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The vibrant white walls of the French Norman estate at 830 Green Bay Road are layered in apparent contradiction. Tapestries hang beside abstracts which hang near a steam punk painting. Rather than clashing, the juxtaposition of styles and viewpoints creates an unexpected masterpiece. Dissonance yields to harmony. That is precisely the vision, for both the

There’s only one place to be on the first Saturday in December, and that’s The Community House (TCH). On this day, the beloved red brick building is transformed from the hardest working multi-purpose building around to a wonderland of holiday cheer, as beautiful as any ballroom and filled with convivial voices. It’s a yearly culmination

“We love to shop, browse, scroll, click, and thumb through magazines and catalogs,” says Stephanie Knight, co-chair with Lisa Chang and Dana Geldermann of the 44th Annual Holiday Boutique on November 16-18 at Lake Forest Recreation Center. “We wanted to bring what we see out there on social media and in magazine editorials here to

Plenty of us stumbled through job after job before we settled on a career. It was almost a rite of passage, one of the last steps (along with home ownership and parenthood) in becoming a “real adult.” But some folks know early on what they want to spend their lives doing. Count vintner Matt Bonanno

Some people just know how to dress. Others are great at making a home look picture-perfect. But great style, whether in fashion or decor, doesn’t usually spring forth full blown. Even raw talent needs to be nurtured, to be shaped and directed. When Elizabeth Krueger decided in her final year studying communications and marketing at

At age 65, Kai Glowacki, a Barrington local, knew he wanted a challenge that was not so much of a goal as it was a must-do journey. “It simply was a matter of time,” Glowacki says. “And finally, in 2023, it was that time, and I am very happy I accomplished it. It is said