Lisa Skolnik

Marketing can make a stimulating career, but for Chicagoans Robyn Harris and Dylan Hulsey it proved down-right inspirational. After spending more than 15 years, collectively, figuring out imaginative ways to...

The big, fat roofing nails that artist Jesse Hickman uses to border some of his birdhouses never looked so good. Spiffed up with paint, they pass pretty well as a...

Four Chicagoans give us their take on the same $85 chair, proof that a pedestrian piece doesn't always have to stay that way. Bare wood to begin with, it comes...

Swank, a new Lincoln Park store filled with mid-20th Century pieces and Japanese antiques, looks just like its name: stylish and smart. Everything in the light and airy shop is...

Are you tired of the art on your walls? Well, get rid of it and get something new. Easier said than done, you say? Not anymore--not since The Chicago Fine...

Local jewelry designer Patricia Locke is making it big--or should we say, bigger. The remarkable pieces she produces to grace the body will be joined by remarkable pieces she produces...

Serviceable as they are, most of the tall skinny compact disc holders on the market leave a lot to be desired. Like style and grace. Such shortcomings led Dave Bojak...

Shake, open wide and get a no-mess mouthful of cookie with Amurol's Candy Jug. It could be a little less powdery, but it's still fun. It's about 79 cents where...

Love that graffiti? You can color your own patch of concrete and still be legal with Super Spray Chalk (Cadaco, $9.99 for a three-bottle set; look for shipments to arrive...

Vince Thomson's houses may be for the birds, but "no one really puts them outside," says the man behind these incredibly detailed birdhouses. Instead, they're displayed in offices or rooms...