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    SPRINg 2011

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    HomeBook staffSecton Edtor Brad Spencer

    Shoppng Edtor Christina Pippin

    Onne Technoog Edtor Graham Johnston

    Onne Edtor Sandi Pedersen

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    ContentsBringing the outside insideAll-season rooms .............................. 5

    Fun on the rooftopEco-riendly deck ofersresidents a place

    to relax ..........................................................19

    Fine furnishingsContemporary pieces .................11

    Urban explorer ....................................12

    Vintage transormations ............14Rustic charm ..........................................16

    ON THE COVER: An Oak Park home highlights the outdoors with awraparound view of the yard. // Photo courtesy BECKY BROFMAN

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    By LACEY SIKORAContributing Reporter

    A

    s the days begin to length

    and we all begin to hold

    out hope that the seasons

    last snowall is behind us

    thoughts turn to spring

    and the ability to actually enjoy the

    outdoors again. In Oak Park, two lo

    amilies dont have to wait or Moth

    Nature to turn up the heat to take ad

    vantage o the outdoors. These ami

    took matters into their own hands a

    added enclosed porches or garden

    rooms onto their homes, bringing

    outdoor vistas year-round and provi

    ing an ideal spot to relax and entert

    when the weather is warm.

    On Harvey Avenue, local interiordesigner Becky Broman and her

    husband John had been dreaming o

    opening up their home to their back

    yard with an enclosed porch since th

    bought their armhouse 13 years ago

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    home beore moving in, but settled i

    beore tackling their outdoor room.

    According to Becky, the addition

    was a long time coming. Weve bee

    dreaming about this or years, and

    once we did it, it really fnished the

    back o the house. We knew exactlywhat we wanted out here. We wante

    lounge seating and dining space wit

    wraparound views o the yard.

    Becky, who has 33 years experienc

    in design and had worked or archit

    or several years beore opening her

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    alize the space. She didnt have to lo

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    Photos courtesy BECKY BROFMAN

    In And Out: Tis newly built enclosed porch or garden room in Oak Park,highlights the outdoors with wraparound views of the yard.

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    too ar or building expertise.

    Local architect Tom Bair

    lives just a ew blocks rom

    the Bromans, as does general

    contractor John Peterson, and

    their visions o the projectmeshed perectly.

    The resulting enclosed back

    porch opens o the homes

    amily room with two sets o

    French doors, allowing light

    to fll the interior. A railing

    system o copper stiles, a

    beadboard ceiling with white

    beams and our skylights,

    bring a homey, outdoor

    style that complements the

    100-year-old house.

    An outdoor sectional soa

    with slip-covered cushions

    and an industrial table base

    topped with Corian are practi-

    cal touches that bring modern

    style into the room. Tomato-

    red accents in the storm door

    and pillows add cheer even

    in the depths o winter and

    coordinate with red accents

    throughout the homes inte-

    rior. Beckys design touches

    are apparent in the orm o

    the reed sconce covers and

    decorative accents like her

    Thai blessing swans andmetal Haitian birds.

    Becky says that her hus-

    band John was the real driv-

    ing orce behind the addition.

    He does all the maintenance

    out here, and it is very simple

    with the system that Tom Bair

    and John Peterson created,

    she says. The storm windows

    can be removed rom the

    inside, so we dont need to get

    on a ladder to remove them

    seasonally, and the screens

    store neatly underneath the

    porch in a storage area Peter-

    son planned or us.

    The porch is everything

    the Bromans hoped or and

    more, thanks in part to the

    cratsmanship o their proes-

    sional neighbors. According

    to Becky, [T]heres nothing

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    people, and we really had that

    on this project. With these

    older houses, you want any

    work to eel as i it belongs to

    the house, and I eel like thisreally does.

    The diagonal wall trick

    Mena and David Bou-

    langer had a similar desire

    to open up their living space

    to the outdoors when they

    added a garden room to their

    1892-built home several years

    ago. Their house had an older

    porch with a second story

    deck above it, and they aced

    some unique challenges in

    their eort to create an all-

    season enclosed porch.

    David notes that they

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    side while protecting our a-

    vorite paper-white birch tree.

    One side o our home is onlyone oot rom the property

    line, so it was very dicult to

    plan the project.

    The Boulangers addressed

    one aspect o the problem

    by using a diagonal wall on

    one side o the room. They

    also were able to top the new

    150-square oot room with

    a deck, so that the existing

    doors on the second foor

    could still be used.

    Mena notes that not only

    was opening up their space

    to the backyard important,

    but so was incorporating the

    garden room into the rest o

    the interior.

