Reviews
"The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." --Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show , New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show "Mr. Berkus is right; the spaces are an amazing resource for stylish rooms with a mix of vintage, antiques and contemporary pieces." -- HGTV "Without doubt, Parr accomplished her mission of positioning Chicago as a city with diversified tastes in architecture and interior decoration." --Erika Ward, of The Huffington Post "The talented team at Chicago Home mag, led by editor Jan Parr, have a new coffee table book coming out soon. It's one that, according to Parr, 'puts to rest once and for all the notion that Chicago's design sensibility is predictably conservative and safe.'" -- Apartment Therapy "The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details...With the range of dcor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." --Samira Rehman, YYZ Living "It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways...All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." --Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself "The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." --Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com "An inspiring book for your coffee table." --Sarah Klassen, Haute Design, PRAISE FOR CHICAGO SPACES BY JAN PARR : "The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." —Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show , New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show "The pages are decorated with clear, criåsp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details...With the range of décor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." —Samira Rehman, YYZ Living "It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways...All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." —Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself "The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." —Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com "An inspiring book for your coffee table." —Sarah Klassen, Haute Design "Fabulous new coffee table book." — Roam and Home, "The Midwest does indeed have style, and this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." -Nate Berkus, One of my favourite books this season is compiled and written by Jan Parr and the editors of Chicago Home + Garden Magazine. Chicago Spaces: Inspiring Interiors (Agate Surrey, $51.95) is a jewel. Although it focuses on Chicago spaces, the design mix easily transfers to any destination. The premise is to demonstrate that Chicago interiors are not predictable, but alive, and mixing styles and periods with clarity. These homes respond to the needs and wants of their residents, the buildings' architecture, and the moment in time. That's a pretty tall order, but I believe it's what we all strive for. Chicago is rich with history, flea markets and antique stores. You will find an eclectic mix of rooms, modern and period, new and refurbished, that have all combined to create warm, inviting living spaces. In the living room shown, Arden Nelson of ABN Interiors combined a new sofa with vintage Moroccan pillows, an artisan-made table, reupholstered vintage Baker chairs, a circa-1920s Kotan rug and a coffee table from the 1960s. The beauty of this living room is how collected and pretty the details are, from the antique Persian rug to the vintage Moroccan lantern to the artful and unexpected arrangement of objects on the custom-made limestone mantel. The walls are an inviting dark brown, brightened by the crisp white window trim and fireplace. If the composition appeals to you, the hundreds of photographs in Parr's collection will give you ample inspiration. Copy, mix and match, then add the treasures you have accumulated over time., Mr. Berkus is right; the spaces are an amazing resource for stylish rooms with a mix of vintage, antiques and contemporary pieces., The rooms featured in the book show contemporary furniture, traditional pieces and some mixtures of both. Stunning rooms selected by Parr and the magazine's other editors include a bold red library in a Chicago condominium on Astor Street, and a dining room in a nearby Indiana city where mirrors, traditional molding and Lucite chairs combine for high drama. Anyone who thinks a prairie style home can only be decorated with mission furniture should see how a Glenview couple combined hot pink and other vivid shades with a curvy midcentury Heywood Wakefield dining rooms set. If the person you give this book to doesn't find something to love, we suggest he or she might consider moving to another region., The spaces in this book embody all of the incarnations of modern design.... Chicago Spaces features some of the most stunning homes its namesake city has to offer and feels different from many of the design books I have, which was quite refreshing., I absolutely love Chicago Spaces from the editorial team at Chicago Home + Garden magazine led by the ever-so-talented Jan Parr. The book highlights so many fresh, sophisticated homes and it's instructive to see local resources and talent producing such great design. This was my holiday gift to all of my Real Estate By Design clients and it was a hit!, You'll be glad you took the time, because this baby is chock-full of amazing homes that will solidify Chicago's rep as a Tier 1 design city. You might also enjoy the forward by our very own, extraordinarily talented Nate Berkus., "The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." --Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show, New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe talented team at Chicago Home mag, led by editor Jan Parr, have a new coffee table book coming out soon. It's one that, according to Parr, 'puts to rest once and for all the notion that Chicago's design sensibility is predictably conservative and safe.'" -Apartment Therapy"The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details... With the range of decor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." --Samira Rehman, YYZ Living"It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways... All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." --Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself"The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." --Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com"An inspiring book for your coffee table." --Sarah Klassen, Haute