Michelle Crowe

WHO WORE IT WELL, WONDERFULLY, AND WHERE

Fall’s most fashionable

FOCUS ON DESIGN

This is a golden era of design. Form absolutely follows function with floorplans that seamlessly blend family life, entertaining, and even running an empire from a home office. The third owners of a favorite Hinsdale home entrusted Lauren Collander and her team to put their own stamp on the high design spaces. The chic chalet

COUNTRY VS. TOWN: DR. NAMRATA BHANSALI

DR. NAMRATA BHANSALI grew up in the Northwest suburbs near Bloomingdale where her parents still lived in her childhood home until very recently. After attending the University of Illinois at Chicago for an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience, she spent the next 15 years living in the Gold Coast while attending dental school, then working after

A VERY FINE VINTAGE

Top designers answered the call to transform a legendary Hinsdale estate into living spaces for right now. Proceeds from tours of the House Beautiful Whole Home benefitted Humble Design, a Chicago-based organization that provides design services for families emerging from homelessness. humbledesign.org

LEADER OF THE PACK

Julie Laux, owner of Hinsdale homebuilding firm J. Jordan Homes, knows both sides of the eternal tear down or renovate debate. The extraordinary Hinsdale estate at 505 South County Line Road is a prime example. Built in the early 1900s by architect David Adler for real estate developer Lemuel Freer and his wife Mary. The

THE RADIANCE BALL

Over 500 guests attended the annual Wellness House Ball on Saturday, October 21. The Radiance Ball guests dined, danced, and donated to advance cancer wellness at The Geraghty Chicago. With exquisite golden light fixtures and a palette of burnished yellows and soft browns in an array of floral arrangements, the ambiance mirrored the warm and

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