Dining room in postmodern pomo renovation of 19th century Uptown Chicago home with green painted walls, red painted steel column and I-beam, dark wood table, red chairs, black metal fireplace framed in white venetian plaster, copper pans, long oval pendant light, and ornate wood coffered white ceiling.

Preservationists Don’t Put Too Fine a Point On It in Their Maximalist Postmodern Reno

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Architect Jonathan Solomon and city planner Meg Gustafson had experience designing houses, but not together, which made renovating their late-1800s home in Chicago’s Uptown all the more exciting—particularly when you consider their style is anything but traditional.