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- Arts & Culture, Space Nov 25, 2015
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Take a video tour of Harry Weese's nautical River Cottages
Peek inside a riverfront townhouse designed by the architect behind the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist and the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
- Arts & Culture, Space Nov 10, 2015
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A bathroom with a glass wall, handgun art, and more surprises from boutique rental company Bangtel
Liz Klafeta's company offers vacation rentals with styles to stun.
- Arts & Culture, Space Oct 27, 2015
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A Wrigleyville decorator's Halloween party is truly a three-ring circus
A costume party doubles as a fund-raiser for the Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival.
- Arts & Culture, Space Oct 6, 2015
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Wesley Willis's brother is among the disabled artists working at Project Onward in Bridgeport
The nonprofit supports and exhibits artists with mental and developmental disabilities.
- Arts & Culture, Space Sep 16, 2015
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Design agency Someoddpilot's Wicker Park office isn't just another sleek branding studio
The Chicago-based branding agency forgoes the glossy interior of most design studios.
- Arts & Culture, Space Aug 24, 2015
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Art and social justice converge at David Weinberg Photography
Community organizations communicate through art at a River North gallery.
- Arts & Culture, Space Aug 12, 2015
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Freedom Boat Club's floating party dock brings live music to Montrose Harbor
The members-only floating stage already has a fan in Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.
- Arts & Culture, Space Jul 28, 2015
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How a Chicago master gardener transformed her yard from bleak to bountiful
Musician and gardener Ellen Bunch turned her Irving Park backyard into an organic garden.
- Arts & Culture, Space Jun 9, 2015
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M1 Interactive creates digital environments in this real environment on the Near West Side
The M1 Interactive firm gives a tour of the space where its designers create immersive digital environments.
- Arts & Culture, Space May 24, 2015
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Silent Funny hosts Luftwerk's latest display of water and light
New West Humboldt Park art space Silent Funny showcases Luftwerk's water-and-light installations.
- Arts & Culture, Space Apr 28, 2015
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Living off the grid in a yurt on abandoned Chicago land
A twentysomething squats in a yurt on abandoned Chicago land.
- Arts & Culture, Space Apr 15, 2015
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At Department of Curiosities in Logan Square, the slow pace is by design
Fashion designers Jamie Hayes and Gerry Quinton run Department of Curiosities, a new "slow fashion" boutique in Logan Square.
- Arts & Culture, Space Apr 2, 2015
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Midcentury modern vintage store An Orange Moon glows in Humboldt Park's 'WOW' district
Humboldt Park furniture shop owners Ty and Lynne McDaniel are fostering a business community west of Western Avenue.
- Arts & Culture, Space Mar 17, 2015
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A makeshift tiki hut in a Mayfair attic gives Lost Lake a run for its money
An old attic gets a tiki makeover thanks to Vince Cerasani and Martina Sheehan.
- Arts & Culture, Space Mar 3, 2015
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Step inside a former Pilsen funeral home where Tan & Loose Press is keeping the 80s alive
Illustrator Clay Hickson's Tan & Loose Press specializes in Riso printing.
- Arts & Culture, Space Feb 2, 2015
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How a typical Chicago apartment became an in-demand Airbnb rental
Kara Thorstenson's Lincoln Square apartment is now highly sought after on Airbnb.
- Arts & Culture, Space Jan 18, 2015
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Gold Coast art collectors have amassed a museum's worth of Walgreens memorabilia
Art collectors Gordon and Paula Addington have thousands of Walgreens artifacts in their Gold Coast high-rise.
- Arts & Culture, Space Dec 21, 2014
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Living large in a DIY studio loft in Lincoln Square
A couple use their set-design skills to maximize space in a studio loft in Lincoln Square.
- Arts & Culture, Space Nov 23, 2014
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A Humboldt Park pad incorporates Latin American influences
Tour the Humboldt Park home of Nerd Press owner Kelly Parsell and photographer Luan Barros.
- Arts & Culture, Space Nov 10, 2014
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Peek inside the fantastical Ukrainian Village home and studio of artists Jared and Jessica Joslin
Surreal artwork transforms the couple's home into a dreamscape.
- Arts & Culture, Space Oct 26, 2014
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Storefront living in a former model airplane factory in Irving Park
Rosalie Schultz has lived in the same building for 62 years, since she was five years old.
- Arts & Culture, Space Oct 13, 2014
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In Lincoln Park, fine-art treasures found for thrift-store prices
Salvaged work by Marc Chagall, James Sessions, and other artists is on display in Janice Gordon's town house.
- Arts & Culture, Space Sep 29, 2014
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The Franklin, a backyard gallery in East Garfield Park
Artists Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan hold outdoor art exhibits very close to home.
- Arts & Culture, Space Sep 14, 2014
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A grassy oasis beneath the Red Line tracks in Boystown
How a Boystown resident turned rented CTA property into a festive garden.
- Arts & Culture, Space Aug 24, 2014
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Outsider art inside an Uptown one-bedroom
Keith Sadler's home holds a gallery's worth of artwork and other oddities.