Article: PARADE OF HOMES BOWS AT CROSSINGS; 10 HOUSES DISPLAY STYLE, CRAFTSMANSHIP.(Real Estate)(Column)

Byline: PATRICIA CORBETT CONOLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Builder Kathy Kotz combines practicality with style in her Charleston model home at the Parade of Homes 2006, in the Crossings development, Cicero.

"I try to build how people live," said Kotz, who has been in the building profession for 40 years and struck out on her own in 1993.

"I tried to use every available space," said Kotz, who built bookshelves under an open staircase and around a window in the blue music/study.

She also incorporated a large, walk-in pantry off the kitchen for lots of storage; a 10-foot-high, screened-in porch for three-season entertaining off the dramatic, ...

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