230 DiLorenzo, Naperville IL 60565

230 DiLorenzo, Naperville in Heritage Knolls sub-division is an example of a classical brick front Georgian 2-story home with attached 3 car garage

Once you enter you notice the lovely turned staircase with wood and white painted spindles.

To the right of the foyer is a sitting room which can also be used as an office.

To the left of the foyer is the formal living room and behind it is the formal dining room.


The kitchen has been updated and the counters are Corian. Plus a spacious island.

The west wall has a wonderful buffet that will serve for entertaining.

The family room is off the kitchen with a cathedral ceiling and a brick fireplace on the south wall.
Notice the sun room opening up from the family room. There is also an exit to the patio from the sun room.



The paver patio is off the kitchen and there's a screened gazebo for quiet dinners.

The master bedroom has windows facing west. The master bath has dual sinks, a shower and a large tub.

Princess Pink bedroom is spacious with built-ins and a window seat and cathedral ceiling.

West facing upstairs bedroom. Freshly painted.

East facing guest bedroom.

Play room in the basement. Great for reading, listening to music.

Game area in basement.

A New Ashwood Creek Home

Notice the different roof lines. The front bedrooms follow those lines. The landscaping is finished. Cement driveway.


This staircase has metal spindles with dark wood railings, and takes off from the front foyer.

To the immediate right of the foyer is the living room with wood floors, a bay window, white molding and medium cream walls. We're looking thru the dining room which has a wrought iron fixture.

At the back of the house is the kitchen with dark granite counters; cherry cabinets; stainless steel appliances and wood floors. The island cabinetry matches the surrounding cabinets. The three bulb fixture hangs over both the island the dinnette area.

This is the back wall of the family room which is just to the west of the kitchen. A complete wet bar and built-in bookcases. The hallway to the right leads to an office.

This is the master bedroom with a tray ceiling; fan and access to the attic over the garage.


The master bathroom has separate sinks; a whirlpool tub plus shower; notice the same fixture used in the first floor is repeated here. The closet is the doorway framed in the mirror on the left.

Ashwood Creek Update

Here's an available home in Ashwood Creek with a front porch. The majority of these homes have a brick or stone front with a three car attached garage...also facing front. Prices start around $600,000 and go up from there. All of these homes have full unfinished basements.
Many have dual heating and dual cooling; most have large hot water heaters to supply enough hot water to a whirlpool tub. And, so far, I haven't seen any second floor laundry rooms.

Every kitchen that I've seen has stainless steel appliances. Most have wood floors, although a few have tile. Countertops are mostly granite and a few have some other upscale material. Wood cabinets are mostly 42 inches as the first floors are generally nine or ten feet high.

Here's an example of a metal cabinet handle. I'm seeing a lot of this particular style.


A wonderful example of an elegant turned front staircase. Notice the use of white spindles with natural wood railings. Some homes have both a front and a rear staircase that meet and then continue upward.

Also notice that the wall color this year is softer. Last year in some of the homes the 'mustard' color was so intense that you felt like a hot dog. This year's color is softer and goes with everything.

Also notice the columns. In white. Everywhere. There are columns in the front of some homes; there are columns dividing the dining room from the foyer; there are columns in hallways and bathrooms.

And, then the ubitquitous use of the niche, an architectural element that finds a use for blank wall spaces. Most of the niches have a spot light at the top which will high light artwork or a floral display. This niche carries the granite material from the kitchen counter up to the niche.


This niche outside the master bedroom has a spot light and uses white wood trim. And, white wood trim is still very, very much "in."

Scott's Townhouse

This is Scott's new home. It's an end unit and overlooks a golf course to the north and if you look between the units to the south you can see a forest preserve pond with over-wintering geese.





The first floor ceilings are 9 feet tall! And, as you can see the kitchen cabinets are 42 inches and Scott can reach the top shelf easily. A very modern kitchen with a microwave, dishwasher and pantry to the left of the frig. Scott even has a big Weber grill on the patio for BBQ parties.



The back of the unit faces south which makes it cozy in winter. And because it's an end unit there are windows on the west side wall also.

Scott has moved in and is enjoying his new home!

