Ann Marie Scheidler

A Century of Style

IT’S A SIGNIFICANT milestone for any retailer to celebrate 100 years in business. It’s even more so when you know that it’s a family-owned business that had to navigate its way through a pandemic in order to celebrate its centennial. “We didn’t lay anyone off,” explains Lake Forest Shop owner Ellen Stirling. “No furloughs and

The Beat Goes On

Sometimes being in the right place at the right time can be life-changing. Woodlands Academy alum Lauren McClusky would most definitely agree. McClusky’s life-changing moment occurred as a high school sophomore during a visit to her father’s office. McClusky’s dad, Jeff, is the founder and CEO of Jeff McClusky & Associates (JMA)—one of the country’s

The Art Of Giving

DARCI PINELLO is no stranger to hard work. When she was 16 years old, after one too many fender benders with her car, her Dad put her to work at the family’s Chicago restaurant—Tufano’s. “I think he was trying to teach me a lesson by making me a get a job,” Pinello says with a

Stylish Soiree

WHEN CASSIE CARVER, Caroline Eimerman, and Kristin Lambropoulos were students at Lake Forest’s Everett Elementary School, they could never have dreamed that one day the three of them would come together to raise money for this very same school district that their children would someday attend. But as fortunes would have it, on Thursday, May 19

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

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