Better Homes & Gardens: Remodeling Ideas for Your Home
Fall 2001

Meanwhile, interior designer Joan Kaufman explored ways to enhance the natural lighting and spacious feeling.

“We didn’t want to impede the visual flow of the space,” she says. “And it was specially crucial to not block sunlight, particularly in Chicago, because we are starved for sun.”

Beaded-board wainscoting and a wide petal sink create a “remodeled farmhouse feel,” interior designer Joan Kaufman says. A small hotel-style magnifying mirror is a clever solution for a wall too low for a standard mirror.