Rustic Modern Retreat in Northern California

Published as: SECRET GARDEN    In Northern California’s wine country, close to Sonoma’s town square, is an 11-acre hillside haven covered in 250-year-old oak trees. “Once you come up the driveway and enter the courtyard surrounded by wide-canopied native trees, you’re in the middle of their secret garden,” says Jim Stafford, who lives on the property […]

An Artful Factory Renovation in Chicago

Published as: CHARCOAL FACTORY Interior Design: michael del piero Text: thomas connors Photography: janet mesic mackie As owner of Chicago’s Architectural Artifacts, Stuart Grannen spends his days surrounded by things. Furniture, signage, stained glass. Carnival banners, fragments from Louis Sullivan buildings, Frank Lloyd Wright light fixtures. And his inventory isn’t all local. Wandering through his […]

Jeff Andrews Designs for Kris Jenner in California

Published as: REALITY STAR This home is seen in 150 countries on a weekly basis,” Los Angeles interior designer Jeff Andrews says of television personality Kris Jenner’s Hidden Hills, California, house. But when it came to the design approach, “I couldn’t think about that,” he says. “It was a designer-client relationship like any other.” Andrews […]