Living Space in Western Springs
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 Western Springs
Homes in Western Springs
In Western Springs, we often work with 1920s brick bungalows in neighborhoods like Forest Hills, where original galley kitchens are often closed off from dining rooms. We also see many 1950s and 1960s ranches in Springdale, where primary bathrooms are frequently split into two small, separate rooms. Our Kitchen Design service often reconfigures these older layouts to create more open spaces. We also provide Bathroom Design to update these smaller, divided primary baths. Homes near the Stonegate subdivision, built in the 1980s and 1990s, often feature unpainted oak trim and cabinetry that we address through our Furnishing & Styling and Color Consultation services.
What homeowners in Western Springs ask for
Homeowners in Western Springs often engage us for Kitchen Design to update 1920s and 1930s kitchens, which typically have small footprints and limited counter space. We also frequently provide Bathroom Design for 1950s and 1960s homes, where primary bathrooms often need to be reconfigured for better flow. Full-Home Design projects are common for homes built in the 1970s and 1980s that seek a more cohesive aesthetic throughout the entire house, including Living Space updates and Furnishing & Styling.
Living Space work from the studio
Led by Jennifer Peterson from the Chicago studio
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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Contact
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Jennifer Peterson
[email protected]
(847) 809-7344 -
Jill Kearns
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(404) 626-6952
Western Springs · Chicago studio
Led by Jennifer Peterson