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This project reimagines a 1940s Maple Leaf residence for a young family of four—transforming it into a modern transitional home that feels timeless, warm, and truly lived in. The goal was to balance character with comfort, creating spaces that support daily family life while remaining refined and enduring in design.
Our approach focused on optimizing the space plan to improve flow, storage, and functionality throughout the home. Every decision was guided by how the family lives, works, and gathers, ensuring each room feels intuitive, comfortable, and purposeful without sacrificing beauty.
A cohesive, nature-inspired palette ties the home together. Warm whites and oak tones form a calm foundation, layered with greens and soft blues for depth and balance. From the serene, color-drenched primary bedroom to the playful nursery and the productivity-focused home office anchored by a landscape mural, each space was designed to elevate everyday living while feeling effortlessly welcoming.

This project reimagines a 1940s Maple Leaf residence for a young family of four—transforming it into a modern transitional home that feels timeless, warm, and truly lived in. The goal was to balance character with comfort, creating spaces that support daily family life while remaining refined and enduring in design.
Our approach focused on optimizing the space plan to improve flow, storage, and functionality throughout the home. Every decision was guided by how the family lives, works, and gathers, ensuring each room feels intuitive, comfortable, and purposeful without sacrificing beauty.
A cohesive, nature-inspired palette ties the home together. Warm whites and oak tones form a calm foundation, layered with greens and soft blues for depth and balance. From the serene, color-drenched primary bedroom to the playful nursery and the productivity-focused home office anchored by a landscape mural, each space was designed to elevate everyday living while feeling effortlessly welcoming.
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This project reimagines a 1940s Maple Leaf residence for a young family of four—transforming it into a modern transitional home that feels timeless, warm, and truly lived in. The goal was to balance character with comfort, creating spaces that support daily family life while remaining refined and enduring in design.
Our approach focused on optimizing the space plan to improve flow, storage, and functionality throughout the home. Every decision was guided by how the family lives, works, and gathers, ensuring each room feels intuitive, comfortable, and purposeful without sacrificing beauty.
A cohesive, nature-inspired palette ties the home together. Warm whites and oak tones form a calm foundation, layered with greens and soft blues for depth and balance. From the serene, color-drenched primary bedroom to the playful nursery and the productivity-focused home office anchored by a landscape mural, each space was designed to elevate everyday living while feeling effortlessly welcoming.

Our main task was the illumination of the owners’ artwork, which had a light fixture that was too close to the wall and left the piece in shadows. We moved the lighting to the ceiling and precisely spaced it a foot and a half out for a perfect illumination of the artwork. Conscious of the client’s clean aesthetic, we ordered switch and dimmer plates in the same palette as the wall color for inconspicuous placement. We also created a more integrated, intuitive control panel for our clients, putting all the lighting on the first floor into a simple control panel and requiring just one button for different settings like “Welcome,” “Morning,” “Evening,” Entertain,” and “Off.” Our new design beautifully lit the client’s prized artwork, and better attuned the lighting to their lifestyle.

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

Sponsored
Westerville, OH
Custom Home Works
Franklin County's Award-Winning Design, Build and Remodeling Expert

This home in Southeast Portland had been previously updated by another firm through an extensive remodel and addition. HMC had the privilege of teaming up with Howells Architecture + Design on the last piece to be tackled, the family kitchen. The space was gutted and planned within the existing footprint, and reconfigured to increase intuitive task flow and to gain functional countertop and cabinet space from a redundant hall entry.
The back wall allows entry and room for mudroom-type storage. Oak floors and a large, frame-like opening draw your eye through to the dining room arch and beyond to the living space and focal fireplace.
The drama of this frame comes from the complex Horizon Blue and Opal Pacific Heath Ceramic tiles alternating in a vertical offset pattern. They add interest and cohesion to the kitchen and reinforce the perfect balance of traditional and modern established in the earlier remodel. The perfect exclamation point to a now beautifully finished home.

Designing an open-concept space isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about making every square foot work smarter. To tackle these challenges, we reimagined the kitchen layout, optimizing both function and flow. The result? A living area that feels effortlessly connected yet distinctly defined. Each zone is visually cohesive, ensuring movement is intuitive while maintaining a sense of purpose in every space. Plus, the updated seating arrangement embraces the natural light, drawing the outdoors in and making the entire space feel even more expansive.

