Tuscan-Style Villa

In 2008, Tom retired from a Chicago firm and he and Marsha bought 75 acres East of Oregon near Pine Rock. After months of planning and a complete re-design, we began their 9,000 ft2 Tuscan-style villa. The project took just over a year to complete. The home was designed by Hagney Architects of Rockford. 

The house features:

• 35 arches
• 7 bathrooms
• 44 custom walnut doors
• Two decks and a courtyard
• Five fireplaces
• A deluxe theater with 11’ screen that seats 12
• A safe room
• A Control4 comprehensive electronic system
• Copper gutters
• Exercise room
• 4 bedrooms
• A wood shop with urinal (how cool is that?)
• A stone-coated, architectural steel roof that looks very much like red clay tiles
• A dog shower

The project came in on budget and ahead of schedule by two weeks.

We learned a lot on this project. We used Ipe (Brazilian Walnut) decking for the first time. It was also our first time with the stone-coated steel roof (link to Decra Roofing?).