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Issue: Fall 2010
 
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Issue: October 2010
 
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Issue: June 2010
Article: Hide-And-Go-Chic
 
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Issue: ASID Design Excellence Awards Fall 2009
 
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Issue: Sept/Oct 2009
 
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Issue: September 2009
Article: Balanced Beams
"To live elegantly is to be able to relax."
 
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Issue: July/August 2009
Article: Take Us Away
"Frank Ponterio combined style and practicality."
 
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Issue: Volume 25 No. 06
Article: History Repeats
"Interior designer Frank Ponterio says the owners wanted the detailing to be both beautiful and historically correct."
 
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Issue: Nov/Dec 2007
Article: The High Life
"Could it become an elegant European-style guest flat atop an American house? Mais oui!"
Project Description:
Recent Lake Forest Showhouse attic transformation
 
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Issue: Sep/Oct 2007
Article: Show Off
"It's not easy to create coziness in a newly constructed addition with 19-1/2 foot vaulted ceilings..."
Project Description:
2007 Lake Forest Showhouse and Gardens, family room
 
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Issue: July/August 2007
Article: Enlightened
"I want people to feel at home in the space - comfortable and relaxed while being surrounded in luxurious finishes."
Project Description:
2007 Lake Forest Showhouse and Gardens, family room
 
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Issue: March/April 2007
Article: With All Due Respect
"I feel light when I'm here. Everything was so thoughtfully done."
Project Description:
Private residence in Northfield.
 
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Issue: Spring 2007
Article: Outside In
"The idea was to make everything become part of the exterior."
Project Description:
Private residence in Lake Forest
 
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Issue: May 2007
 
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Issue: Spring 2007
Article: Sweet Rhapsody
"The result is clean and classic - just beautiful!"
Project Description:
Howard Van Doren Shaw Historic Renovation
 
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Issue: October 2006
Article: Over the Top
"A light, lofty palette keeps the enormous area fresh, while swaths of fabrics in the same glowing color extend the natural light that bathes the space."
Project Description:
Lake Forest Showhouse
 
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Issue: Sep/Oct 2004
Article: Divide & Conquer
"[Frank Ponterio] chose the bigger challenge and rose to it, creating a handsome penthouse suite where any in-law or long-term guest would thrive and feel at home."
Project Description:
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago's 2003 Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens
 
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Issue: April 2004
Article: Chez Adler
"It's all about creating perfection of detail and scale. Together, it works really well."
Project Description:
Intensive three-year restoration of a David Adler gate lodge.
 
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Issue: November 2002
Article: Designer Uses Less-is-More Approach for Remodel
"While this room offers tremendous function, it also creates a very soothing and calming environment."
Project Description:
Renovation of an asethetically outdated master bath
 
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Issue: Fall 2002
Article: Ethics and the Business of Design
"When clients entrust their home - one of the largest and most treasured investments - to a designer, their satisfaction is of utmost importance."
Project Description:
Frank Ponterio authored this article subtitled "Interpreting the Gray Areas of Ethics in Residential Design"
 
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