Design"Fabulous new coffee table book." --Roam and Home, "The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." --Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show , New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show The talented team at Chicago Home mag, led by editor Jan Parr, have a new coffee table book coming out soon. It's one that, according to Parr, 'puts to rest once and for all the notion that Chicago's design sensibility is predictably conservative and safe.'" - Apartment Therapy "The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details...With the range of décor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." --Samira Rehman, YYZ Living "It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways...All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." --Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself "The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." --Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com "An inspiring book for your coffee table." --Sarah Klassen, Haute Design "Fabulous new coffee table book." -- Roam and Home, The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details., "The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." —Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show , New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show "Mr. Berkus is right; the spaces are an amazing resource for stylish rooms with a mix of vintage, antiques and contemporary pieces." — HGTV "Without doubt, Parr accomplished her mission of positioning Chicago as a city with diversified tastes in architecture and interior decoration." —Erika Ward, of The Huffington Post "The talented team at Chicago Home mag, led by editor Jan Parr, have a new coffee table book coming out soon. It's one that, according to Parr, 'puts to rest once and for all the notion that Chicago's design sensibility is predictably conservative and safe.'" — Apartment Therapy "The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details...With the range of décor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." —Samira Rehman, YYZ Living "It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways...All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." —Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself "The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." —Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com "An inspiring book for your coffee table." —Sarah Klassen, Haute Design, The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live., "The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." —Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show , New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show The talented team at Chicago Home mag, led by editor Jan Parr, have a new coffee table book coming out soon. It's one that, according to Parr, 'puts to rest once and for all the notion that Chicago's design sensibility is predictably conservative and safe.'" - Apartment Therapy "The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details...With the range of décor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." —Samira Rehman, YYZ Living "It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways...All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." —Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself "The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." —Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com "An inspiring book for your coffee table." —Sarah Klassen, Haute Design "Fabulous new coffee table book." — Roam and Home, Following a foreword by local design fave Nate Berkus, the book has a unique structure - the first section shows entire homes, the second focuses on solutions for specific rooms. A directory of the editor's picks for best Chicagoland resources is also included., "The Midwest does indeed have style. And this book, full of the amazing interiors that live in this city, is proof of that." --Nate Berkus, host of The Nate Berkus Show , New York Times best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show "Mr. Berkus is right; the spaces are an amazing resource for stylish rooms with a mix of vintage, antiques and contemporary pieces." -- HGTV "Without doubt, Parr accomplished her mission of positioning Chicago as a city with diversified tastes in architecture and interior decoration." --Erika Ward, of The Huffington Post "The talented team at Chicago Home mag, led by editor Jan Parr, have a new coffee table book coming out soon. It's one that, according to Parr, 'puts to rest once and for all the notion that Chicago's design sensibility is predictably conservative and safe.'" -- Apartment Therapy "The pages are decorated with clear, crisp, colourful images from every corner of homes in Chicago. The photos are big and bold taking up most of the page space, drawing the reader's eyes into the smallest of details...With the range of décor dimensions, you are sure to find something ideal for your own home." --Samira Rehman, YYZ Living "It's always nice to see inside the beautiful homes around your city - how people can design similar spaces in such drastically different ways...All essentials for any design aficionado's coffee table." --Alaina Kaczmarski, Live Creating Yourself "The book shows readers just what Chicago interior design has to offer and provides beautiful insights and inspiration for anyone who wants to love the space in which they live." --Cheryl Dangel Cullen, Examiner.com "An inspiring book for your coffee table." --Sarah Klassen, Haute Design, Without doubt, Parr accomplished her mission of positioning Chicago as a city with diversified tastes in architecture and interior decoration., Penned by Jan Parr and the editors of Chicago Home + Garden Magazine, this book includes a foreword by Chicago design darling, Nate Berkus. The spaces in this book embody all of the incarnations of modern design--there are cool, contemporary spaces, clean lines mixed with glamorous pieces, and several eclectic rooms. Chicago Spaces features some of the most stunning homes its namesake city has to offer and feels different from many of the design books I have, which was quite refreshing., I absolutely love Chicago Spaces... The book highlights so many fresh, sophisticated homes and it's instructive to see local resources and talent producing such great design. This was my holiday gift to all of my Real Estate By Design clients and it was a hit!