A New House, Part 4

The double doored entrance to the master bedroom. Trayed ceiling with fan. Adjacent large walk-in closet on the west wall of the bedroom. South windows for lots of light.



Yum. Spacious bathroom has both large corner bath and separate shower. Large floor tile. Double sinks, double mirrors with vanity area. Linen closet here too. Toilet is in its own chamber. Sky lights add more light as does corner windows.



This is the view of family room fireplace taken from the bridge area outside the master bedroom. Again, lots of light. Many homes in this subdivision have 2-story family rooms.

A New House, Part 3

Ah, the heart of the house: the kitchen. What a warm kitchen. I like the color of the wood. Notice the interesting design work in the island. Granite counters. And wood floors complete the look. And, it's bright and sunny as the kitchen faces south with a door to the adjacent deck.





Here's the north wall with the stainless fridge and built-in ovens. And the work pattern is a large triangle with, I think, ample counter space.

A New House, Part 2

Nice dining room with trayed ceiling; white trim; wood floors; open from both the foyer and the hall leading to the kitchen; adjacent pantry storage, see below.







Ah, the warm sunny kitchen. Nice cabinets with, the obligatory marble counter tops, and, of course, SS appliances. Fridge built-in on north wall, surrounded by lots of storage and cabinets. Laundry room just west of kitchen where there's an entrance to the garage also. Plus a big closet. And lights built into the ceiling over the work areas.




A view of the "butler" pantry from the family room. Also shows the back stairs. The counter would be nice for serving or using it as a buffet dinner.

A New House, Part 1

I had forgotten that the front was red brick. And, I know that YOU like red brick!

Landscaping is starting to bud out. The grass is really green from all the rain.






The back of the house faces south and gets sun! I like the privacy fencing on the deck. It gives you some privacy. Where will you put the gas grill?



The red brick fireplace which is so evident in the exterior picture is also surrounded by light in the family room. Lots of windows; lots of light.





The foyer is elegant. I like the fact that the stairway has both a front from the entrance way and a back partial stairway from the kitchen area. The constrast of the wood and the white picks, the white trim is nice.





Again, nice constrast between the wood work and the trayed ceiling in the dining room.

New Kinloch Home

This is in a newer subdivision off of 95th street, where the prices start at $800,000. It's a smaller subdivision than some of the ones we've seen. I'd say that it's under 200 homes. The house is on a corner lot and they turned the garage to the side.




Here's the side elevation with wood garage doors.





The kitchen is a big work area kitchen. All stainless steal appliances. "Moving" granite countertops. There's a dinette that's east and south of the kitchen. Directly to the east is a sun room with a sliding door which will lead to a patio or deck.

The kitchen is just north of the two story family room which has a fireplace going up the entire wall. To the south of the FR is a den/office or guest room with a spacious closet.

The foyer entrance is through a double etched glass door. The living room is off to the south side with carpet. Most of the first floor is hardwood flooring.





Here's the master bedroom fireplace which is close to a "private" sitting room above the dinette area. The room is large. The master bath has granite counter tops and what really impressed me was the size of the double closet...guessing it was 12 by 16. Big. Of course, it was also empty! Once all your "stuff" is in there it will look different.





This was interesting. The hall wall that was the back side of the Jack and Jill bath has this nice indented display area, a niche. Hall niches are big! Many have a spotlight at the top.

There also is another bedroom with raised ceiling and its own full bath.

The house is painted a taupe color with white trim...and yes, there are fluted columns around the dining room area.

Tall Grass Homes

This has the red brick with the white porch effect. $740k. Center foyer. Wood throughout most of the first floor. Deep red walls on the dining room which has white trim. Living room to the south of the hall is painted in a deep mustard color. Lots of deep, rich colors used in here.



There's a long, long counter in the kitchen with chairs and more cabinets along the back. The office which was painted chocolate opens up to the dinette. The walls here are almost the same mustard color as the living room. The counter gives the kitchen a diagonal feel.



The family room is to the south of the kitchen and the dinette. It's painted a dark chocolate with white trim. Fireplace on the south wall. Wood floors. Cozy feel to it. Windows along the back of the house face east.

The upstairs bedrooms all had some type of raised ceiling. The girls' rooms were done in aqua and lilac.

Full unfinished basement; attached 3 car garage.