Here’s to Summer
Despite the fact that it snowed well into April, it is technically spring. And, even though it seems Mother Nature has attempted to trick us into believing it's still winter, I can't be fooled. I'm a warm weather guy who starts his countdown to summer in January, eagerly awaiting the day I can board a plane with ONLY...
Small Things, Big Style
I don't know how anyone else does it, but when I start designing each season with my team, I start first with what I want in my house. This season, I zeroed in on 3 things that I called dibs on as soon as they arrived to our offices: the chevron box, the pebbled bowl and the lacquered crab. All three are small in...
What You’ll Need
Recently my assistant, Kelly had to make a decision about where to go on her honeymoon (check out her blog to see where she and her husband Seth decided to go). As a result of her honeymoon fate, we spent weeks musing about the pros and cons of Thailand, Turkey, Greece, Morocco and everywhere in between. All the talk...
What We Want Right Now
With spring in the air and summer approaching, it’s time to dust off the patio furniture in preparation for grilling and relaxation time with my family! We don’t have a large space so we have to get creative on how to make it look cool and unique. I love a good lantern(s) to place around your deck. Here in Chicago...
What I Bought
I’m really excited about my two most recent purchases because they are items expressly for new adventures right around the corner. After a lot of hemming and hawing over weekend Bloody Mary’s, my husband and I decided to take our honeymoon in Turkey in May. We will be there for two weeks – an unprecedented...
Follow That Find
A few years ago when Nate was transitioning from Chicago to his new place in New York, I was put in charge of coordinating his move on the Chicago end. Nate had 2 FRAGILE ceramic pineapples that took on a life of their own for me. For some reason I kept having nightmares about the pineapples falling off the truck. I...
A Room Re-Imagined
While I don't have any proof to back up this statistic, I know 75% of you haven't changed the floor plan of your living room in the past year. I'm right, aren't I? Believe me; I get it. You sign the paperwork, get the keys, pack a kajillion boxes, unpack a million boxes (the rest of your kajillion having been...
A New Favorite
About a year ago my team was in Kansas City for meetings. As is the usual for us the moment Tara, my creative director, and Kristin, my manager, broke from their meetings they pulled up a listing of antiques stores on their iPads determined to do a drive by on their way to the airport. It's what we do wherever we...
My Town
Humboldt Park. Ukrainian Village. Smith Park. Somewhere in between the lines the city of Chicago has drawn down Chicago Avenue is my neighborhood, just west of Western. People speak Spanish, or write in Cyrillic, or are new to the area, out walking their dog and chatting with the neighbor who has lived there for some...
Show Us Your
Each month, Megan of all moxie inc, who heads up our site updates, assigns each of us on the Nate Berkus staff a blog topic and due date. This month she emailed me my topic of "Show Us Your..." along with her usual sweet but direct reminder of the due date (Megan's southern so she does sweet, yet direct, like only a...
