A writer's loft in the South Loop. A modernist sensibility, an eye for color, and a process that took several rounds to get exactly right.
Residential · Art Advisory · Prints
Urban Edge | South Loop Loft, Chicago
Some of the most satisfying advisory projects are the ones that take time to get right. This South Loop loft renovation by Epic Interiors gave a beautiful foundation to work with, floor-to-ceiling windows, an open floor plan, and a material palette of deep blues, warm woods, and clean architectural lines. The art program needed to meet that foundation with the same level of intention.
The client is a writer and an artist in his own right, someone with a developed aesthetic and real opinions about what he wanted to live with. That made the process both more demanding and more rewarding. We went through several rounds of options before landing on a direction that felt genuinely his, a modernist sensibility with a contemporary flair, open to color abstraction and a touch of whimsy within a considered framework. It is exactly the kind of client relationship I find most satisfying, one where the advisory process is a real creative conversation rather than a simple selection.
The program spans six distinct spaces throughout the loft: the entry, dining room, kitchen, bookshelves, primary bath, and powder room. That level of coverage reflects a client who understood from the start that art is not a finishing touch. It is part of how a home feels from the moment you walk in to the most private corners of daily life. Every placement was chosen with that in mind, each print selected for its specific location, the light it would receive, the mood of the room, and its relationship to the works placed elsewhere in the home.
The collection works as a whole because the curatorial thread is consistent throughout. Color abstraction anchors the main living spaces with energy and warmth. Moments of whimsy appear in unexpected places, particularly the powder room, adding personality without breaking the modernist framework that holds everything together. The result is a loft that feels fully inhabited, distinctly personal, and cohesive from entry to bath.
Developed in collaboration with Epic Interiors. Photography: Cynthia Lynn Photography.
