Ann Marie Scheidler

Color’s Whimsical Impact

There is liking the color eggplant and then there is living with it painted floor to ceiling. Those who can fearlessly make such a selection for their living space are designer Alexandra Kaehler’s kind of people. Just such an adventurous couple found their way to Kaehler in late 2020 to help them reimagine their traditional

A Georgian Reborn

When longtime clients of Kurt Jacob Miller and S. Lukas Mack decided to leave Chicago and relocate to Hinsdale, they made sure to have their trusted design team in tow. “Hinsdale is suburban living at its best,” says Miller, who co-owns Jacob Lukas Design with Mack. “When we walked up to the front of this

Ready For Take Off

AS A YOUNG executive in pharmaceutical sales in the early 2000s, Annie Pezza learned that the most successful products always solved a problem. “Growing up, I moved around a lot,” says Pezza of splitting time with her parents between Missouri and Colorado. “I think this taught me to adapt and be flexible wherever I was

Bringing the Sunshine

SOMETIMES good ideas can shine right in front of your eyes. This was precisely the situation with the bubbly Dominque Ittner, who grew up in Lake Forest and returned to her hometown when she and her husband looked for a great place to raise their young boys, Wells and Winn. “This might sound kind of

Making Ties

SARAH SOMERS’ luxury scarf brand, Deseda, will be celebrating its third anniversary later this year. When Somers first launched her company in 2019, the story was about a female entrepreneur bringing a sophisticated fashion product to the market. But in 2022, Deseda’s story is so much more. “I can finally talk about we’ve been building

The Midas Touch

Case Holsworth seems to have a knack for aligning his personal passions and good business. As the founder and CEO of Safe + Fair, the runaway hit of a company that makes delicious, allergy-free foods—he’s inspired by the meals he enjoys at home with his family. “I’m obsessed with everything Courtney makes,” Holsworth says of

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