HOME IMPROVEMENT
Designer
Redo
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raig and Michelle Heryford had always admired the 1912 carriage
house located three doors down from their former west suburban
home. “I’d had my eye on it for years,” Michelle admits. “What’s
interesting is that every person who’s lived in it was madly in love with it
and did something to renovate it.”
Three years after Michelle and her husband, Craig, bought the carriage
house in 2008, and embarked on a renovation of the main living space,
kitchen and covered patio. “This all started with my frustration with
the existing electric cooktop,” Michelle recalls. The project expanded to
reimaging the entire kitchen, along with how to integrate it into the rest
of the interior and outdoor living space. “It’s a great home but it had a
very cramped, outdated kitchen and living space,” explains the des