Skin is proud to be recently featured in the Advice section “Sitting with…Bringing Design and Designers To The People” at Previously Owned By A Gay Man.
Previously Owned By A Gay Man is one of our favorite new sources . . . a destination online marketplace for new and previously owned home furnishings and decor, sourced from designers, influencers and, of course, the ever-tasteful gay man.
Skin loves Megmade! Meg puts so much energy into transforming furniture. Her pieces come alive with color and details. Our clients are always thrilled with the outcome. Recently, Meg created 13 pieces for one of our clients Melinda, and now Meg and Melinda have become good friends.
Originally founded in 2012, this mom-owned business has grown from painting changing tables in a home basement into a business that sells furniture nationwide and employs several people in the Chicago headquarters.
We admire Meg’s tagline, “Furniture with Purpose” as its aims to find purpose in every aspect of the business. Whether saving a piece of furniture that otherwise would be considered undesirable, making a home beautiful or supporting organizations doing worthy work, it is with purpose.
If you want a customized, one-of-a-kind, well-made piece that will make a statement and last forever, Meg is your gal. Check out her furniture at megmade.com and be sure to stop in her showroom and meet her pig named Purpose!
Matt was the mastermind photographer behind our “Breaking Trad” residence, “Euro Style” residence and Michelle’s bio photograph. He is a joy to work with and has an amazing eye for details.
“Wow! That was fun!” is what the majority of clients say at the end of a session with Matt. This from the same person whose words prior to the session were “I hate having my picture taken.”
Matt’s innate ability to connect with people, his natural curiosity, and a passion for learning new things enable him to create images that are as distinctive as they are authentic.
After selling the lab in 2010 he continued photographing children in his unique and revealing lifestyle technique. He leveraged his wide base of photographic knowledge, acquired over nearly 20 years in the industry and began photographing a multitude of assignments. While five of his photos of Wrigley Field were chosen for the MLB book “A Century of Wrigley Field”, and the corporate headquarters of Sloan Valve are a veritable gallery of his industrial fine art work, his primary focus is executive portraiture and corporate lifestyle photography.
When he’s not taking pictures, you’ll typically find him on a tennis court or watching his amazing daughters as they grow up way too fast.
Matt’s portrait was shot by Johnny McGuire