Situated within the hills of Los Feliz, Los Angeles, this basic California Colonial Revival house was initially designed by architect Milton Black in 1936 and sits perched close to the Griffith Observatory. Commune Design’s inside renovation respects the house’s historic character and formal format whereas introducing a extra relaxed, up to date sensibility by shade, graphic patterns, collected furnishings, and artisanal craftsmanship.
Thoughtfully layered and private, the designer’s intent was to showcase the proprietor’s artwork assortment gathered through the years. The brand new design preserves the house’s unique casement home windows and the formality of a lot of the social rooms and stairs, whereas new furnishings and finishes refresh the area all through.
Working with native builder Echo Tasks, the group redesigned the kitchen and adjoining areas to create a family-centered hub full with a lounge and comfy breakfast nook. New cabinetry with refined curves honors the house’s Artwork Deco roots whereas mixing seamlessly with the unique structure.
Residing Room
What We Love About This House
This Colonial Revival house is a masterclass in balancing historic preservation with livable up to date design. Commune Design’s layered strategy brings collectively eclectic furnishings, daring shade decisions, and artisanal particulars that really feel deeply private quite than decorator-driven. From the moody inky blue den to the cheerful youngsters’s wing, each room tells a narrative. It’s a kind of uncommon renovations the place the brand new feels prefer it has all the time been there.
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Eating Room
House Library
Household Room
Kitchen & Eating
Above: The kitchen options Hauteville Limestone counter tops and island, navy decrease cabinetry, and Apothecary’s Backyard wallpaper by Trustworth. The breakfast nook features a customized desk by DUSK.
Hallway Studying Nook
Above: A hallway studying nook, impressed by the attraction of a prepare automotive berth, provides an inviting spot for quiet moments or sleepovers.
Upstairs, a reconfigured youngsters’s wing options two bedrooms with built-in desks and ensuite baths completed in ivory tile, collegiate inexperienced and blue accents, marble, and polished nickel particulars that really feel each recent and timeless.
Kids’s Bedrooms
Kids’s Bogs
Above: The ensuite baths characteristic ivory tile with cobalt blue trim accents, marble tub surrounds, and darkish hexagon flooring tile. Wall tile and trim had been offered by Mission Tile West.
Den
Proprietor’s Bed room
Above: The proprietor’s bed room suite encompasses a customized Gio Ponti-inspired mattress by Gil Valenzuela and AJ Bernard, a USM nightstand, and the Roly Poly armchair by Faye Toogood. Herringbone, tweed, and tartan textiles impressed by formal menswear add heat all through.
PHOTOGRAPHER Laure Joliet
