I loved my accommodations at the House of Two Urns! Every room in the place is beautifully furnished. The food was delicious and had plenty of variety each day. The best part was meeting Kapra and Miguel, our hosts. They went out of their way to be helpful during my first stay in Chicago.

Highest recommendations for this fab B&B. It's in a near perfect setting because the neighborhood is super lively and fun but the block where Two Urns sits is quiet and secluded. The neighborhood makes you feel like an instant local. Inside it's stunning, charming, an old fashioned look that just happens to have every modern convenience. The food is great and the hosts are really adept at knowing when to be helpful and when to give you space. Really can’t recommend it enough. I was there on a writers residency and think it would be ideal for anyone who is in Chicago for a longish stay as the ideal home base from which to explore and then beat a cozy retreat.

For the Winter of 2012, I stayed for a writing residency at Two Urns and the experience surpassed my expectations. The last time I stayed at a bed and breakfast, it felt more like a chain hotel being run in a house. At Two Urns, however, you feel like you've rented the best apartment chicago can offer, complete with courtesy breakfast and lunch served in the kitchen, prepared by the hostess herself.
Located in the Wicker park Neighborhood, you get to experience a good medium: staying outside the tourist-heavy downtown, but a safe enough distance from any high-crime neighborhoods. Like any city, you're gonna hear noise outside, like honking horns or people yelling, but the walls are so thick the chaos without is reduced to a muted murmur.
The hosts, Kapra and Miguel are very welcoming, entertaining me and the other guests with stories of the neighborhood's polish past as well as the history of the building itself. Miguel is an artist, so don't be surprised when you enter the hallways and find all kinds of artwork decorating the walls.

A week at Two Urns is a week you'll never forget.

In response to Nicole G, the House of Two Urns is a privately owned business, NOT PUBLIC, and can make any restrictions they choose. Besides, I doubt your large dog can climb up and down their long, narrow staircase several times a day just to pee. They're not the only B&B in the city, you'll be fine.

I recently spent two nights in the small (twin bed only) Walnut room at this bed and breakfast, and had a perfectly fine stay. I was most impressed by how thoughtful everything was - from single gum packs and advil packs in the drawers, to an extra toothbrush, to a kitchen stocked with coffee and tea and all cooking instruments you might need. The room was small and a bit worn, but I knew that going into it, and the private bathroom was spacious and clean. Staying here is very much like staying in a house, rather than staying in an inn. There are only 3 rooms in the building I stayed in as well as a full kitchen and two sitting rooms, and it felt more like staying with roommates than staying in a hotel. This comfort and homeyness makes me think that this would be the perfect spot for a longer term stay, but I wouldn't necessarily come back for a short weekend trip (just because I'm looking for more amenities on that sort of trip, nothing against the B&B). The B&B is on the edge of an up and coming area, with lots of nice places down division towards wicker park, but I didn't feel 100% comfortable walking back alone at night (as a young female)... I didn't experience anything unsavory, but would have been happier to be with someone else! The only negative part of the experience for me was that there was a waterproof mattress cover on the bed and it was really loud! It made it difficult to move around at all as I slept without waking myself up.

Would recommend this B&B, specifically for a longer term stay when you'd like access to a full kitchen and a little more space. (I can't comment on the breakfast as I didn't partake).