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HomeBook
W E D N E S D A Y J O U R N A L / / F O R E S T P A R K R E V I E W / / L A N D M A R K
Porch or extended living room? PAGE 5
Tile for the times PAGE 19
PLUS: Fine furnishings
SPRING 2012
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ContentsHidden retreatPorch or extended living room?................. 5
Tile for the times Styles and techniques from the past ...........19
Fine furnishingsBeautiful botanics .............................11Re-purpose, reclaim, redecorate..........12Colorful home .....................................14
ON THE cOvEr: The kitchen of the Lewis Lozier home in Oak Park has been completely updated. It’s one of the two kitchens in the home. // Photo courtesy BAIRD & WARNER
Porch or extended living room?................. 5
Styles and techniques from the past ...........19
11Re-purpose, reclaim, redecorate..........12
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The kitchen of the Lewis Lozier home in Oak Park has been completely updated. It’s one of the two kitchens in the home. // Photo courtesy
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By LACEY SIKORAContributing Reporter
The Lewis Lozier house in River Forest is a remarkably preserved Prairie School masterpiece that has been updated in all the right places. Located on Quick Avenue,
the home was designed by famous archi-tects Tallmadge and Watson in 1906 for Lewis Lozier, charter member of the River Forest Tennis Club. The current owner’s thoughtful updates converted a home that
was cutting edge at the turn of the last century into one that is amenable to how modern homeowners live.
The home’s exterior bears the mark of the Prairie School style in its horizontal lines. Lap-siding, rough cedar board sid-ing and batten define the exterior. The original, deep front porch was designed to offer protected access to the outdoors, both in warmer months when it is used as a sitting area and in colder months when the living room’s art glass doors out to the porch allow views of the yard.
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Realtor Marcee Gavula, who is listing the home for $715,000 for Baird and Warner, notes that Tallmadge and Watson were particularly careful in their use of outdoor vistas and motifs in this specific home.
“The Prairie School was very interested in the interplay between outside and inside. You can bring the outdoors inside in three different places throughout the house: an upstairs balcony, the back porch and the front porch,” she says. “How cool is it to open up the art glass doors to the loggia and let the outdoors in? This porch’s high walls al-
low the homeowners to be outside without being in full view of the street. It’s a hidden retreat.”
The rear of the home was carefully redesigned to offer more outdoor living space, without com-promising its architectural integrity. The cur-rent owner added a back porch designed to exact specifications of the original front porch, making for a seamless addition that boosts the home’s out-door entertainment area.
With the addition of the porch, the backyard now includes four outdoor zones. The yard boasts a koi pond surrounded by a garden, a pergola seat-
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SEAmLESS fLOw: The back porch of the Lewis Lozier house in River Forest was designed to exact specifications of the original front porch. The backyard boasts a koi pond surrounded by a garden.
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ing area and an outdoor kitchen with a built-in gas grill.
Throughout the life of the home, the majority of the origi-nal architectural features were left untouched. Twenty-nine original art glass windows in an abstract tree motif fill the rooms with natu-ral light. The hard-wood floors remain throughout as does the oak detailing and built-ins in the butler’s pantry and on the landing up-stairs.
In the living room the original brick fireplace is sur-rounded by built-ins topped with art glass windows. The dining room also features two origi-nal built-ins and retains the art glass doors that once led to a rear porch, now converted to a family room off the kitchen.
The Lozier House’s kitchen has been completely updated with a six-burner Bertazza stove, new custom cabinetry and a decorative tile backsplash.
The current owner also over-hauled the basement, creating plenty of extra space for living and entertaining. A second full kitchen with a large walk-in pantry and preparation space
makes this an ideal caterer’s kitchen. Cork flooring and cus-tom wood moldings throughout make the family room with its gas fireplace feel like an above-ground space. A full bathroom also exists on this floor.
On the second floor, the mas-ter bedroom fea-tures two closets, and a valuable mod-ern addition: a full master bathroom. Another bedroom has its own outdoor balcony, and shares a hall bathroom with two additional bedrooms.
Gavula insists this is a house that is perfect for a homeowner with an appreciation for the past as well as the future.
