This five-bedroom home in Winnetka has five full baths, two half-baths, eight fireplaces and marble floors. The kitchen has stainless steel Sub-Zero appliances, Cristallo quartzite countertops, an ...

Custom built-ins are one of those design elements that can step your home up from nice to magazine worthy. Unfortunately, their high style is usually matched by their price. Given this reality, you ...

Have you always dreamed of having a home library? Books lining the walls from floor to ceiling, a Beauty-and-the-Beast-style ...

The fantasy usually goes like this. A friend of mine comes over, and we wander into my shimmering Babylonian spire of a library, with shelves of books ascending into the atmosphere. The only way to ...