House call: The West Loop home of Carrie Hanson and Joel Huffman

House call: The West Loop home of Carrie Hanson and Joel Huffman

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  Carrie Hanson and Joel Huffman see their West Loop home as a minimalist work in progress.

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  The oil painting depicting an aerial view of an imagined land is by Fraser Taylor, a local artist who collaborates with Carrie's dance company, The Seldoms.

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  The large dining table was designed by Huffman and custom-made for the couple by Jonas Wahlstrom in July.

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  Many of the couple’s vintage pieces, such as this green lamp near the sofa, came from a store called Brass Armadillo in Iowa—where Hanson grew up.

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  Even though the couple hasn’t done much entertaining in their home yet (that’s what happens when you have a new baby), the kitchen island was designed as a gathering space for parties.

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  Carrie bought the lazy Susan (on the kitchen island) from a vintage store, Brass Armadillo, in Iowa

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  Huffman personally picked out the wood for these custom-made cabinets.

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  The couple plans to install a railing near the basement stairs, located just behind the gray sofa.

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  The green lamp is another purchase from Brass Armadillo in Iowa.

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  Just as he did in the rest of the home, Huffman kept the finishes in the master bath simple and subtle.

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  Most of the artwork in the home has a personal story behind each item.

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  The Barcelona chairs to the right are hand-me-downs from Hanson's step father.

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  The black and white oil painting depicting an aerial view of an imagined land is by Fraser Taylor, a local artist who collaborates with The Seldoms.

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Carrie Hanson and Joel Huffman see their West Loop home as a minimalist work in progress.

For Hanson and Huffman, it’s been a year of building a family (they married in August and also recently welcomed their first child, Levi) and melding their personal styles and tastes in the minimalist live/work space they moved into in May. Huffman, an architect (vertuinc.com) who designed the two-level walk-up, prefers a sleek and almost bare contemporary space. “It helps create a neutral palette for furniture,” he says. Hanson (founder of dance group The Seldoms, theseldoms.org), on the other hand, is partial to decorative mid-century pieces and pops of color, a style she incorporates via the few accessories meticulously placed in the home. And while the space has a completed look, there’s still more work to be done, including furnishing the up- and downstairs terraces and installing a railing near the basement stairs—before Levi starts crawling.