2009 Idea Home: Chicago Remodel

Written and produced by Carol Schalla. Photographs by Greg Scheidemann

Great houses don't have to be big or brand new. See how we remodeled a Chicago-area house into a functional new home -- all within its existing space.

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Renewed!

Idea Home: At first look, the house didn't exactly sell itself -- 107 years old, 2,000 usable square feet (divided into two apartments), an unfinished basement and a tiny city lot. But Midwest Living®, and our young urban professional homeowners, saw a chance to create a greener, better-than-the-original, family home. The following slides show how we transformed this home's existing footprint into 2,900 usable square feet with four bedrooms, three and a half baths and a large, standout kitchen.

Your home: Use our lessons to help you reimagine the house you have as the home you've always wanted.

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