“The Prairie details of this home are just spectacular,” she says. “The home’s 200-foot deep lot provides an abundance of outdoor space for a family. Plus, you can truly have a green life-style here. Not only are you do-ing so by preserving an older home, but you can walk to ev-erything from this house. You can be on the Green Line or Me-tra in minutes, and Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s are just steps away. This is truly a fabulous location.”
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POPULAR DESIGN: The home’s exterior bears the mark of Prai-rie School style with its horizontal designs.
“How cool is it to open up the art
glass doors to the loggia and let the
outdoors in?”MARCEE GAVULA
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Beautiful botanicsBeautiful botanics
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Wild Magnolia fl ower bouquet, Paper Source, Oak Park, $15.75
Antique Tiff any Style Lamp, Oak Park Antiques, Oak Park, $659
Micro Hooked Rug by Dash & Albert, Bramble, Oak Park, prices start at $30
Handcarved Rosewood Chair,Oak Park Antiques, Oak Park, $450
Stained glass pond piece,Morava Glass Studio, Oak Park, $6,000
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Re-purpose, reclaim, re-decorate
Local Oak Park Artist Bryan Northup takes old, vintage, or recyclable glass and re-fires to make beautiful bowls and art pieces.
Green Home Experts & Bright Olive Art Lab, Oak Park, prices vary
Napa Valley retired grapevines get a second life as these votives. The vines are stripped, kiln dried, sanded and sealed all by hand.
Pretty Little Things, Forest Park, $18
Grass and Abaca box made in the Phillipines with dyed grasses.
Ten Thousand Villages, Oak Park, $12Calabash Birdhouse made from a hollowed out gourd handcrafted in Cameroon, Ten Thousand Villages, Oak Park, $29
Vintage window art is repurposed to find a beautiful space on your wall, Chicago Rug Gallery Inc & Oak Park Antiques, $550
Recycled Newspaper Bird, Binth, Forest Park, $18.50
HOMEBOOK // Spring 2012 13
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colorful homeBring the color down from the ceiling.Geometric paper mobile, Binth, Forest Park, $29.50
Local Oak Park artist Anthony Abboreno turns home furnishings into bright art pieces, $300
Keep color in your kitchen. Vegetable wall plaques,Higgins Glass, Riverside, $75 (pepper) and $80 (artichoke)
HOMEBOOK // Spring 2012 15
colorful home
Colorful coasters,Bramble, Oak Park, $30
Color blocking? Keep colors specifi c. Drink coff ee from your Orange 021C cup on your Orange 021C couch!Yearkbook, Forest Park, $14
Remind yourself about bright summer treats all year with this popsicle pillow. Binth, Forest Park, $30
Keep colors consistent with bright patterns to accent your room. Fringe, Oak Park, full service design help starting at $150 in houseUse bright textiles like these
oriental rug sitting stools to accent a colorfully blocked room. Chicago Rug Gallery and Oak Park Antiques, Oak Park, $149
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A new storefront on Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park is offer-ing the community a product that really isn’t all that new. Drawing on the techniques
used over a century ago, Heritage Tile is bringing tile styles and techniques from the past into today’s home renova-tions and restorations.
“[We] really try to shed light on what was distinctive about tile of an earlier era,” says Keith Bieneman, general manager of Heritage Tile. “There was a difference in how tile was made and used then. Our products really take you back in time. They really create a sense of place and authenticity.”
Heritage opened its doors in Novem-ber, bringing together three distinct historical lines of tile. Subway Ceram-ics, which are manufactured in
California, offer reproductions of pre-war subway style tiles. The Heritage line showcases other pre-war styles of utilitarian kitchen and bathroom tiles, including mosaic patterns, and is man-ufactured in Wisconsin. Manufactured in Cincinnati, Rookwood tile is a turn of the previous century company that
has been reincarnated to manufac-ture art tiles, often used in fire-place surrounds or more high-end applications.
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“We had Patti walk through our home to make suggestions to improving the selling and marketing of our home. We followed through on those suggestions. As everyone is surely aware, this is a difficult market right now. From the point of listing (March) to closing (August) we easily had over 100 individuals come through the property. We received regular e-mail comments from Patti regarding feedback and input. Patti brought us three offers and at the end we had two competing offers that allowed us to actually increase the selling price by several thousand dollars as the potential buyers increased their offer. WOW! This is a buyer’s market, but we believe because of Patti’s aggressive marketing and management of our interests, she assisted us considerably.
