Did you see our recent Palmolive building renovation featured in House Beautiful?  If you're wanting to see more of it, check out the before & after photos & the video tour below. We started with a 'contemporary' mid-2000s renovated apartment that had great views and potential but the finishes and interior architecture were all wrong.  Out with the maple cabinets and in with a beautiful bright white and brass classic kitchen.  We traded out the moldings throughout to add more architectural detail, and of course added a healthy dose of color and pattern to make the facelift complete and totally chic.  It's classic, yes, but never boring.

Check out the AFTER / final result video tour:

 

You can find all the "after" still images HERE.

But sometimes it is nice to see a comparison of what the apartment started like and how far the transformation took it.

Here are the BEFORE & AFTER photos...

Kitchen BEFORE:

Kitchen Before Remodel

Kitchen AFTER:

Chicago Kitchen Remodel & Renovation by Summer Thornton

Kitchen facing the breakfast eating area BEFORE:

Kitchen Breakfast area BEFORE

Kitchen & breakfast eating area AFTER:

Chicago Luxury Kitchen Design & Renovation by Summer Thornton Palmolive Building Apartment Renovation & Remodel by Summer Thornton

Living room BEFORE:

Living Room in Palmolive Building before renovation by Summer Thornton

Living room AFTER:

formal living room with blue silk velvet sofa, staffordshire dogs and oil portraiture, interior design by Summer Thornton in Chicago's Palmolive building. For more photos, visit www.SummerThorntonDesign.com formal living room by Summer Thornton. For more photos, visit www.SummerThorntonDesign.com

Den BEFORE:

DiningDen 5 copy

Den Before Remodel by Summer Thornton in Palmolive Building

Den AFTER (notice the new fireplace & moldings, and how we hid the TV behind built-in bookcase doors):

ink painted den / television room with interior design by Summer Thornton in Chicago’s palmolive building. For more photos visit www.SummerThorntonDesign.com

Master bedroom BEFORE:

Master Bedroom Before decorating by interior designer summer thornton

Master bedroom AFTER:

romantic bedroom with four poster bed in the palmolive building designed by Summer Thornton Design. For more photos visit www.SummerThorntonDesign.com

Master Bathroom BEFORE:

Master Bath Pre-Renovation BEFORE photos

Master Bath 5 copy

Master Bathroom AFTER:

  A beautiful soaking tub in a white paneled bathroom designed & remodeled by Summer Thornton. For more photos and information visit www.SummerThorntonDesign.com classic dream bathroom designed by Summer Thornton with white paneling, soaking tub, and waterworks faucetry - visit www.SummerThorntonDesign.com for more photos.

There are more...you can find all the "after" still images from the design & renovation HERE or watch the video tour: