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Family room with dark oak beams, wide plank floors and a cream sofa under framed prints

Houses drawn and built to one price

Larch Row Studio designs kitchens, additions and whole houses from Western Springs. Johanna Brekke draws every room herself; Tomas Ruzicka prices the drawings as they develop and, if you want one contract, builds them.

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Clarendon Hills, design-build, 2026

One project, start to finish

A walnut kitchen and a garden room addition for a 1956 house, designed and built under one contract. Twelve weeks of drawings, five for the permit, twenty-two of construction.

Small 1950s brick house in low autumn sun, with a hip roof, green trim, a plain front door and branch shadows across the brick
November 2025 As found
  1. Pencil floor plan on tracing paper with a mechanical pencil and a scale ruler

    January 2026

    The drawings

    Johanna moved the kitchen into a 280 square foot addition facing the yard. Tomas priced each drawing set as it developed, and the family signed one construction price in February.

  2. New addition framed in wood, with three window openings looking into green trees

    April 2026

    The garden room framed

    Week five of construction. The old kitchen kept working on the other side of a dust wall, and a site photo went to the family every Friday.

  3. August 2026

    Finished

    Everything tall on one walnut wall, the island left white and plain, the yard in view from the sink.

    Open kitchen under a vaulted ceiling: a wall of walnut cabinets, a white island with four oak stools and a cream sofa in front

“We signed one price in February and paid that price in August,

plus the two changes we asked for. Tomas sent a photo of the site every Friday, so we never had to drive over to check.”

Dana Pietrowski Homeowner, Clarendon Hills

Read the Clarendon Hills project

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How clients work with us

The design fee is fixed before any drawing starts. Sample fees for this demo. A studio using the template sets its own.

  • Interior design

    Drawings, finishes, lighting and furniture for one room or a whole house. You hire your own builder, or we introduce you to two we have worked with.

    $18,000 to $60,000 · 10 to 16 weeks of design Sample

  • Design-build

    One contract for the design and the construction. Tomas Ruzicka prices the drawings as they develop, so the number you sign is the number you were shown.

    Design from $24,000 · 6 to 12 months in total Sample

  • Consultation at your house

    Two hours with Johanna in the rooms you want to change, then written notes with a layout sketch, a rough budget and what to do first.

    $450 flat · Notes within a week Sample

Tell us about the house and the rooms you want to change

A few lines are enough: the town, the rooms, a budget range and when you would like to be finished.

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Johanna reads every inquiry herself and replies soon, usually with two or three questions and a time to talk.