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Ten years ago my mother downsized and bought a townhome in River Forest. Patti handled both aspects with integrity, efficiency and friendliness. This year my mother passed away and I contacted Patti to handle the sale. She provided an excellent analysis, suggested a selling price and provided tips on preparing the townhome for a good showing. We were leaving for an extended vacation a few days after the initial listing. Patti suggested we sign a power of attorney naming our daughter as our agent “just in case”. Given the market, we thought this was probably an extra detail, but we respected Patti’s advice. Much to my joy, six days into my vacation, I received an email that a bid had been offered. By the time we returned from our vacation the closing was only a few weeks in the future. Patti did
a very good job and I highly recommend her.
- Marie DelBene
We really loved working with Patti to find our home. After our first meeting, she had a great feel for what we were looking for and directed us to listings that she knew we’d love. Her deep knowledge of the area really paid off for us. When we found the one we liked, Patti was a tremendous negotiator and advocate for us, helping us to quickly reach an agreement with the sellers, and working with us on resolving several tricky post-inspections problems. We plan to live in this house forever, but if we do buy or sell for some reason in the future, there’s no doubt we’ll call Patti right away.
- Sharon Barry & John Scholvin
Patti was extremely easy and fun to work with. As first time home buyers, we knew very little about what to expect. Patti made the process very transparent, and really gave us an education about each house we saw. We learned so much from working with her. She is an outstanding Realtor who is genuinely concerned about helping her clients make a good, informed choice. We would definitely work with her again and recommend her highly to others.
- Melissa Schnyder & Derekh Cornwell
Being a first time home buyer, I was very apprehensive about the whole process, but working with Patti made things very easy. Patti is very knowledgeable about the Oak Park/River Forest real estate market and only wants the best for her clients. I appreciated her honesty and willingness to find the best property for me. I would highly recommend Patti Sprafka Wagner to anyone!
- Jennifer Koetsier
HOMEBOOK // Spring 2012 19
In bringing the three lines together under one umbrella, Bieneman says the company had a two-pronged mission.
“First we wanted to repro-duce all the elements that were available to pre-war craftsmen when a lot of historical homes were originally built,” he says. “Secondly, we wanted to edu-cate architects, designers and homeowners on the historic tile’s value and why these tech-niques are worth preserving. It really adds value to a home to preserve the style that was there originally.”
Bieneman notes that the tiling process prior to World War II was quite different from the modern products
produced today. “For about a 40-year pe-
riod, tile work was very simi-lar and didn’t really begin to change until the Depression and World War II. Pre-war tiling was very utilitarian in the sense that it was very pre-cise, very sanitary and easy to maintain,” explains Biene-man. “All of the tiles and ac-cessories were integrated into a design. From towel bars to soap dishes to more intricate tiles to make a joint or a curve, every need was anticipated with a matching piece of tile.”
While today’s tiles might be made to function with miters and cuts, earlier work had in-dividual tiles to meet the needs
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BENEFITS
KIDS HELPING KIDS 911 CHARITY LEMONAID
STAND Seventh year of lemonade, popcorn and baked
goods for charity. This year’s event will benefi t Oak Park-
River Forest Food Pantry’s Holiday Food & Gift Basket
Program. 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at front yard
of house at 731 Bonnie Brae, River Forest. Patty Henek,
366-1360, [email protected].
OPRF GIRLS’ XCOUNTRY FOOD DRIVE All week,
until Friday, Sept. 12, the OPRF Girls’ X-Country team will
be running around Oak Park and River Forest delivering
fl yers encouraging residents to donate non-perishable
goods for the Oak Park Food Pantry. So look for those fl y-
ers on your doorsteps because after school, the girls will
be running back to the houses who have left food and
pick it up and then deliver it to the Food Pantry. All you
have to do is put it on your porch. The girls will do the
rest! This lasts only one week, so keep your eyes open
for these good will runners! Through Friday, Sept. 12.
Oak Park and River Forest. Questions? Contact Katherine
Foran, OPRF Communications/Community Relations at
708-434-3099 or [email protected].
