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We’ve been a little busy these last few years at Park & Oak. Growth is inspiring and fun and exciting, but boy it requires a lot of hard work, late nights, and sometimes impossible to meet demands on time and energy. Today, it’s all worth it. Today, we open the doors to our expanded Collected showroom and retail space. Within the new space is The Parlour at Park & Oak, a cozy cocktail lounge where people can gather and feel welcomed, whether it’s a quick stop for a cocktail and conversation…

In any new build kitchen, part of the challenge and reward is in creating a space that has character. That doesn’t yell: “Look at me! I’m new!” Each design should also reflect the owner and take into consideration their unique needs and preferences. It’s in these details that a design comes to life and becomes more than just drawings on a page. In the Park Ridge kitchen, our clients felt strongly about keeping the full-size sink off the island, but also really wanted the convenience of a…

We loved working with this color so much on our recent Winnetka project, so we thought it deserved a highlight here on the blog. It may come as a surprise that paint is not always the first thing we think about. Once a budget is set for a project, we want to make sure we are selecting the best possible finishes for the space. Often, this means waiting to choose a paint color until we have a rug, lighting, upholstery. In this project in particular, the abundant natural light in the room meant…

We are so proud to reveal that Park & Oak has been featured in the issues of Traditional Home and Beautiful Kitchens & Baths on newsstands now! Traditional Home has always been one of our favorite shelter magazines. Their aesthetic of timeless, classic but dynamic interiors matches so well with our design philosophy. So, when they reached wanting to know if we’d like to be featured in their next issues, we jumped at the opportunity! The #POclaussennewbuild kitchen and pantry appear in…

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You may have noticed … we like a moody room at Park & Oak. Now, we have no beef with light and airy (see some of our favorite whites as proof), but some rooms call for drama. We like to walk into a home, spy a jewel box room, and think … oooo, what’s back there? Below, we’ve shared some of our favorite dark and moody rooms. You’ll see that a large number of them are cocktail rooms, and with good reason. For us, a cocktail room is the ultimate place to inject a little mood. To settle in, let…

Park and Oak bedroom

One of our favorite types of interior lighting has its origins in the humble outdoor oil lamp. Outdoor lantern lighting can be traced as far back as ancient China, Egypt and Greece, when men and women living in caves scrambled to create light from whatever was available. A common combination at that time was moss and animal fat, set into a carved out stone. These primitive designs would evolve over time into something closer to what we picture today, a durable metal case with glass sides…

Studio McGee on Instagram: “A moody room because mercury is in retrograde. 🌚 (just a little astrology for the 10% that’ll get it!!) Design: @parkandoakdesign”