Pamela Sherrod

The kitchen is often the place where the children study, heart-to-heart matters are settled and where partygoers gravitate. So one could bet the kitchen sink that Charlie Smallbone probably came...

The designer showhouse trail started way back in May at a Georgian in Winnetka and ended at Tudor in Hinsdale. In between, there were stops in Evanston, Lake Geneva, Wilmette...

You`ll be tempted to search for this ivory stucco loft building at 1934 Fay Carter Blvd. But don`t bother checking your street map. It exists only in the imagination of...

You`d expect to see bedrooms with some panache in a 17-room home, but the house at 7600 W. Augusta Blvd. in River Forest has one dazzling bedroom with grandparents in...

The signs are all there. The leaves of your plant are turning yellow, and the brown-paper-bag color of death is setting in. Dan Mihailovich, engineer and onsite manager at Plaza...

When textile designer Ruth Friend talks about her company, you almost can visualize the lithe hands of a weaver at work. There`s a gentle starting and stopping to her gestures...

A quick dip in your back-yard swimming pool can sometimes mean having to spend more time than you`d like going indoors to wash the chlorine from your body. It doesn`t...

The first six months of business at the Hannah Store in Winnetka was anything but a piece of cake for Kathleen Willoughby. Willoughby opened the antiques, gourmet food, decorative arts...

Aficionados of showcase houses get a chance at another helping at the American Society of Interior Designers showhouse in Lake Geneva, Wis., through Sept. 6. Known as Loramoor, the house...

Address: 2860 E. 76th St. Size: Two bedroom, 875 square feet. Rent: $645 to $670, depending on views from apartment. Age of building: 54 years old. Security deposit: One month`s...