SubscribeSign In

Ranch 55

View 26 Photos
Location
Altadena, California
Year
2013
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Midcentury
Living room with fireplace and open window wall.
Living room with fireplace and open window wall.
Modular fireplace with poured in place concrete slab and textured tile front.
Modular fireplace with poured in place concrete slab and textured tile front.
Living room with poured concrete floors, walnut cabinets, and concrete slab with tile fireplace.
Living room with poured concrete floors, walnut cabinets, and concrete slab with tile fireplace.
Range cooktop over walnut cabinets, leathered quarzite countertop, and a heath tile backsplash.
Range cooktop over walnut cabinets, leathered quarzite countertop, and a heath tile backsplash.
Large kitchen island flanking range cooktop.
Large kitchen island flanking range cooktop.
Breakfast nook, with custom epoxy resin map with aluminium edge banded table.
Breakfast nook, with custom epoxy resin map with aluminium edge banded table.
Built-in office nook in the kitchen.
Built-in office nook in the kitchen.
Natrual light from the window wall and skylights flood the kitchen.
Natrual light from the window wall and skylights flood the kitchen.
Open kitchen looking into the living room.
Open kitchen looking into the living room.
Coffee and drink nook.
Coffee and drink nook.
Custom built-in pantry cabinet.
Custom built-in pantry cabinet.
Custom built-in pantry cabinet
Custom built-in pantry cabinet
Small bathroom tucked away behind the kitchen stove wall with a skylight.
Small bathroom tucked away behind the kitchen stove wall with a skylight.
Kids bathroom vanity with dual green sinks and soft yellow pulls.
Kids bathroom vanity with dual green sinks and soft yellow pulls.
Green and yellow penny tile niches.
Green and yellow penny tile niches.
Pops of yellow in a bright white bathroom.
Pops of yellow in a bright white bathroom.
Shaded walkway to the Primary Suite
Shaded walkway to the Primary Suite
Window walls from kitchen and living rooms to backyard.
Window walls from kitchen and living rooms to backyard.
Primary Suite looking over the pool.
Primary Suite looking over the pool.

6 more photos

From Catherine Garrison Architects

CGA was contacted to renovate and update an old ranch house that is nestled up at the top of Altadena. The existing house was closed off and dark, did not have an ensuite primary bedroom, and had a bathroom in the middle of the kitchen.

The kitchen was reconfigured and opened up to the TV room to free up the space. The TV room had been an old porch with a heavy clinker brick fireplace, which was grandfathered in. We rebuilt it with a modular firebox that sits on a cantilevered concrete slab that was poured in place and is faced with tile. The new configuration allowed the TV and fireplace to share the spotlight at the front of the room.

This is a family that cooks and the island reflects this. There is an area with lower a counter allowing for bread kneading and accommodating the height of the Client. The kitchen has small family office incorporated for bills and schedules to be managed and an eat-in nook with views to the yard. The family enjoys looking at maps and so the table top was custom made with an epoxy resin map and an aluminum edge band. The kitchen cabinets are a combination of walnut veneer and orange laminate, heath tile, and leather finish quartzite counters.

The old garage was converted into the Primary Suite, with bathroom, laundry, and opens up to the pool.