Home Design

Celeste Robbins, founder and principal of Winnetka-based Robbins Architecture, welcomed the opportunity to draw from the soft beauty of nature to shape the delightfully pink design for Pembroke Lodge’s girl’s bedroom and bath. The firm recently welcomed two interior designers who are part of the Showhouse team. “Leading this team is incredibly exciting; I love

Kaylan Kane, founder of Kaylan Kane Design in Lake Forest, is such a David Adler enthusiast that she almost named her son “Adler” when he was born last spring. So, the opportunity to preserve a piece of architectural history by designing a room in a home Adler had once worked in was not to be

Theresa Hansen, founder and principal of her Morris, Illinois-based design firm, has a deep appreciation for historic homes and the stories they tell. “But Henry Ives Cobb’s Pembroke Lodge is truly exceptional,” says Hansen. “Walking through at the start of this Showhouse restoration project, even in its demoed state we could envision the grandeur of

Hidden away from the hustle and bustle of Pembroke Lodge’s first-floor gathering rooms is a charming sitting room on its second floor. “We pictured it as a personal hideaway,” says Carly Moeller, founder and principal designer at Chicago’s Unpatterned interior design studio. “It’s a bit of an unexpected room,” says Moeller. “One in which we

When Liz Sherwood, founder and principal of White Couch Design, first walked through Henry Ives Cobb’s Pembroke Lodge it was like a fever dream: “Marble and mirrors and murals, oh my,” she recalls. As this was to be her first time designing in a Lake Forest Showhouse, Sherwood initially dismissed the former owner’s jewelry room

While there was no shortage of compelling spaces to choose from, when selecting a room to design in this year’s Lake Forest Showhouse, the ladies’ office charmed Emily Sturgess, founder and principal of Emily Sturgess Design in Winnetka, the most. “Its perch on the second floor overlooking Pembroke Lodge’s circular drive and formal gardens was