THE THORNTONS' HOUSE - HUNT was going nowhere-one property after another proving “so expensive yet so cookie-cutter,” recalls Josh Thornton. At the close of a particularly frustrating day, he asked his then-pregnant wife, designer Summer Thornton, “If we could live anywhere, where would it be?"
She didn't hesitate: “That white house on the corner." She was referring to an elegant but run-down, 19th-century townhouse a few blocks from their Chicago condo.
PREVIOUS SPREAD: Handmarbled ceiling paper (Marbled Art) crowns the apricot living room. Summer and her son welcome guests on an entry stairwell cloaked in panther print carpet (Stark).
Though it wasn't for sale, Josh contacted the elderly owners anyway. As luck would have it, they were happy to sell so long as they could rent the ground floor as a pied-à-terre for themselves.
The sunny second-floor kitchen overlooks a walled courtyard. Range, Lacanche OPPOSITE: Flowering cherry standards and maidenhair fern flourish in the side garden.
In the courtyard, classic stripes (fabric, Perennials) cloak steel dining chairs. Stone flooring, Exquisite Surfaces
“The trellised walls in the garden room are my ode to The Decorator-legends like Bunny Mellon, Parish Hadley.
-INTERIOR DESIGNER AND HOMEOWNER SUMMER THORNTON
OPPOSITE: The lattice-cloaked garden room. Brass sconces, Circa Lighting
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Social Study
In the Chicago suburbs, a convivial family home is reimagined with intoxicating color, wild florals, and a sweeping two-story library-secret doors included.
Building DRAMA
IN A STORIED UPPER EAST SIDE APARTMENT, CHAIRISH COFOUNDER ANNA BROCKWAY TURNS UP THE HEAT WITH HIGH-VOLTAGE COLOR AND AN ULTRACHIC VINTAGE HAUL.
STORYTELLERS in Residence
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ELECTRIC REGENCY
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A Bold REWRITE
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Handwriting HISTORY
WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW IMMERSIVE MUSEUM IN GERMANY, MONTBLANC CELEBRATES THE ART OF PENMANSHIP ACROSS TIME AND CULTURE.
ONCE UPON AN ODYSSEY
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The Drintmakers WORKSHOP
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GOOD on PAPER
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Etched in TIME
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