FOR MUSIC LOVERS
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC AT FITZGERALD’S
Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m.-Chicago singer spot-
light featuring Carolyn Chiovino, Liz Walker and Joe
Scumaci, $8. Thursday, Sept. 11, at 8:30 p.m.-David
Polk Project featuring Pamela Rose, $8. Friday, Sept.
12, at 9 p.m.-Bruce Robison, Guy Forsyth and Luke
Sayers, $15. Saturday, Sept. 13, time tbd-Bill Kirchen,
cost tbd. Sunday, Sept. 14, at 6 p.m.-Bill O’Connell’s
Chicago Skyliners Big Band, $10, 17 and under $5.
Tuesday, Sept. 16-Open Mike in the SideBar, 8 p.m.
signup, 9p.m. showtime. 21+, free. Wednesday, Sept.
17, at 7:30 p.m.-Rob Parton’s JazzTech Big Band,
$10, 17 and under $5. FitzGerald’s Nightclub, 6615
Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. 788-2118. www.fi tzgeralds
nightclub.com.
SCOOPS OF LIVE PIANO MUSIC A local artist plays
from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday at Brown Cow Ice Cream
Parlor. No cover, just enjoy the cool treats. Coconut
Brownie Fudge is this month’s fl avor. 7347 Madison, For-
est Park. 366-7970. www.browncowicecream.com.
FOR THEATER LOVERS
VILLAGE PLAYERS’ LOVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Dating for boomers. New musical from Scott Urban
and Robert Solone. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3
p.m. Sunday through Sunday, Sept. 21. $25; $20 for
65 and older and 18 and younger. Village Players’
Performing Arts Center, 1010 W. Madison, Oak Park.
866-764-1010. www.village-players.org.
CIRCLE THEATRE’S ESCANABA IN LOVE The
Escanaba prequel, Escanaba in Love, written by Jeff
Daniels, opens Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m. It will
run from Sept. 12 through Oct. 26. 8 p.m. Fridays,
Saturdays. 3 p.m. Sundays. 8 p.m. Thursdays Oct. 2, 9,
16 and 23. Thursday shows, $20; all other shows, $26.
Discounts, group rates available. 7300 Madison, Forest
Park. 771-0700. www.circle-theatre.org.
102 PERFORMED AT DOMINICAN The university’s
Performing Arts Center presents a Reader’s Theatre
production of 102. This play portrays the stories of six
women trapped in a World Trade Center restroom on
September 11, 2001. See 102 on Thursday, Sept. 11
at 7 p.m. in the Eloise Martin Recital Hall. Free, but
reservations are recommended. Call 488-5000 or visit
www.dom.edu/pac. Dominican University, 7900 W.
Division, River Forest.
TOURS, EXHIBITS
JANICE ELKINS’ URBAN LANDSCAPES: 22 YEARS
This month’s featured artist at the Oak Park library is
Oak Park painter Janice Elkins, who works in acrylics,
oils and encaustic wax. Elkins’ work will be on display
from Tuesday, Sept. 2, through Tuesday, Sept. 30, in
the second-fl oor gallery of the library’s main branch.
Meet the artist at a reception Thursday, Sept. 11, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake.
383-8200, www.oppl.org.
“PUBLIC SPACES, PRIVATE MOMENTS” The ex-
hibit of works about urban space by Bill Guy and Ulrike
Muller opens with a lecture by Guy on Wednesday,
Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. Reception to follow. Through Sat-
urday, Oct. 18. Free. Call Jessica Cochran at 524-6597
for details. www.dom.edu Dominican University’s
O’Connor Art Gallery, 7900 W. Division, River Forest.
JULIETTE HERWITT’S PAINTINGS AT HOUSE
RED 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. Check out artist
Juliette Herwitt’s work while sipping wine at her
opening reception. Herwitt’s paintings show a
perception of urban environments at night time,
while trying to capture the chaos of the city. Copies of
Nightscapes, her recently released book of paintings,
will be available. Her exhibit runs through Tuesday,
Sept. 30 with the following times and days: 12 to 7
p.m. Tuesdays. 12 to 8 p.m. Wednedays & Thursdays.
12 to 9 p.m. Fridays. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays. 12
to 5 p.m. Sundays. House Red, 7403 Madison, Forest
Park. 771-7733.
