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Mount Prospect Open-Concept Living

Project

Kitchen Design

Where

Mount Prospect, IL

Completed

September 2025

Worked with

GS Construction (general-contractors), Subzero Wolf (other), Calia Stone (other), Marcel Page (photographers), Blanco (other), Kohler (other), The Tile Shop (other), Visual Comfort (other), Brizo (other)

An open-concept living space features a kitchen with a dining island and a dark tiled fireplace with a wooden mantel. A contemporary kitchen features a large island with two bar stools, a wood-paneled kitchen with a blue and green tiled backsplash, and a black range hood. An open-concept kitchen and living area features dark wood floors, a kitchen with wood cabinets and a blue tile backsplash, and a black tiled fireplace. A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, a light countertop, a blue tiled backsplash, and an island with a sink and pendant lights overhead. A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, light countertops, a black range hood, and a kitchen island with a sink. An open-concept kitchen features dark wood cabinetry, a large island with a sink, and light countertops, with a black range hood and blue tile backsplash. A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, white countertops, stainless steel appliances, and pendant lights over an island. A kitchen with dark wood cabinets, light countertops, and a blue and green tiled backsplash under a wall-mounted television. A beverage cooler is built into the cabinetry. A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, a white countertop island, a blue tiled backsplash, and dark wood floors.

This Mount Prospect, IL project, completed in September 2025, features an open-concept living area with a kitchen and an adjacent space. The kitchen is designed with warm wood cabinetry, light countertops, and a vibrant teal-and-green tile backsplash. A central island provides additional counter space and includes a sink, while a separate peninsula offers seating with bar stools.

The adjoining space is anchored by a tall, dark-tiled fireplace with a wood mantel, creating a distinct visual element within the open layout. Exposed wood beams on the ceiling complement the rich tones of the cabinetry and flooring, contributing to a cohesive and inviting atmosphere. GS Construction served as the General Contractor for this project.

The space

Photographs

An open-concept living space features a kitchen with a dining island and a dark tiled fireplace with a wooden mantel.
A contemporary kitchen features a large island with two bar stools, a wood-paneled kitchen with a blue and green tiled backsplash, and a black range hood.
An open-concept kitchen and living area features dark wood floors, a kitchen with wood cabinets and a blue tile backsplash, and a black tiled fireplace.
A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, a light countertop, a blue tiled backsplash, and an island with a sink and pendant lights overhead.
A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, light countertops, a black range hood, and a kitchen island with a sink.
An open-concept kitchen features dark wood cabinetry, a large island with a sink, and light countertops, with a black range hood and blue tile backsplash.
A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, white countertops, stainless steel appliances, and pendant lights over an island.
A kitchen with dark wood cabinets, light countertops, and a blue and green tiled backsplash under a wall-mounted television. A beverage cooler is built into the cabinetry.
A kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, a white countertop island, a blue tiled backsplash, and dark wood floors.

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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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