Design For A Marketing Company Reception Room

A marketing company specializing in medical studies was able to get a suite of offices in an old industrial building located in Chicago's West Loop area. It was a suite of offices that the client would be able to customize the interior - a rare opportunity for a lease. I was brought in mainly to design the reception area and project manage that aspect as well as advise on art purchases for the entire suite of rooms.

The client had missed another space opportunity with an exposed brick wall - so rather than paint all the walls - we added a grass cloth wallpaper to one wall for texture. This was carried over to the reception half wall too. As well - even though the client was aware that this building owner was marketing the office suites as "loft conversions" and the exposed HVAC and the rough plaster columns were part of the package - the client at least wanted a solution to bring the columns up a grade. I contracted an artisan who specialized in faux paint finishes and he came up with a design that utilized the rough plaster with our color palette so the columns blended in to the overall design scheme.