# @ratiaconstruction on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbTMNndlYX9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68474893-ratiaconstruction-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d711bc3e1b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27T14:34:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ratia Construction | Kiril Ratia (@ratiaconstruction) — https://gondola.cc/ratiaconstruction

## Caption

Cultivating historic character in a home that’s been stripped of it requires a subtle understanding of space, balance and function.

Interior Design: centeredbydesign & katesweeneydesign
Professional Photography: taylorhallobrien
Styling: anthony_amiano
Project featured in housebeautiful

#ratiaconstruction #chicagobuilder #luxurygeneralcontractor

Although this Victorian style home in Bucktown was built in 1896, its interior had been modernized with an abundance of overhead lighting, plain tiled fireplaces and minimalist trim.

centeredbydesign and katesweeneydesign created a design that kept the bones of the space, but involved removing the finishes that took the space out of its original context.

We eliminated the overhead lights and installed new drywall to let the fireplace fully incorporate into the room.

New trim around the windows and crown molding gives the room definition and draws your eye into the lilac marble fireplace fabricated by euromarblesuppy. 

Surrounded by refinished floors, a fresh coat of paint and timeless furnishings, you’d never know this room once had a modern, minimal design.

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## Tags

ratiaconstruction, chicagobuilder, luxurygeneralcontractor

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