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Living Space in Avondale Estates

Our Living Space service designs and documents the interior architecture of your home's main living areas. We provide the detailed plans and specifications for your contractor to build, ensuring your living spaces are considered and comfortable.

What we do

Our process begins with a Design consultation to understand your project. We then provide a Presentation of your design, showing how your living spaces will come together. We develop Construction documents, including detailed drawings for your contractor. Material selections specify all finishes and fixtures for these areas. We conduct Jobsite inspections during construction and add Finishing touches to complete your living spaces.

Who it suits

This service suits homes in Chicago, Southwest Michigan, and Atlanta. It is for homeowners with existing single-family homes, townhouses, or lofts who want to redesign their living rooms, family rooms, or dining rooms. This service is for clients who do not need a full-home design.

Questions

What is included in the Living Space service?

The Living Space service includes a design consultation, presentation of your design, construction documents, material selections, jobsite inspections, and finishing touches for your main living areas.

What do I receive as a client for my Living Space project?

You receive detailed drawings and specifications as part of our Construction documents and Material selections. These documents guide your contractor in building out your redesigned living spaces.

How does this service work with my contractor?

We provide the design and documentation, including detailed drawings and material specifications, for your contractor. We also conduct Jobsite inspections to ensure the design is implemented as intended.

How is Living Space different from Full-Home Design?

Living Space focuses on specific main living areas like living rooms or dining rooms. Full-Home Design addresses the entire home, including kitchens, baths, and all other spaces.

Is Living Space the same as Furnishing & Styling?

No, Living Space designs the interior architecture and fixed elements of your living areas. Furnishing & Styling focuses on selecting and arranging furniture, art, and accessories within existing spaces.

In Avondale Estates

Homes in Avondale Estates

Avondale Estates offers a mix of housing styles, including 1920s and 1930s Tudor Revival homes around the historic village green. These homes often feature smaller, enclosed kitchens, which we address with Kitchen Design and space planning. Mid-century ranch homes from the 1950s and 1960s are also common, particularly in areas like the Clarendon Estates subdivision. These ranches often have primary bathrooms with dated finishes or inefficient layouts, which we update through Bathroom Design. Newer construction from the 1990s and 2000s, like those found near Lake Avondale, may present opportunities for Basement Remodel projects to create additional living space.

What homeowners in Avondale Estates ask for

Homeowners in Avondale Estates often seek Kitchen Design for their 1920s and 1930s Tudor Revival homes, aiming to open up galley kitchens. Bathroom Design is a frequent request for 1950s and 1960s ranch homes, where clients want to modernize small, split bathrooms. We also undertake Full-Home Design projects for homes that require a comprehensive update of finishes and space planning. Basement Remodel projects are common in newer homes to add functional living areas.

Living Space work from the studio

Led by Jill Kearns from the Atlanta studio

Jennifer Peterson and Jill Kearns, the sisters behind J. Peterson Design

About the studio

Two sisters, one studio

Jennifer Peterson founded J. Peterson Design in 2008 and leads our work in Chicago and Southwest Michigan. Her sister, Jill Kearns, leads the Atlanta studio. Together, we design homes that feel considered and beautiful, but also comfortable, functional, and personal to the people who live in them.

Although we work in different cities, we operate as one studio. We talk through plans, share ideas, question each other, and bring another experienced set of eyes to the decisions that matter. Being sisters makes that collaboration especially natural — there is a shorthand, an honesty, and a shared standard that has been there long before the studio.

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Avondale Estates · Atlanta studio

Led by Jill Kearns