The Faber Ferrarius

Full Service Remodeling & Artisan Metalwork

A locally-owned contractor on Chicago's North Shore: bathrooms, tile, flooring, drywall and paint, cabinetry, masonry and tuckpointing, exterior trim and gutters, plus artisan metalwork, forged by hand.

Talk to the owner, not a bot. You'll hear from Luca himself, usually the same day.

Our Work

Recent projects, on homes like yours

Real jobs we've done, with photos and the scope of each.

Primary bathroom with a frameless glass shower, fluted wood-tone back wall, pebble floor and black fixtures.
Bathroom remodeling

Primary bathroom

A walk-in shower behind frameless glass, a fluted wood-tone feature wall, pebble shower floor and a double vanity under a lit mirror.

Bathroom with a walnut vanity and white quartz top in the foreground, tiled tub and shower beyond, and a round mirror on the left.
Bathroom remodeling

Full bathroom remodel

Tub and shower tiled to the ceiling, a stone-tile wainscot around the room, a walnut vanity with a quartz top and matte black fittings.

Shower under a sloped attic ceiling with a frameless glass door, white tile walls, and a black-and-white hexagon mosaic floor.
Bathroom remodeling

Attic bathroom

A bathroom built into a sloped attic: a glass-door shower under the roofline, white tile with a hexagon mosaic pan and a slate-tone floor.

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Why people call us back

Four things we get told we do differently

Fair pricing, quoted plainly.

You’ll know what it costs and why before we start. No surprise line items, no “while we’re in there” padding.

We answer the phone.

Call, and you get a call back, usually the same day, from the owner. Not a call center, not next Tuesday.

The details are the job.

Straight lines, tight miters, clean job sites. If it wouldn’t pass in our own homes, it doesn’t pass in yours.

We’re building a reputation, not chasing checks.

We’re not in it to inflate insurance claims, and we don’t disappear after the last invoice. We do it right so you refer us to your neighbors.

Serving the North Shore and nearby Chicago-area communities.