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Compared to some of architect David Adler’s other significant houses on the North Shore—such as the Kersey Coates Reed House, a Georgian manor in Lake Forest he created for Helen Shedd Reed, the daughter of John G. Shedd— the chateau-like spread at 1010 Green Bay Road in Lake Bluff looks almost modest. Maybe it’s the

Getting a home to look “just so” is no easy achievement. Going big and bold is a snap in comparison. Or being on trend? No problem. But hitting that sweet spot, where comfort and authenticity converge, where interiors make sense but are not a spectacle, takes a special eye, one that sees the forest and

When New York newspaper publisher Horace Greeley urged ambitious young men to “Go West” in 1865, they didn’t have to travel all the way to California to make their fortunes. Massachusetts-born Marshall Field and Virginian Cyrus McCormick had already set up shop in Chicago and many more followed before the turn of the century, including

“It was a match made in heaven,” says Lee Thinnes, owner and principal designer of Lee’s Antiques & Interiors LLC. “My client had purchased a very large home, because her mother was moving in, along with her extensive collection of art and antiques. I’ve been an antique dealer for 18 years, specializing in late 19th

When Erin Stach asked Lake Forest-based interior designer Kaylan Kane to complete the finishes for her family’s new construction home in Lincoln Park, they had some catching up to do. The last time Kane worked with the vivacious lawyer and former Indianapolis Colts cheerleader, was to design a three-bedroom condo for Stach and her attorney