House in Progress Diary

Ooooh! Big Sale at The Sweden Shop!

I love, love, love design and products from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland for three reasons: Their products are beautiful. Their products are useful. Their products are durable.** The Sweden Shop sells the kinds of items that you will use...

Posted by jeanne on January 24, 2009 12:02 PM

Houseblogging in the Wall Street Journal

This Friday's edition of the Wall Street Journal includes a pretty nice article on houseblogging, including a reference to this site and to the other site we manage: Houseblogs.net. The article focuses on an interview the reporter did with Jeannie...and...

Posted by aaron on September 28, 2007 6:54 AM

House in Progress in Chicago Home

This week the September/October issue of Chicago Home Magazine arrived at our local bookstore and our site was among five websites listed under the title Design Diaries: Five local home blogs that keep us coming back for more. It's...

Posted by aaron on September 4, 2007 11:50 AM

Track Your Favorite DIY Topics at Houseblogs.net

Sorry, but we've been a little slow to post here at House in Progress.  That's partially a reflection of exactly what you'd expect--we haven't done jack on the house in the past few weeks.  However, it's also due to the...

Posted by aaron on February 5, 2007 11:01 AM

North Park Neighborhood: The Sweden Shop

I often write about our neighborhood up here on the northwest side of Chicago, North Park. The space we live in isn't only about the house, it's about our neighborhood and city, too.  And we really enjoy North Park.There is...

Posted by jeanne on July 24, 2006 11:47 AM

Mid-Century Modern in Our Neighborhood, Part 2

(You can read Part 1 here.)So, I really think that mid-century modern houses are going to finally get some loving in Chicago soon.  And there were plenty to love up in Budlong Woods. ...

Posted by jeanne on June 6, 2006 7:25 AM

Mid-Century Modern in Our Neighborhood

Since I was corresponding with Ranch Redo over her bathtub dilemma, I realized that I haven't been fully disclosing the variety of housing styles within walking distance of our neighborhood.  We have LOTS of mid-century modern houses around, scattered among...

Posted by jeanne on June 5, 2006 9:09 AM

Neighborhood Notes: North Park / Albany Park

From time to time, I write about our neighborhood because it IS such an important part of owning a house.  A sense of place is important...the people who live there, the energy of the place, what you see, what there...

Posted by jeanne on March 28, 2006 9:20 AM

Chicago, My Kind of Town: Part 1

Okay, time for the next installment of "WHAT ON EARTH??" Sorry for the delay, we've been cataloguing and moving books off of the 2nd floor in a desperate race to free up that space for construction. Going through the historical...

Posted by jeanne on August 12, 2003 1:23 AM