Come out to LivingRoom and learn about buying opportunities for rehab in a mindful fashion. These include conventional properties as well as distressed properties (i.e.: short sales/foreclosures/etc). We’ll discuss advantages & disadvantages of various property types, condition of major home systems & potential investment value.
Meegan Czop from the ReBuilding Exchange will talk about deconstruction, creative reuse, & repurposed materials.
Domenic Gianonne from Guaranteed Rate will be on hand to discuss various financing options for buyers in today’s market.
Saturday March 20th at 10AM at LivingRoom Realty, 1530 W Superior St.
Space is limited, please RSVP!
Like honey? Want to learn how to produce it yourself (with the help of several thousand bees)?
Please join us at 7PM on Wednesday March 24th at LivingRoom for an introductory presentation by Kevin Dick on keeping bees in the city of Chicago.
Kevin and his wife have kept a hive in their backyard in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood for the past 4 years and produce 14-20 gallons of honey a year, which they jar as Sticky Dick Honey (and will be here for tasting!).
Kevin will discuss the trials and tribulations (and joys!) involved in such a task, bring equipment for show-and-tell, and hopefully leave you with enough information and optimism to undertake it yourself!
Kevin Dick is an environmental scientist and naturalist with expertise in many aspects of sustainable living. Several of Kevin’s passions are related to human relationships with the natural world, and when not
working or volunteering, Kevin’s hobbies tend to gravitate toward working with nature in an urban setting, including volunteering with the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plants of Concern program. Kevin’s experience
with native plants through his botany and gardening interests eventually led to an interest in keeping an apiary, and a pursuit of learning about the biology of bees to better manage the apiary has led to four
successful years of productive honey harvesting, happy neighbors, and interested friends.
When not thinking about bees, Kevin is the Director of the Delta Institute Weatherization Program, and has consulted on green building and LEED projects around Chicago. Past and present research has centered on distribution and diversity of street trees in the City of Chicago and the importance of the private landowner in protected species conservation. Kevin has a BS in Environmental Studies from the
University of Cincinnati, and an MA in Geography & Environmental Studies at Northeastern Illinois University.
Points of Entry, New Work by Alysia Kaplan
Opens Friday March 12th, 6-9PM
Friday March 12th, 2010 – Saturday May 1st, 2010
“We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.”
— W.G. Sebald (Austerlitz)
For her installation at LivingRoom Gallery, Alysia Kaplan draws upon cultural signifiers of domestic space to investigate the personal experiences embedded in and the historical antecedents imposed upon a dwelling.
Alysia Kaplan is a Chicago-based artist whose print and photographic work explores the varied themes of home and place. Her work draws from the methodologies and histories of design to create a cultural critique of the home as commodity and signifier.
Alysia recently completed a residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium where she has an upcoming exhibition. She has also exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center; the International Print Center in New York, NY; Columbia College, Chicago, IL, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA and at Art Basel Miami, Bridge Art Fair with Orleans St Gallery, Miami, FL. In 2009, she produced limited edition prints for Bailliwick. Kaplan is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Libby Lowe wrote a great article (yes, we’re biased) about LivingRoom Realty and our Micro Grant in the newest issue of Mindful Metropolis. Check it out!
There was a Holiday Train complete with Santa and reindeer in the winter, so why not a Garden Train in the summer?
The CTA has given the Mobile Garden Project a ticket to ride! The project’s basic concept is to build a garden on a flatcar train and to let it travel with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of their regular transit service.
The Mobile Garden has even received the endorsement of Robert Kelly, President of The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 (a public transit union representing over 3500 transit workers of the Chicago Transit Authority) — woot!
The Edelweiss Cardenas show at LivingRoom was reviewed in The Chicago Tribune. Be sure and see it before it closes on Friday the 26th!
LivingRoom Gallery : 1530 West Superior Street
Please call before you stop by: 312.226.3020
Dress warm and take a ride with the Bike Winter tour of West Town including the neighborhoods of Wicker Park, Bucktown, Ukrainian Village, East Village, River West, Noble Square and Humboldt Park!
LivingRoom Realty clients David & Heather have created an insightful blog detailing their experiences with buying and renovating a single family home in Logan Square. They’ve done a tremendous job and the place is looking better all the time. Congratulations are in order!
Our recent client Pete sent us these pictures of the on-going updates to his charming worker’s cottage in the Old Irving neighborhood. With a little (or a lot) sweat Pete has transformed the wood paneling and drop ceiling to bright new walls and a surprise bonus — the original tin ceiling!
Keep up the good work Pete…we can’t wait to see the end results!
Our clients Tim and Ellie have created a wonderful blog about their house hunting adventures. Follow them as they look for, buy, and settle into their first home!
