Category: Renovation
TV home makeover shows give "DIY-ers" false confidence in renovation ability
Watching an episode or two of This Old House or Extreme Makeover is all you need to do to master the art of home renovation, right? Wrong. In the Octo [...]
Storehouse turns builders' leftovers into boon for low-income housing
Names like Grohe, Kohler and Bigelow generally are associated with new homes and luxurious kitchens and baths, but through a creative nonprofit born o [...]
Take in the terra cotta at Silver Cloud Condominiums in Hyde Park
Here's a look at Silver Cloud Condominiums, the 72-unit Hyde Park condo conversion we told you about a couple of weeks ago. The building, located at [...]
Kingsdale developing new condo conversion in Irving Park
Ever wonder what a "trendy junior one-bedroom" condo might look like? The Bellevue, Kingsdale Enterprises' new condo conversion at 3754 N Bernard St [...]
Chicago homeowners put modern spin on classic coach house
When Chicagoans Jim and Molly Perry decided to renovate the coach house behind their Edwardian townhome, they went modern. Check out the results in th [...]