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Randolph Street Holiday Market

A Designer Spot attended this years annual Randolph Street Holiday Market in the Plumbers Hall off of Washington this past weekend. This is the holiday market that garners praise from far and wide, and even was mentioned as the place to go to find antiques by arguably Chicago’s most famous interior designer, Nate Berkus.

Aside from the usual booths containing seasonal holiday decorations, hand made clothing and vintage jewelry, we were quite pleased to see that although we were attending on a Sunday, towards the end of the market, there was still plenty of affordable and amazing furniture pieces to peruse.

Jamie Hanks hauls his antiqued and retro pieces down from East Lansing. Among his items were tables that were beautifully restored and smartly prices. His firm also specializes in estate assessments and liquidations. Not only did Hanks have fine items that ranged from necessities to decore, but he had unique artwork and funky and eclectic items as well for the non traditionalist.

Diane Passi of self named Floral Design and Antiques carries her merchandise on Facebook in addition to attending local town markets. In her booth, we are reminded that even every day items can be repurposed into holiday ware, such as this glass lantern. Her antique containers (including a beautiful and refined arts and crafts bureau had us wanting to organize our own crafting room).

Rare Rubbish had shabby chic and vintage antiques neatly wrapped in ribbon for stocking stuffing coasters to go. Alphabet letter ornaments in black excited us – whether used on a tree, wall, or dinner plate, these letters are versatile and universal.

Jack O’Neill (from Palos Hills) was greeting visitors and showing his wide array of hand painted custom art work. Thee Art Studio had abstract, landscape, portraits and even still life on canvas displayed. Truly something for any aesthetic by Mr. O’Neill.

Our final destination led us to Industrial Evolution, with an end cap space wide enough to supply pieces with large personalities. Frederick Klass Jr. was on hand to tell us about his industrial art and architectural adaptations which included alternative furnishings and unique lighting applications. These in your face pieces are also quite loud with their sharp curves and remade applications. I can envision almost all of those pieces finding residence in my own home.

Whether you’re a designer shopping for reasonably priced finds for your client, or simply a new home owner putting the final touch with a painting above the couch, this market had an awesome variety of treasures for the design conscious collective.

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