The classic Victorian home has undergone a beautiful interior renovation by KitchenLab Interiors, located in Lakeview, a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. The designers were commissioned to remodel and design the entire dwelling, which had great bones but needed some love. In the front living room and center family room — there was oak on top of heart pine and the floor in kitchen was maple.
There was a sunroom off the back of the kitchen that functioned as a breakfast room…sort of. The kitchen was a 1980’s galley style kitchen, all white and laboratory like, and next to the deep red dining room. The sunroom was converted to a multi-functional space – mudroom, office, dog stuff, and rollover pantry storage. The kitchen was opened up to the dining room, with a huge, cased opening to match the rest of the house.
The oak floors were ripped out and everything was stained the same color. The house got an overhaul – including four bathrooms, four bedrooms, the primary bedroom closet, paint, decor, lighting, furnishings, window treatments, art, rugs, and accessories. Plenty of vintage furnishings and lighting was sourced for this project.
The design team often points to this house when explaining their love for vintage homes rather than a great-room or open floor plan. The rooms flow into each other, are open to one another by way of large, cased openings, but are still each their own distinctive space. Custom cabinetry, finishes, fixtures and furnishings were provided by the interior designers.
What We Love: This classic Victorian home offers its inhabitants a light and airy floor plan with stylish furnishings that are a beautiful mix of new and old. We are especially loving the kitchen with its large island, clean lines and sophisticated aesthetics. Overall, the designers did a fabulous job of completely updating this home to meet the lifestyle needs of a family with kids in high school.
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Note: Be sure to check out a couple of other fascinating home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign from the state of Illinois: Multi-level townhouse in Chicago showcases urban-chic interiors and Beautiful home designed with casual yet sophisticated styling in Chicago.
PHOTOGRAPHER Michael Alan Kaskel
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