It’s early afternoon, generally a quiet time in the home of Will and Kendall Yester. That’s when their two children, a toddler and a newborn, are napping, so Kendall has time to talk about the gradual ...

A home that’s designed to easily convert from two-flat to single-family home and back again as its users’ needs change is a jury’s choice to become the new Chicago bungalow for the 21st century.