Hardwood Flooring: Finding The Right Details
We’re renovating a turn of the Century home where oak flooring has a beautiful nail detail down the center of the flooring. In this renovation, part of the flooring needed to be replaced. Floors were stained to match and later the nail detail was added. View the finished product below.
Finding Unique Storage Spaces
During a renovation there are opportunities to find storage spaces in unlikely places. These photos show the ability to create a linen closet or shelving inside the unused wall space.
New Bathroom Trends
We’re installing some new bathroom treads which include subway tiles installed in a non-traditional format with black grout (Image 1), radiant floors within a shower space (image 2), and non traditional glass profile tiles (image 3). These are great ideas to bring to your architect or interior designer when planning a full renovation.
Before & After On Greenview 4
Before & After On Greenview 3
Before & After On Greenview 2
Before & After On Greenview 1
Hone In On Hoyne – Structural Steel
Steel has been erected in the basement including 4 beams and 5 lally columns. The longest steel beam is 24′ long to support the new addition.
Hone In On Hoyne – Framing
As the foundation and masonry work continues in the rear, carpenters have begun the rough framing of the new floor plan in the existing front portion of the house. This includes a new skylight and new stairs from the second floor to the basement. Floor joists have arrived to be installed.
Hone In On Hoyne
In the weeks coming Pryor will be giving our readers an exclusive look into a transformation happening in the lovely Wicker Park neighborhood in Chicago, IL. A hone is a very fine whetstone used for sharpening blades it can also be used to bore precise holes. Honing or “to hone in” is a literal phase meaning to sharpen or make more […]
