Interior rehab of a 3,600 sf single-family home at 1452 S Emerald St, Chicago, IL. The design emphasizes bright, open living and dining spaces with modern chandeliers, paneled walls, and a mix of classic detailing and contemporary finishes.

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Interior rehab of a 3,600 sf single-family home at 1452 S Emerald St, Chicago, IL. The design emphasizes bright, open living and dining spaces with modern chandeliers, paneled walls, and a mix of classic detailing and contemporary finishes.

Interior rehab of a 3,600 sf single-family home at 1452 S Emerald St, Chicago, IL. The design emphasizes bright, open living and dining spaces with modern chandeliers, paneled walls, and a mix of classic detailing and contemporary finishes.

Interior rehab of a 3,600 sf single-family home at 1452 S Emerald St, Chicago, IL. The design emphasizes bright, open living and dining spaces with modern chandeliers, paneled walls, and a mix of classic detailing and contemporary finishes.

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Old fixer-uppers often require two competing levels of priorities from their new homeowners. First and foremost is the need to immediately attend to those repairs that ensure the continued functioning and general well being of the house’s structure. By nature, these usually demand “house on fire!” status, especially when compared to other types of remodeling work that simply enhances aesthetics and general comfort. In the case of a Delaware couple, a structural issue with the front of their 125 year old Victorian (it was sinking!), along with some other more pressing challenges, put a 13 year long hold on getting the bathroom for which they had long dreamed. The shower enclosure features a base of hexagon patterned tile, bordered by marble subway tiles. The shower enclosure features a base of hexagon patterned tile, bordered by marble subway tiles. By the time Dave Fox Design Build Remodelers was hired to handle the construction, the couple certainly had put plenty of thought into converting a spare second-floor bedroom into the master bath. Courtney Burnett, Fox’s Interior Design Manager on the project, credits the owners for “having great creative minds, with lots of ideas to contribute.” By the time it came to put a formal design plan into place, the client “drove the look while we devised how the space would function.” It’s worth noting that there are drawbacks in being given too much time for advance planning. Owners’ tastes in design may change, while a steady stream of new fixtures and building products always demand consideration up to the last minute. “We had been collecting ideas for a while…pictures of what we liked, but as it turned out, when it came time to select fixtures, tile, etc., we used little from those pictures,” the owners admit. A framed herringbone pattern of subway tiles provides a perfect focal point for the shower. A framed herringbone pattern of subway tiles provides a perfect focal point for the shower. The finished bath exudes an art deco spirit that isn’t true to the home’s Victorian origins, which Burnett attributes to being more of a reflection of the homeowners’ preferences than the actual era of the structure. Despite that incongruity, everyone feels that they have remained true to the house by selecting vintage style elements, including subway tiles for the walls, hexagonal tile for the floors, and a pedestal sink that served as the focal point for the entire room. But as with all dreams, once one is achieved, a new one soon beckons. With the bathroom’s strikingly beautiful turquoise paint barely dry, the completion of that long-awaited project has served to kick-start plans for finishing off the remainder of the Victorian’s second floor.

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