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Oak Park Home Renovations Architect Transforms Your Space

See Oak Floors, Beamed Ceilings & Repurposed Brass Light Fixtures

Situated on Oak Park's Kenilworth Ave, this historic EE Roberts home housed a servant's kitchen and back billiard's room. The new stewards, a young family with 4 children, needed a larger kitchen with great room with views to the yard and new mudroom arrival space.

We restructured the back of the home with an open floor plan connecting and expanding the existing kitchen and billiard room into one space. This plan required careful design and engineering to remove a 3 story fireplace that once divided the spaces (see animation). On the exterior, a mudroom addition to the home's north side was designed to complement the original historic home form and detail.

On the interior, our approach material utilized the warm tones of oak, beamed ceilings, repurposed brass light fixtures and leaded glass windows to create a warm and inviting space for a family nestled within a historic home that is true to its past.

Elements was well fitted for this complex historic renovation which utilized our precise design approach, close collaboration with the builder, and experience working with villages in historic settings.

Ready to transform your home? Contact Elements Architects of Chicago today for a consultation. 

 

Elements is an architect for home renovations serving clients throughout the Chicagoland area including in Gold Coast, Lake View, Oak Park, Lincoln Park, Highland Park, Wilmette, and the surrounding area.