To accommodate their current lifestyle, our clients, a couple in their mid-40s and their young daughter, chose to update their vintage Colonial-style brick residence without compromising its classic traditional integrity. Built in 1926 in River Forest, an upper-middle class suburb adjacent to Chicago, it is both stately and compatible with neighboring homes. Some nearby properties have historic or architectural significance within the eclectic community, the home town of numerous celebrities on both sides of the law. While the four-bedroom house lacks a lofty pedigree, it’s lovely nonetheless. When we were hired, it obviously begged to be revitalized by up-to-date amenities and materials.