Bishop Studio | May 2025

Home Away From Home:
Escaping the City’s Hubbub in a Highland Park Haven.

By Thomas Connors
Photography by Laura Couture

Distance is measured in more than miles. A break in routine, an afternoon lost in a book, recreating that dish you tasted on your first trip to Paris—all can be a welcome escape. And getting away from it all doesn’t have to begin with a trip to O’Hare. For one Chicago family, jumping in the car and heading to Highland Park does the trick.

“My clients first rented this house as a weekend getaway during COVID,” says designer Jennie Bishop, who co-founded design firm Studio Gild in 2014 and now operates as Bishop Studio. “They both work a lot and didn’t want to have to pack up the kids and drive to Michigan or Wisconsin. Eventually, they struck a deal to buy it.”