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Open House: The Many Lives of Cady McClain
I was twelve or thirteen the first time I saw today’s Open House star, actress and As the World Turns star Cady McClain. Then 19, Cady had just taken over the role of Dixie Cooney on ABC’s All My...
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The Friday Roundup (now with 86% more sex! Plus, the weekly deal!)
Wallpaper’s recent sex issue inspired me to copy them (but not their copy), so welcome to Strange Closets first Sex Roundup. I hear it sells. I just decided to do this. Divine intervention...
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Open House: Rick and Rachel’s Oak Park place
Thanks to Chicago Home + Garden’s Editor-in-Chief Jan Parr for referring me to Rick Boultinghouse and Rachel Carlson whose super-rad vintage motor home was featured in the terrific magazine’s...
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Designer Portfolio Update: Leo Designs project featured in CS Interiors
Hello and welcome to Strange Closets. I thought you might enjoy seeing a couple of my scouting shots for a home I wrote about for the summer issue of CS Interiors (on Chicago newstands now). And now,...
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Open House: Peter and Jan’s Oak Park Home + Garden
Deadlines are part of life for Chicago Home + Garden editor Jan Parr, so she knew participating in South Oak Park Style’s recent house walk would motivate her to finally finish she and husband Peter...
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Open House: James and Blue’s Restful Northfield Home
Thanks to Nalani, a Strange Closets reader, for emailing me about her good friends James and Blue. From the curb, the couple’s home, with its brick and siding exterior and prominent garage, looks...
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Open House: The Family Building; or, Happily Never After?
Our mom was nervous when my brother and his wife moved into the building directly across the alley from my 2 flat. We weren’t close as kids (translation: he thought I was a dork), but we’d spent more...
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Open House Sequel: KitchenLab’s Nick and Rebekah make dinner in their Chicago...
I’ve got several deadlines to meet this week, so please forgive this abbreviated Open House. It’s a sequel of sorts, as I featured Nick and Rebekah’s Michigan farm house back when summer was still...
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Open House: Father Jason’s Rectory
Thanks to Father Jason Malave for allowing me to take photos as he showed me around the parish rectory. Father Jason is an old gym buddy turned good friend, so while I’ll do my best not to tease, I...
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The Wednesday Post That Wasn’t
12:49 a.m. Can I be honest with you? It’s now 12:49 a.m., and I don’t feel much like writing a post. I could tell you I’m going to bed, but I’m not, although that’d be a good way to end the post....
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