ART TOURS AT THE LIBRARY Main branch of the
Oak Park library off ers tours of its contemporary art and
the fi rst and third Saturday of the month start at 10 a.m.
and at 1 p.m. The tours are free, but call 383-8200 to
reserve a time. 834 Lake, Oak Park www.oppl.org.
TO THE DOGS A mixed media exhibit that acknowl-
edges the dog days of summer with works about our
canine friends. Through Sunday, Sept. 14, at Art Gecko, 19
Harrison, Oak Park. 358-1950. www.artgeckoltd.com.
HAVE TEA AT HISTORIC PLEASANT HOME On
Thursdays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., personal chef Susan
Hynes is introducing the newest addition to the Pleas-
ant Home tour: tea and light refreshments that she
prepares. $25. Registration is required at least a week
in advance. 217 S. Home Ave., Oak Park. 383-2654.
www.oakparkparks.com.
VISIT OAK PARK’S GARDEN OF EDEN Check out
the ongoing fl ower show of snapdragons, sweet pea
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Photography Club51
Wednesday Journal welcomes notices about events that Oak Park and River
Forest community groups and businesses are planning. We’ll work to get the
word out if you let us know what’s happening by noon Wednesday a week
before your news needs to be in our paper. Send details to Wednesday Jour-
nal, 141 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park 60302 or e-mail [email protected].
CALENDAR
If you have a child who likes to sing, make sure you get
him or her to auditions this afternoon (Wednesday, Sept.
10) for the Oak Park and River Forest Children’s Cho-
rus. No material needs to be prepared, and scholarships are
available for this easygoing yet high-achieving group. Check
out performances at www.oprfcc.com/youtube.htm.
Local musicians and educators have worked through
this group for almost 20 years to make young people com-
fortable with music ranging from “Marriage of Figaro”
to “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Chorus members range
from kindergarten to high school and come from Oak
Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Berwyn, Maywood, Chica-
go, Melrose Park and Cicero. The group’s four ensembles
rehearse in Oak Park but perform throughout the region,
including with the Joffrey Ballet during the holidays.
The auditions will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the audito-
rium of Julian Middle School, 416 S. Ridgeland, Oak Park.
For details, call 383-1971 or e-mail [email protected]’s after-school stop
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of a job. Heritage Tile main-tains reproductions of period tile catalogues, showing the wide range of products once used in homes and businesses.
Heritage Tile’s products have been available for years to architects, designers and knowledgeable homeown-ers, but by opening their first storefront in Oak Park, the company hopes to expand its reach. Bieneman says that Oak Park, with its stock of historical and architecturally significant homes, was a natural fit for the store.
“In most homes of a certain era, kitchens and bathrooms have been updated since they were first built and little of the original tile remains. We offer the expertise to replicate the appropriate kind of tile for a home or building. For instance, in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Harry Goodrich home, we have assisted in an ongoing restoration.”
Heritage used Subway Ce-ramic’s brand of authentic subway tile as well as un-glazed porcelain floor mosa-ics in a bathroom renovation of the Goodrich home, which was built in 1896. The com-pany restored the simplicity of the home’s original period, using an Avalon restoration
glaze to achieve the look of a vintage patina and radius trim elements to replicate the cleanly finished corners that were typical in early 20th cen-tury tile work.
Heritage has also worked on large scale commercial proj-ects. The company has played an integral role in restoring the original Rookwood Tile in Chi-cago’s Monroe building. Built in 1912, the Romanesque style structure includes tiled floors, walls and vaulted ceilings.
Farther from home but with an Oak Park connection, Sub-way Ceramics was the exclu-
sive tile supplier in the restoration project at
the Historic Park Inn Hotel in Mason City, Iowa, a landmark Frank Lloyd Wright restora-tion project. Subway Ceramics provided all of the historically correct subway tiles walls and hex mosaic flooring in the bathrooms as well as repro-duced the original lobby floor pattern.
Bieneman notes that while Heritage is prepared to handle the most historically signifi-cant of projects, the company has many tile lines.
“We offer lines other than the Subway Ceramics, Heritage Tile and Rookwood lines. We really want to offer the Oak Park community a full service tile store. We can serve all budgets.”
“we off er the expertise to replicate the appropriate kind of tile for a home or building.”
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