Winnetka Shingle Style Mansion Butler’s Pantry
SSDB Architect Sarah Gooden shares the inside story of the modernizing a butler’s pantry in a Winnetka Shingle Style…
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Winnetka Shingle Style Mansion Scullery
A pair of pocket doors in the main kitchen hide a scullery, or back kitchen, in the renovation of…
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Winnetka Shingle Style Mansion Family Spaces
SSDB Architect Sarah Gooden shares details of how the updated design connects the family room to the outdoor entertaining…
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Winnetka Shingle Style Mansion Kitchen
SSDB Architect Sarah Gooden shares details of the remodeling of the kitchen and breakfast areas of an early 1900s…
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Winnetka Shingle Style Mansion Intro
SSDB Architect Sarah Gooden gives an overview of our video series during the move-in-ready phase of the renovation and…
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Custom Home Design and Build Golf Simulator
One of our top requests in the past year in our custom home design and builds? Golf simulators! Golf simulators…
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Creating a Custom Home with a Luxury Backyard
At SSDB, we don’t consider a luxury backyard to be an afterthought, but instead an integral part of what makes…
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Happy Irish Jig Day 2026!
🍀 Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! 🍀The tradition continues. 🍀 The harder we work, the luckier we get! 🍀…
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Key Components of Luxury Home Exteriors
At SSDB, our team is highly passionate about the luxury home exterior – both how it’s designed and how it…
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Luxury Home for Entertaining: Tips from Design-Build Experts
Creating an inviting home for entertaining is one of the most commonly voiced desires from our design build clients. It’s…
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