Before & After: A Los Angeles Bungalow Opens to a Gorgeous Garden Oasis

Design, Bitches turns a typical Atwater Village home into a lush hideaway with a new, cedar-clad guesthouse.

Viewed from the street, Garden House in Los Angeles’s Atwater Village recedes into the scenery of Spanish-style dwellings, obscured by hedges, succulents, and strawberry trees. But beyond the cedar fencing, it’s a welcoming oasis opened up and oriented around the side and rear gardens.

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Stephen Zacks
Stephen Zacks is an advocacy journalist, architecture critic, urbanist, and organizer based in New York City.

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