If you are new to house rehabilitation or restoration - you’re not alone. The initial question I get all the time is obvious: “What will this cost?” This is a nearly impossible question for any general contractor (GC) to answer immediately. Now, if you are...
This week we have one project in Finish Carpentry where Sebastian is laying a beautiful herringbone tile pattern. I wasn't sure about the tile's wood-like aesthetic but I must say, I'm now a believer...
Renovation vs. Restoration Renovation and restoration - they both begin with “re” and end with “ation,” so they’re basically the same thing, right? Wrong. When it comes to home construction, few people realize there are major differences between the two. Restoration is a much more delicate...
Well, I'm still all by my lonesome in the Integro world...
I remember the days when I was gallivanting across England having tea with Michael, going to weddings, soaking in clawfoot tubs of countryside B&B's...
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I just returned from a 3-week trip to England! My best friend got married at Stonehenge and then Michael and I took off to gallivant across the country. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="1705,1704,1703,1702"] (Michael put me on his shoulders to see) [gallery type="rectangular" ids="1708,1707,1706"] (buying wedding make-up in London!) (Coca Cola in...
While Chicago is still fluctuating between 50F and 85F in any given hour, real estate season is continuing as if it were 75 and sunny all day, every day. I am currently starting up the Wolcott project and, as we have started scope conversations, it gets...
Yesterday we were discussing window placement in the bathroom. This bathroom is on a gabled 3rd floor so the walls are relatively low which makes window placement above the toilet a strategic enterprise (e.g. "What exactly are we going for here?"). While standing in our...
Well it's May in Chicago here which means that one day it's late winter and the next it's the middle of the summer as far as the weather is concerned. I'm destined to die of pneumonia one day. We are in the throes of construction...