Anglophiles, step right up for fall
Your home really needs that English look for fall.
It fits with apparel fashion's trends, and the colors are right for autumn.
Material Possessions has some ideas.
This Pulvermacher wild horses perfume tray, which could be used in your living room or dining room, is hand painted and costs $175.
Other looks you might consider besides equestrian are plaids and anything that says country garden.
The company has shops in Winnetka and Chicago and information is at materialpossessions.com.
Fans think older just might be better
For some of us there's no such thing as too many antiques or too many antique fairs.
They will want to visit the international fair at the Merchandise Mart that starts this week.
The 100 dealers include one from Lake Barrington, Hypoint Art and Antiques, which specializes in American folk art. Their buyers will find 19th Century weathervanes, whirligigs and Amish quilts.
Other dealers come from across the country and Canada, England, Japan and Turkey.
Treasures will include rare books, 18th and 19th Century American stoneware, antiquities, paintings and prints, furniture and all kinds of accessories and jewelry.
The preview night on Thursday, Oct. 2, costs $50 and benefits Lincoln Park Zoo.
Admission at other times is $15. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6.
The show is on the 12th floor of the Merchandise Mart, which is at Wells and Kinzie streets in Chicago.