Hinsdale Illinois La Maison Legrand is a romantic French Normandy home where timeless architecture meets today’s technology. As soon as you walk in the hand crafted front door, you find yourself in a French Art Nouveau escape filled with authentic hand carving (circa 1888), period fireplace mantels (circa 1650), antique clay tile floors (circa 1900), hand-scraped parquet floors, antique timbers, and many more period specific details.
Hinsdale Illinois This world class home comes straight from Paris. Reclaimed exterior limestone from a French castle and double arched window transoms create the formal facade of a French Provincial home of Paris. The third floor oval library with 360 degrees of bookcases has three hidden doors that look like bookshelves. One even opens up to a roof top sun deck!
Hinsdale Illinois The home's exterior, inspired by the chateaux of the Loire Valley, is formal and balanced but also has a quaint, charming feeling. The exterior is created using large split face stone that is complemented with reclaimed terra cotta roof tiles. Inside, hand built white oak windows, a LaCornue cooking range, and carved French limestone mantels are just some of the period touches.
Oak Brook Illinois Transitional contemporary home. The sleek cosmopolitan exterior is executed perfectly with the use of a metal tile roof, block and stucco walls, and large horizontal scalloped eves. The home’s interior design approach consists of clean lines, easily maintained surfaces, neutral colors, and lots of light.
Downers Grove Illinois A French county home with Normandy flair. 100 year old hand hewed window lintels, aged stucco, and period style hardware create a timeless curb appeal. A series of groin vaulted vestibules inside the home feed the library, outdoor courtyard, kitchen, and family room. Reclaimed timbers, distressed doors, and other rustic materials give this large home a cozy feel.
Lisle Illinois Classic craftsmen style home that reflects all of the Arts and Crafts ideals. The exterior consists of stone supports, stone chimneys, cedar shake siding, brackets, and bird perches. Character grade hardwood floors are the perfect compliment to he timeless painted shaker millwork, wainscoting, window seats, and built-ins throughout the home’s interior.
Lagrange Illinois This timeless American foursquare home is dressed up with colonial revival pediments and craftsmen brackets like the creative builders in the early 1900s did to add uniqueness to their Sears mail order home kits. Inside, millwork like door pediment heads and oversized baseboards revive this classic American style.
Elmhurst Illinois Gorgeous provincial stone manor. The interior design of the home is a wonderful eclectic combination of French country stone and reclaimed wood textures mixed with voluptuous French Art Nouveau inspired details. For the sports enthusists, a full size batting cage is hidden under the rear lawn.
Western Springs Illinois Classic clean lined, European inspired home that is close to town. Inside the minimalistic, transitional interior design is hard not to love, with two story panels, white oak floors, and crisp millwork. The lower level is complete with a golf simulation to keep the owner's swing sharp all year round.