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May 13, 2020
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Is the future of housing more room? By LACEY SIKORA
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Contributing Reporter
e’ve all been in our homes for the past two months, and as stay-at-home practices continue, our homes are serving more functions than ever. Now, houses are expected to function as workplaces, schools and three-meals-a-day restau-
EVEN MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: The home at 223 Bloomingbank Road in Riverside (above) features a detached coach house that’s been completely renovated, with a sleek, spacious kitchen/family room area upstairs, a downstairs sitting room and its own patio. rants. There may be no end in sight for COVID-19 restrictions, and many wonder if there will be long-lasting changes to how we view and use our homes in the future. If the future means fewer workers headed to downtown offices on public transit and fewer children leaving the nest
to live in college dorms, what will the ideal home space look like? In the older housing stock of the western suburbs, one way to gain more square footage without a time-consuming See COACH HOUSES on page B4
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