This beautiful Italianate Victorian house is located in Grand Rapid's Heritage Hill Historic district. Two years ago I was responsible as the general contractor for the complete restoration of this outstanding 1870's building. I had done work for the previous family that had owned the building for most of the life of the house. When the new owners came along my name was passed along as not only a person who was a contractor that had worked on this house but also as someone that had a real love of old houses. The new owners wanted to preserve the character of the house but also wanted all the mechanicals updated. So I worked with them and their designer CJ VanDaff to design a project that was respectful of all the historic details of the house.
This was truely one of the more enjoyable total house projects I have worked on. In the end all parties were very pleased with the results. Last year Better Homes and Gardens featured the kitchens in their Kitchen and Bath Ideas magazine(January/February 2007). This past Fall I was interviewed for a Public TV program that is being produced on the restoration of this house that should come out next Summer.
This was truely one of the more enjoyable total house projects I have worked on. In the end all parties were very pleased with the results. Last year Better Homes and Gardens featured the kitchens in their Kitchen and Bath Ideas magazine(January/February 2007). This past Fall I was interviewed for a Public TV program that is being produced on the restoration of this house that should come out next Summer.
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