    The garden room opens

    into our kitchen, so we had to

    re-plan our kitchen. We wanted

    to be as green as possible, so we

    kept our cabinets and coun-

    tertops rom the 1950s and ju

    recongured them, she sayWe put in a shel around th

    walls o the garden room o

    my plants so that we could h

    blooming year-round. David

    built window boxes to hang

    the outside o the new wind

    so that we would have views

    colorul fowers in the sum-

    mertime.

    The new, triple-paned

    windows with built-in blin

    between the panes are prac

    cal in all seasons, providin

    protection rom the elemen

    in the winter, and allowing

    Boulangers to block the su

    during the hottest part o t

    day in the summer. A vent-

    ree replace and plenty o

    space or dining has made

    room the center o their ho

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    Urbanexplorer

    Ebony and ivory

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    Re-purposed chaircrated in Oak Park,$150, Edit Home

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    Danish side chairupholstered withantique Germangrain sack,$2900, MaisonSuzanne

    English F.P. Nodder hand-coloredengraving circa 1780$1,290, Maison Suzanne

    French wine labelpillow sham,Careful Peach, $69

    Victorian sewing table$219.99, Divine Consign

    Vintage settee with newFrench script upholstery$1800, Careful Peach

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    Rustic

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    Antique German grain sackpillows, $200 each,Maison Suzanne

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    By LACEY SIKORAContributing Reporter

    When Oak Park Place

    opened its doors in

    2009 it promised to

    bring a new kind o

    residential experi-

    ence to Oak Park. Eco-riendly

    design and materials as well as a

    central, walk-to-everything location

    made the new construction appeal-

    ing to a wide range o potential

    residents rom young proessionals

    to students to retirees. The modern

    mid-rise building at Harlem Avenue

    and Lake Street was built around

    the concept o green living, but the

    apartments themselves arent the

    only things to benet rom such

    design concepts.

    High above the bustle o down-

    town Oak Park, the buildings deck

    space expands on the interior green

    design, oering residents a chance

    to get away rom it all. Tracy Vegler,

    general manager o Oak Park Place,

    says that the deck, built on top o

    Trader Joes market on the seventh

    foor o the building, was designed to

    be as eco-riendly as possible.

    All o the plants are sel-irrigat-

    ing and the native grasses and other

    plants require little, i any upkeep,

    she says.

    Vegler notes that besides oering a

    gentle environmental eect, the deck

    space truly infuences the buildings

    community eeling.

    We have tables and chairs out

    here and community grills. Come

    spring and summer, we have a ton

    o community activities and people

    really love hanging out up here, she

    says. Even in the winter months,

    residents enjoy the outdoor land-

    scape o the deck through the walls

    o windows o our indoor recreationroom, and the grills are used year-

    round.

    Resident Jen Kauman has lived in

    the building or a year and cant say

    enough good things about the deck

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    The deck is a great way to meet

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    rom dierent countries were

    loving it. Not everyone is

    rom a place that gets a lot o

    snow, so they really enjoy the

    weather in all seasons.

    The deck aces west and

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    ensures that the views are

    not obscured. Winding paths

    lined with landscaping lights

    and careully placed benches

    encourage residents to sit and

    enjoy the outdoors.

    Retiree and Oak Park Place

    resident Dave Norris says

    the deck is a huge beneft t

    living in the building. Whe

    he and his wie moved into

    building in November o 2

    they didnt know how muc

    they would enjoy the outdo

    space, and it has come to b

    part o their daily lives.

    We really started takingadvantage o the deck in th

    spring, and now we use it a

    the time, he says. We soc

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    or our nights a week on the

    deck. Even in the winter, we

    use the grills, and i we want

    some company, we can eat in

    the adjacent common room.

    Norris tries to get outside

    as much as possible. Ill have

    my ather-in-law come up or

    lunch on the deck, and I enjoyspending time up there alone

    as well. Im retired, so i I

    want to get out o the house,

    Ill grab a cup o coee, or a

    margarita, depending on the

    time o day, and go read out

    on the deck.

    All residents look orward

    to the annual Fourth o July

    estivities. Norris and his

    wie entertained riends on

    the holiday last year and cant

    wait to keep up the tradition

    this year. It was magnif-

    cent last year. You could see

    freworks rom downtown to

    OHare Airport. The whole

    sky was lit up.All-in-all, residents sing

    the praises o the deck that

    has become a natural exten-

    sion o their apartment lie

    at Oak Park Place. Norris

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