Home Design

The moment Elizabeth Smolcich and her team at Mason & Brass Design stepped into Pembroke Lodge’s second-floor kitchenette “a 1920s speakeasy vibe took hold. We envisioned transforming the space into a hidden, mysterious lounge,” recalls Smolcich, principal designer and lead visionary for the Glenview-based design studio. “The kind of place you’d stumble upon and feel

Because she loves the potential an indoor/outdoor space offers, Rosemary Wormley, founder of Ash Street Interiors in Northfield, responded with an enthusiastic, “Yes!” to redesigning the tennis hut at Pembroke Lodge. Although she knew the project would be high risk due to the vagaries of Chicago weather, “the opportunity to transform not only the hut

Viewing Pembroke Lodge for the first time, the external architecture of the home and pool pavilion thoroughly impressed Courtney Chessen, owner and lead designer at Mandarine Home in Winnetka. “I thought the house was stunning on the outside, and that the grounds and architectural detail on the pool pavilion were beautiful,” she recalls. Opting to

When Meghan Jay, founder and principal of Meghan Jay Design, first stepped into the pool house cabana at Pembroke Lodge, she felt an immediate spark. Designed in 1925 by the legendary David Adler for Gwethalyn Jones—the first president of the Three Arts Club of Chicago—it wasn’t just a structure; it was a piece of history.