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    Our Flash Sale for Charity

    Thank you again to everyone for making our recent Flash Sale for Charity a success! Kim and Scott (Yellow Brick…
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    Come to Our Flash Sale for Charity!

    Do you need a cute blue chair? Maybe a retro-mod table lamp or enough square wooden frames to make the…
  • Chicago Dîner en Blanc 2018 - Nicole

    Dîner en Blanc Chicago, 2018

    Dîner en Blanc Chicago is the pop-up picnic event where everyone and everything is dressed all in white. It takes…
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    My ‘Gothic White’ Dîner en Blanc Table

    My sister invited me as her date to Chicago's Dîner en Blanc this year. Quelle excitation! She rented a room…
  • Painting of Pullman Chicago

    Pullman and the South Side Soapbox

    This post is sponsored by method. I had visited the headquarters of method in San Francisco years ago and gotten…
  • Kenilworth Home, Oak Park, IL

    Dream House Alert

    One of my favorite houses in Oak Park's Frank Lloyd Wright historic district is up for sale! It's 'favorite' status…
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    Our Flash Sale for Charity

    Flash Sale for Charity

    Thank you again to everyone for making our recent Flash Sale for Charity a success! Kim and Scott (Yellow Brick Home), Kyla (House of Hipsters),…

    April 22, 20192 comments
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    Come to Our Flash Sale for Charity!

    Studio

    Do you need a cute blue chair? Maybe a retro-mod table lamp or enough square wooden frames to make the gallery wall of your dreams?…

    March 25, 20191 comment
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    Dîner en Blanc Chicago, 2018

    Chicago Dîner en Blanc 2018 - Nicole

    Dîner en Blanc Chicago is the pop-up picnic event where everyone and everything is dressed all in white. It takes place at a different location…

    August 31, 20184 comments
  • Local

    Pullman and the South Side Soapbox

    Painting of Pullman Chicago

    This post is sponsored by method. I had visited the headquarters of method in San Francisco years ago and gotten to know the company then,…

    June 28, 20173 comments
  • Local

    Dream House Alert

    Kenilworth Home, Oak Park, IL

    One of my favorite houses in Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright historic district is up for sale! It’s ‘favorite’ status is based solely on the…

    February 21, 201714 comments
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    Jayson Home Warehouse Sale

    Jayson Home Warehouse Sale | Chairs

    The Jayson Home Warehouse Sale started today and continues all weekend. I got down there about a half an hour before it opened this morning.…

    November 11, 20162 comments
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