Furniture on Casters and Dozens of Chairs, This Collector's Chicago Home Is Made for Rearranging

"Luckily, the choice comes down to one limiting factor: Can he even squeeze it into the apartment? "I have a chair obsession," Carollo admits. At one point, he'd crammed upwards of 26 chairs in his 1,600-square-foot apartment. The chairs alone range from elegant Louis Philippe styles to hand-hewn Brutalist, and they all fit, somehow, with constant rearranging (he keeps a storage unit for items he simply can't let go)."

"Carollo lived in his former one-bedroom apartment for about 10 years, and during the pandemic, he casually looked around, spotting a Craigslist post for his current two-bedroom in a 1910 building on a tree-lined street. He was drawn to the apartment's natural light (it faces east), the open floor plan, and a set of French doors leading to a Juliet balcony. Of course, the extra space wasn't anything to complain about."

Carollo sources furniture and decor and frequently brings pieces home when they match his tastes. Space determines whether he keeps finds. He has a chair obsession and once had more than 26 chairs in his 1,600-square-foot apartment, ranging from Louis Philippe to hand-hewn Brutalist; he keeps excess items in a storage unit. Key pieces such as a coffee table, an armchair, and a chopping block are on casters, and his television sits on a rolling stand to be wheeled out of sight. He moved from a one-bedroom he lived in for about ten years into a two-bedroom in a 1910 building with east-facing natural light, an open floor plan, and French doors to a Juliet balcony.

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