Historic Home Renovation Series: An Exceptional Quincy, Illinois, Historic Home Brings Designer Collaboration
This historic home renovation project in Quincy, Illinois, was a huge success due to great collaboration between the design team and Integration Controls.
When good collaboration between designers, builders, and integrators happens on projects, the end results are exceptional, which means ecstatic homeowners. That was the case for this 100+year-old home in Quincy, Illinois. The homeowners wanted to feature every modern convenience, including smart home technology, while still honoring the home’s heritage and history. Quincy has a rich history, with an array of historic homes that date back from before the Civil War—some as early as 1830! Preservation has been important for many of these homes, but yet there is still a need and a place for smart home technology.
The key to executing a historic home renovation on a turn-of-the-century home is constant collaboration and communication between all contractors, as we mention above. Here, we collaborated with architect David Schaub and interior designer Heather Helms to not only preserve and expand the home, but retain its original integrity while introducing new building science to ensure its future.
We are honored that the breathtaking result of this collab is now being recognized by others: The historic home renovation was featured on the cover of Technology Designer magazine Spring issue! Read the article Q&A inside Technology Designer here.
The article also spurred on a compelling episode of Design Uncut, which you can watch here, that dives deeper into the project and the particulars of the preservation architecture. Thanks to Modenus Media’s Veronika Miller and KMB Communications CEO Katye McGregor Bennett for hosting this great podcast!
Stay tuned for our own blog series on this project, in which we will be unpacking some of the technology and more interesting historical aspects of the home. Lastly, thanks to all our valued partners that participated in making this an incredible project, including:
Technology:
Invisible Speakers
Traditional, But Hidden, Speakers
Subwoofers
Outdoor Speakers
Control System
Other Important Partners
Frame My TV around the Samsung 'The Frame' TVs
Interior Design Resources:
Foyer
Navy silk wallcovering – Scalamandre
Flanking mirrors – Jon Paul Designs and Collectibles
Kitchen
Cabinetry – Christopher Peacock – Chicago Showroom
Flooring – Reclaimed French Oak Panels – Exquisite Surfaces – Chicago Showroom
Custom chandeliers – custom Niermann Weeks
Wallcovering – Momentum Textiles Soie Silk
Study
Paneling by Christopher Peacock
Ceiling – Shumacher Canyon Leather – Navy
Gunn Modern Tartan Plaid carpeting – Landry and Arcari - Boston Showroom
Desk – Karges
Light Fixture – Ralph Lauren
Living Room
Media Cabinet – McMillian Cabinetmakers
Cremone bolt hardware – Baldwin
Custom backplates – Theiss Plating
Wall sconces – custom Niermann Weeks
Bar
Cabinetry – Christopher Peacock
Wallcovering – Phillip Jeffries – Rivets
Semi flush mounts light fixtures – Visual Comfort
Checkerboard marble floor – Exquisite surfaces – Chicago Showroom