Harry Dresden 's apartment was a basement apartment located in Chicago. For much of the series, it served as Dresden's home, as well as the location of his lab. It burned down in Changes and the Brighter Future Society was built on its ruins.
The apartment was one of many [1] in a big century-old wooden boardinghouse, [2] in a quiet neighborhood. It was made almost entirely of wood and creaked and groaned with the wind.
Dresden described it as a place with a history. The apartment comprised one larger room used as the general living room, with a small kitchenette and a fireplace. A door led to a bedroom and an adjacent bathroom. A door hinged in the floor lead down to the laboratory in the subbasement. Rugs were scattered all over the floor, a few handmade Navajo ones and a black area rug with Elvis 's face on it.
Being a rental apartment with Dresden living in it alone, the threshold was almost inexistent. Being prone to malfunction, electric devices and gas heaters were absent, substituted by a fireplace for heat, candles for light, icebox for refrigeration, and an old wood burning stove for cooking.
In Fool Moon , Dresden installed a new anti-burglar, steel-framed door to replace the one broken by a Toad Demon. Most of the furniture was also replaced. They also stocked his icebox and kept household pests at bay. Dresden could not tell anyone about their services, or they would leave him. Harry Dresden 's laboratory was located in the sub-basement of the apartment. The door was kept hidden under a rug. It had a few lamps, a pair of burners, and a kerosene heater. Three tables stood by the walls with another longer table in the center of the room.
