It sounds like an interior designer’s dream: “Please decorate my brand-new, blank-space 6,900-square-foot home.” But that was essentially the reality for designer Patti Wilson.
The homeowners are a busy family of five (including a teenager and two little ones) that loves to entertain, so the Aurora house is filled with family.
The family had lived in the original home for about 18 months before embarking on the massive redesign. They rented a townhouse, moved out and then tore down to the footings of the basement foundation. Rebuilding and adding an extension to the place took about a year, and when the home was about 80 percent framed, they brought Wilson on board.