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Display Name: Modern Craft
Personal URL: http://moderncraft.blogspot.com
Member Since: 11/9/07

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I LOVE MILLE BORNES! No one ever knows what I'm talking about when I mention it.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Best Card Game Ever Eames Ornaments Slinks for 12.08.08
12/9/08 9:38 AM

Wow-- that chandelier is incredible!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | River North Penthouse Chicago Home
9/10/08 7:33 AM

I love Hable Construction's camp stools. Check out their cots as well -- Talk about cool camping.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Not So Roughing It: Modern Camping Stools
7/9/08 10:38 AM

I'd love to win this!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Thursday Giveaway: Apartment Therapy Presents Book
5/8/08 8:46 AM

I'd love to win this!


Apartment Therapy New York | Thursday Giveaway: Autographed AT Presents!
5/8/08 8:45 AM

Mllemiki: Thank you! The rounded chair in Henry's room is from IKEA a few years ago. I wish they still had these, but they no longer carry them. Maybe you could try eBay or Craig's List? Best of luck.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
3/5/08 6:07 PM

Roslyn: thanks-- when you design everything yourself, it's great to hear that someone besides us like this too! I'm curious about your renovation-- we'd love to see pictures when you're done. Good luck and don't worry, it will be fun!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
3/5/08 6:05 PM

Jeeves67-- thanks for the compliment! This house came with all wood walls in the kitchen, living room and hallways. We left all of it but we did paint the paneling in the living room white. I'm still thinking of putting a light honey-colored stain on the remaining wood to make it look more alive. The paneling is oak I believe. ---Jim


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
2/23/08 11:01 AM

Hello Chrisrocco-- Your kitchen sounds like it will be great. Our countertops are a green-gray color that I think is called Magellan Green. You can go to the webstie to see what they offer. We almost went with a darker gray, but this lighter color seemed better for our small space. Good luck!
http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/whats_new/new_colors.html


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
2/6/08 6:27 AM

Molly-- Your house is fantastic--- a work of art. It's like one big inspiration board-- very interesting and rich and beautiful. --Jim


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | House Call: Molly Meng of 8mm ideas
12/6/07 9:11 AM

Hi jifmae-- thanks for your nice words. It's funny-- I think we've gotten more comments about the countertops than anything. It's a quartz product from Zodiaq but you can find the same thing with Caeser Stone. It's very scratch resistant, very porous, and simple to clean. You can choose matte or gloss, (we have matte). In Chicago, we found the best source for this was a place called Studio41 (www.studiofortyone.com/showroom.html)-- they had the best pricing.


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/29/07 6:58 AM

Hi-- The kitchen cabinets are from Lowe's actually, a new line from KraftMaid called Venicia, but we almost went with the IKEA version because they are so similar. In the end, we chose the Lowe's cabinets because IKEA is just too far a drive to be going back and forth very often.

Thank you everyone for telling us that the double happiness poster is upside down! I can't believe we didn't know that. The poster is actually made from a postcard my friend scanned in and output at a large size. It's from a store in Hong Kong that I really like called Goods of Desire (G.O.D.).

And Fiona, I'd love to see pictures of your place too-- sounds like we have a lot of similar tastes and finishes. I like seeing how different people interpret the same items.


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/15/07 4:35 AM

Yes, the night stands are also MALM from Ikea. Great value and they don't sit on the ground, which gives them a nice spacious look.


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/12/07 5:54 AM

Are you kidding? We hung the double happiness upside down? No wonder the kids have been cranky lately. I have the same artwork in my office (scanned in from a Hong Kong postcard). I'll get that turned around. Geez.

Thank you everyone for your comments and compliments. It's a great exercise to seee your home through the eyes of other people.


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/12/07 5:52 AM

Exactly-- the coffee table is from Macy's (travertine marble top, steel base) which we liked because it's a large square, and the lamp you asked about is from Walter E Smithe, but I've seen it at Neiman Marcus too. It's got a silver base.


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/10/07 10:27 AM

Thank you-- Kitchen cabinets are Kraftmaid "Venicia" from Lowe’s (of all places).


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/9/07 3:30 PM

Thanks! I have to say that the kitchen was actually really fun to work on. We started with a brochure from a high-end design company and then just looked around until we found similar cabinets, faucets, etc for much cheaper. It was our own version of a scavenger hunt.
The green bedding is from Design Within Reach (which they've sadly discontinued) and the bedding in Henry's room is from Boodalee, a little company started by two moms who didn't want their kids rooms full of Disney characters! --Jim


Apartment Therapy - House Tour: Jim and Kari's Evanston Modern
11/9/07 12:20 PM