This 5500 square foot project was a conversion from a church to a single-family home for a busy family with three young children. The church, boasts 7 bedrooms and 6 baths.
The great room has ceiling heights soaring at 25’ while more intimate spaces like a playroom has a ceiling height perfectly portioned for a peanut at 7’.
Finishes were selected to create a hip and eclectic vibe pairing interesting wallpapers and light fixtures.
Linc custom designed and fabricated many of the home’s details like the climbing wall, dining room table, Murphy’s bed in the nursery and much of the furniture.
The home showcases historic details of the church with original stained glass windows, bell tower, exposed brickwork and ceiling turnbuckles while integrating all of the conveniences of modern living.
The Kitchen
The kitchen was designed by Linc Thelen, with custom cabinetry made by Home Things which is located in Chicago. Hickory wood was used for the cabinets with a custom stain. The countertops are white quartz and the island light fixture was designed and fabricated by Linc Thelen. The Island stools are from Design Within Reach, LEM Piston Stool by Shin and Tomoko Azumi. The wood flooring is 4-inch white oak with a custom white wash stain
The Dining Room
The dining room table was custom designed by Linc Thelen. It consists of a fabricated steel base with a center turnbuckle and white oak top. The base was done by Stans Welding, and the top by Home Things. The dining room light fixture is from the company One Forty Three located in Canada and the chairs are from Kartell, Masters Chair by Philippe Starck. The art is by Linc Thelen.
The Living Room
The living room fireplace is a see through fireplace cladded in quartz from Transceramica. The hanging pendants and sconces are from Arteriors. The furniture such as the Hyde rug, coffee table and sofa are all from DWR. The steel industrial door was custom designed and fabricated by Stans Welding and the main room wall cabinets have all been high gloss white lacquered.
The Powder Room
The floor tiles are from Cement tile.com. The vanity was designed and built by Linc Thelen and is finished with a Kohler Purist wall mount faucet. The sink base is black honed granite that was custom made by Jesse Stone. The wall covering was handmade and installed by Anne Wolfsman
Master Bathroom
The master bathroom floor and wall finish is courtesy of Onyx slabs by Transceramica. The vanity was custom designed and made by Home Things with a white quartz top and faucets by Water Works. The wall sconces are from Circa Lighting
Master Bedroom
The bed is from Restoration hardware and the floating nightstands are by Linc Thelen
Boys Bed Room
The boys bedroom has a rock climbing wall with wallpaper from Spoon Flower. The barn doors were designed and fabricated by Linc Thelen. The track hardware is by Rustica Hardware whilst the platform beds were also designed and built by Linc Thelen. The carpet squares are by Flor and the rope lighting from CB2
Boys Bathroom
This room has a steel custom vanity base that was fabricated by Stans Welding. The vanity base shelf was made with old timbers recycled from the church. The floor tile is from Ann Sacks and the wall tile from Porcelanosa. The tapware is from Kohler, a Purist faucet for the vanity and the shower. The wall sconces and pendant are from Restoration Hardware and the vanity top is white quartz. The wall cabinet was designed and built by Linc Thelen.
Girls Bedroom
For the girls room, the wallpaper is from Serena and Lily. The bed was designed and built by Linc Thelen. The hanging swing chair was from Ikea. A high gloss white lacquered finish was applied to the closet doors and the ceiling light fixtures were from CB2.
Jack & Jill Bath
In this room, there is a Kohler trough sink with Kohler faucets. The light fixture is from Hinkley Lighting and the tile floors from Cement tile.com. The wall tile originates from Transceramica and the tub faucet from NewPort Brass
The Nursery Room
The custom wall unit was designed and built by Linc Thelen.
The Bell Tower
This once housed the furnace with only louver panelled windows and has now been transformed with a glass floor and new windows with views of downtown Chicago.
The Media Room
This room consists of a sofa from Interior Define and a steel white bench from Room & Board. The wall finish is 1×6 v groove shiplap with a white lacquered media cabinet designed and built by Linc Thelen with Marble top and is finished off with a chair from Tom Dixon.
Architecture and design by Linc Thelen of Linc Thelen Design and Scrafano Architects.
Photographer, Jim Tschetter.
Top View Before Conversion
Before Conversion
The Stained Glass Window (Kitchen) -Before Conversion
Stairs -Before Conversion