanes) Decoratus Absurdum? I could debate both sides of that pressing question....

22 dec 08

This Week at . . . Simon's Antiques

A longtime loyal reader recently complained to me that I wasn't featuring more Chicago shops on Strange Closets. Luckily I just happened to be holding a cream pie so that took care of that. Still, as...

19 dec 08

Open House . . . Ann's Grand Beach Retreat

Ann, a busy Northwestern University drama teacher, probably never imagined that she'd one day commute across two state lines to get to work, but when she found a gorgeous wooded Grand Beach lot durin...

18 dec 08

Artist Spotlight . . . Ted Stanuga

I recently became aware of Ted Stanuga's art and found an interview with him on the interesting art site Neoteric Art. Ted's work is interesting, disturbingly beautiful somehow, which makes sense onc...

17 dec 08

Floor Model Sale at Jayson Home and Garden

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17 dec 08

Portfolio Review . . . Alessandra Branca

For those who aren't familiar with Alessandra Branca, she's a highly accomplished Chicago decorator with a penchant for red. Uncommonly stylish and sophisticated, Branca's work was most recently feat...

17 dec 08

This Week at . . . Alan Robandt (excellent showroom in Buchanan, Michigan)

ALAN ROBANDTI love this vintage mannequin at Buchanan's new showroom Alan Robandt, because it perfectly illustrates the cycle of chic. Classical forms reinterpreted for utilitarian purposes become ju...

16 dec 08

We Interrupt this design blog . . . Major retail chain appeals to teens with dark dressing rooms, s...

I have two quick comments about this retail clothing chain (because I try to maintain a positive vibe I refuse to name this company unless asked) which offers inexpensive "cool" clothing fo...

16 dec 08

Mid-Century Mod T-Shirt from Ruby Red

Thanks to Ruby Red T-shirt designs from e-mailing me about his latest creation. Pretty cool? But is it comfortable? Who cares!The T-shirt is available at Red Bubble, a website that also sells photos,...

15 dec 08

Bonus Open House . . . Bladon's Bachelor Bunk

I had the pleasure of interviewing furniture designer Bladon Conner in his Ukrainian Village apartment last week. Bladon's one of the nicest, most thoughtful and most articulate people I've met, and ...

15 dec 08

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