Browse Categories

About Us

Evolutionary Lifestyle Home Design™ concept is exclusively created by Jennifer Stark CAPS (Certified Aging in Place Specialist). Jennifer Stark creator of The Evolutionary Lifestyle Home Design™, graduated with Highest Honors from the International Academy of Merchandising and Design, at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. She is a CAPS (Certified Aging in Place Specialist) graduate from the (NAHB) National Association of Home Builders - a program requiring rigorous coursework and annual continuing education requirements. She is a member in good standing with the professional organizations of NAHB and NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association). Ms. Stark is the founder of Traditional Homes by Jennifer Inc., and “Ask the House Therapist” in Lake Forest, Illinois. Her firm represents the epitome of delivering high end complex residential projects for a very discerning clientele. She specializes in personal assessment, profile evaluation planning and design in renovation of existing homes, and new construction primarily for Chicago’s North Shore communities and the Gold Coast of Chicago.


Our Mission

Our mission is to make sure that as your lifestyle evolves and changes, your home can be altered, and accommodate your personal and family needs. We care about how you use your home not only for today, but how you will use your home in the future. We give you the ability and choice to continue living independently in your own home as you grow older. We can design and modify a functional and beautiful space, so you and your family can live more comfortably and efficiently, for the way you want or need to live, in your home for life.


What is (CAPS)?

The Remodelers Council of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in collaboration with the NAHB Research Center, NAHB Seniors Housing Council and AARP developed the Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) program to address the needs of consumers who want to make their house a home for a lifetime, regardless of one's age, or functional abilities. A Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist is specially trained in the unique needs of older people who can provide home modifications (common remodeling projects), providing solutions to common barriers that can help people continue living independently in their homes for life. CAPS professionals have been taught the strategies and techniques for designing and building aesthetically pleasing, barrier-free living environments. The CAPS program goes beyond design to address the codes and standards, common remodeling projects and their costs, product ideas and resources needed to provide comprehensive and practical aging-in-place solutions.

NKBA    NAHB    Home Builders