Habitata Restores

Habitata began with the restoration of a Arts & Crafts home in the Parkview Neighborhood in St. Louis.  The neighborhood is on the National Registry of Historic Places having been built on land that had been used for the 1904 World’s Fair.  The house was nearly 100 years old, having been built in 1911 with a design that was more of the 19th century than the 20th. It had suffered through two shoddy rehabilitations though its quarter sawn oak beams and trim were still in tact and unpainted.

Over the course of a year, Habitata restored this house to its original luster. The walls were repaired. The Home Depot lighting was replaced with rewired antique lighting of the period.  The faux brick vinyl flooring was removed from the foyer and replaced with travertine and marble. The first floor was partially rewired and woodwork refinished in varnish resembling the original. Wallpaper was hand-silkscreened with an authentic pattern from 1910 and hung in the dinning room.

The kitchen, however, was thoroughly modernized but with a design that honored the older style of the house. The servant’s stair case, which had been removed to make more room in the kitchen, was restored without compromising functionality.

The Parkview restoration became the foundation of the Habitata philosophy:

Preserve, Enhance, Innovate.