Lakeshore Historic District, Evanston, Illinois

The owners of this beautiful old house wanted to combine two adjacent bedrooms into one master bedroom suite. Inscribing an arch in the adjoining wall and setting the door to a walk-in closet on one side, and the doorway to a small, book-lined hallway with a barrel-vaulted ceiling on the other, creates a sense of balance and perspective in what was once a solid, bare wall. At the other end of the hall is the master bathroom with custom-designed cabinets.

Some years later, the clients were back, in search of an enlarged and fully renovated kitchen with ornate, custom-designed cabinets. Carefully detailed drawings and diligent construction administration insured that the built project would be faithful to the original design.