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Project posted by Erik & Cindy Rohr

Blackhawk House

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Location
South Elgin, Illinois
Year
1947
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Rustic
The Living Room with a Beige and Blue Theme Just After We Bought It
The Living Room with a Beige and Blue Theme Just After We Bought It
The Beige Kitchen Just After We Bought the House
The Beige Kitchen Just After We Bought the House
A View of the House from the Back Yard when We Bought it
A View of the House from the Back Yard when We Bought it
A View of the House just After we Bought it, with the Fox River in the Background
A View of the House just After we Bought it, with the Fox River in the Background
A View of the House from the Front just After we Bought it, Tan with White and Green Trim
A View of the House from the Front just After we Bought it, Tan with White and Green Trim
Our Daughters in the Living Room while we Prepare to Put Up the Wall Boards
Our Daughters in the Living Room while we Prepare to Put Up the Wall Boards
Our Daughter Playing the Piano While We Put Up the Wall Boards
Our Daughter Playing the Piano While We Put Up the Wall Boards
Testing Color Pairs in the Kitchen for the Barn-Woodgrain Effect
Testing Color Pairs in the Kitchen for the Barn-Woodgrain Effect
Two-Tone Woodgrain Paint Effect in the Bedroom
Two-Tone Woodgrain Paint Effect in the Bedroom
Cindy Applying the Two-Tone Woodgrain Effect in the Kitchen
Cindy Applying the Two-Tone Woodgrain Effect in the Kitchen
Finishing Up the Wall Boards in the Living Room
Finishing Up the Wall Boards in the Living Room
The Living Room is Completed and Furnished!
The Living Room is Completed and Furnished!
The Dining Room Table Came with the House
The Dining Room Table Came with the House
I Printed an Aerial Photograph of the Neighborhood from 1939 to Canvas
I Printed an Aerial Photograph of the Neighborhood from 1939 to Canvas
A Pair of Stained Glass Lamps was a Must Since the Beginning
A Pair of Stained Glass Lamps was a Must Since the Beginning
An Older Couple Nearby was Moving Out of State and Sold Us Their Wurlitzer Piano for $50.
An Older Couple Nearby was Moving Out of State and Sold Us Their Wurlitzer Piano for $50.
Wooden Wall Boards in the Living Room Contrasted with the Woodgrain Paint Effect in the Bedroom
Wooden Wall Boards in the Living Room Contrasted with the Woodgrain Paint Effect in the Bedroom
The Two-Tone Barn Wood Paint Effect in the Kitchen
The Two-Tone Barn Wood Paint Effect in the Kitchen
Our Family Posing in Our Completed Living Room
Our Family Posing in Our Completed Living Room
Our Family Posing in the Completed Dining Area of the Living Room
Our Family Posing in the Completed Dining Area of the Living Room

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Details

Square Feet
750
Lot Size
1 Acre
Bedrooms
2
Full Baths
1

Credits

From Erik & Cindy Rohr

In the fall of 2021, my wife Cindy and I bought a 750 square foot house on the Fox river just outside of St. Charles, IL with the idea to give it a cozy cabin feel and rent it out by the night. We started out by using our primary residence as a long-term rental. Then we rented the family room of our new house by the night, and found it an easy way to make some money and introduce travelers to the Fox River valley. We were luckily enough to get this little river house in 2021 right after our first home sold.

Cindy has always been the color visionary and her taste has grown on me now. The foundation of our cabin themed interior design was adding multi-colored horizontal wooden wall boards throughout the living room, followed by two-layered paint in the bedrooms and kitchen that create a wood grain effect. The twinkling colors from a pair of stained glass lamps in the living room was on my list of non-negotiables from the beginning as well. After a number of internet image searches for cabins and fairy tale cottages, we chose a firecracker red paint for the exterior knowing that it would really jump out when it snows, and contrast the green grass just right in the summer. We just recently finished painting the 1980's style kitchen cabinets a dark teal. Not a bad splash of color for just tens of dollars. The house is our ongoing work of art, I'm continually making little photography or drawing projects and hanging them on the walls.