
One of my favorite things we are doing on the building this summer is adding French doors and a Juliet balcony to the 2nd floor. We are pretty certain that there were orginally French doors with maybe a walk out porch on the 2nd level.
We won't know for sure though, until we get ourselves over to the Chicago Historical Society and research the original architect, builder, and occupants of the building. I have instructions from Preservation Chicago on how to research this and am told the staff at the CHS are very helpful too.


At left and above, you see the interesting windows we saw on a local 6 -flat.
Kind of deco looking I think, but the building looks pretty craftsman.

Steve went to work creating various incarnations of the patterns and after a number of trials, we came up with this. It also has a flower motif, which we like alot. The stained glass we have inside our living room has roses and the transom in the kitchen has tulips.
This will be the biggest change to the facade of the building we have done and it will make the building truly unique and it will reflect our style. I am quite excited for this.
3 comments:
That is a BEAUTIFUL design choice. Very graphic and eyecatching. I love it!
I love the design and the whole French door and balcony concept. Aside from the obvious historical aspects of it, I love the idea of connecting the inside to the outside. It will add lots of character to a building that already is shaping up nicely. I hope you actually use the space as a balcony, also. Many people just add it for decoration, which is fine, but it is very cool to sit out there and watch the world go by.
VERY nice...i love it's stylized geometry...it'll look gorgeous!
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