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

03-120-RH - Levo - LED Wall Sconce/Reading Light - Right - Hardwired - Oiled Walnut, Brushed Aluminum - Frosted Polymer
03-120-LH - Levo - LED Wall Sconce/Reading Light - Left - Hardwired - Oiled Walnut, Brushed Aluminum - Frosted Polymer
The goal for the Levo was to create a bedside wall fixture with great task lighting articulation that was intuitive enough to be used without prior knowledge of the fixture - all the while making it slender, sexy, and very robust.

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

Sponsored
Columbus, OH
Wannemacher Interiors
Customized Award-Winning Interior Design Solutions in Franklin Cnty OH

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

A free-standing painting and drawing studio, distinctly contemporary but complementary to the existing historic shingle-style residence. Together the sequence from house to deck to courtyard to breezeway to studio interior is a choreography of movement and space, seamlessly integrating site, topography, and horizon.
Images by Steve King Architectural Photography.

This Chicago brownstone remodel transformed the entire home, blending sleek modern design with timeless vintage charm to create a harmonious and sophisticated living space. The design features clean lines, rich textures, and carefully curated materials that honor the home's historic character while introducing contemporary design. Throughout the home, modern elements such as wood floors, custom built-ins, and high-end fixtures are complemented by modern-inspired touches like bold wallpaper, modern-style lighting, and classic modern furniture. The kitchen boasts sleek cabinetry and brass finishes, while the bathrooms feature whimsical wallpaper with deep black cabinetry. Each space is thoughtfully designed with smart storage solutions and an intuitive flow to enhance daily living. By seamlessly integrating historic charm and modern sophistication, this remodel reimagines the brownstone as a stylish and inviting home for modern life.

Designing an open-concept space isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about making every square foot work smarter. To tackle these challenges, we reimagined the kitchen layout, optimizing both function and flow. The result? A living area that feels effortlessly connected yet distinctly defined. Each zone is visually cohesive, ensuring movement is intuitive while maintaining a sense of purpose in every space. Plus, the updated seating arrangement embraces the natural light, drawing the outdoors in and making the entire space feel even more expansive.

Sponsored
Columbus, OH
Snider & Metcalf Interior Design, LTD
Leading Interior Designers in Columbus, Ohio & Ponte Vedra, Florida

At Jongonga contractors, exceptional customer service is always at the heart of our business, and can be felt at all stages of construction – from home remodeling and construction, to design, project planning, and execution. With our qualified, experienced and professional team, you can see your concept materialize into a well-built, intuitively designed modern property. By building your dream home of enduring beauty and lasting value. We take pride in our luxury homes built with the highest standards specially fit to meet our clients' needs. Our team offer building strives to capture a unique touch, while remaining faithful to the distinguished aura which many builders have abandoned. Your homes will be the foundation of your family's memories for years to come and an investment you can count on in the future. #construction #design #contractors #team #project #building #property #business #planning #luxury #customerservice #future #investment #beauty

The removal of some of the other walls allowed for the addition of the wet bar accented by a floral pattern back-splash. Now family and guests don't need to go back upstairs to the kitchen to put together some refreshments. Instead they can use the black walnut wood counter top to organize the plates, utensils, and napkins retrieved from the white custom cabinetry and pull out cold beverages from the stainless steel built-in cooler. The addition of strategic, recessed lighting created a bright atmosphere without the worry of hitting one's head on any hanging light fixtures. To keep the balance of child-friendly area and charming entertainment space, vinyl flooring was installed in order to give the look of hardwood flooring but be easier to clean and maintain. With some well-thought out planning and intuitive insight, this finished basement was transformed into a charming multi-use living space.

At Jongonga contractors, exceptional customer service is always at the heart of our business, and can be felt at all stages of construction – from home remodeling and construction, to design, project planning, and execution. With our qualified, experienced and professional team, you can see your concept materialize into a well-built, intuitively designed modern property. By building your dream home of enduring beauty and lasting value. We take pride in our luxury homes built with the highest standards specially fit to meet our clients' needs. Our team offer building strives to capture a unique touch, while remaining faithful to the distinguished aura which many builders have abandoned. Your homes will be the foundation of your family's memories for years to come and an investment you can count on in the future. #construction #design #contractors #team #project #building #property #business #planning #luxury #customerservice #future #investment #beauty
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