This project in West Hollywood is one of my all-time favorites. The clients are awesome - a doctor couple, with two young daughters - and they spent years pondering the addition and remodel of their small, Spanish-style home. They wanted to add a second-story/ Master Suite, and to reconfigure the main floor to include a larger kitchen, a family room, powder room, small laundry room and a staircase. Joel and I worked on it with them from it's inception, and it truly was a group effort. We enlisted the help of architects Ben Thorne and Eliza Howard , who helped us turn our ideas into actual plans. Then Joel built it. And it turned out like this...
As with most of my L.A. projects, the "After" photos were taken before we were completely finished (in a rush, right before Joel and I moved up to Portland). We have since added window treatments, art, a built-in breakfast nook (on the far side of peninsula) and more. We will continue to add the layers and history that make their house uniquely theirs. But who can resist some good 'ol "Before and Afters" when the change is so dramatic?
I love seeing a project through from beginning to end. Particularly when the clients are lovely people, with great taste. This one is especially gratifying because we are all very good friends. Our family stayed there for a couple of nights last time we were in L.A., and had such a blast spending quality time just hangin' out in this bright, happy home. It's all coming together in a very organic way, and it doesn't feel "decorated", which is the ultimate goal.