When Libby May and Eoghan Mahony purchased a 1950s post-and-beam house in Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Canyon, they envisioned someday transforming the garage and adjoining workshop into livable space, with an office for each of them and a family room they could share with their sons, Wes, 14, and Duncan, 10.
After months spent researching solutions to make her home’s fabric roof functional, Lisa Sette can finally relax.
The Slow offers much more than boutique accommodations, steeping guests in a curated experience that blends art across several disciplines.
"Fong Renovation Master Bedroom. Photo by @capturedaesthetic."
The driveway has a permeable surface.
The family retreat abuts a rocky cliff in Herfell, Norway. The central cabin provides communal living spaces, while the two cabins that flank it are used as private sleeping quarters.
This Vancouver-based designer took an unused garage and turned it into a brilliant home office.
A tabletop desk with trestle legs is a modern, customizable, and budget-friendly option for creating a clean surface to work from.
Living, dining, and kitchen spaces flow into one another in the soaring great room. Here, the Sacramento firm placed new, polished concrete slabs over the original ones to alleviate unsightly cracks.
Dunbar describes the bathroom as an outside-in room because it has light, air, and sometimes, when it drizzles and the skylight left open, even rain. Designed for exactly these circumstances, a blue-glass mosaic tile floor is laid at an angle to drain with ease.
Located in Portola Valley, California, this renovation of a William Wurster Ranch house began with a study of the home’s history. Inspired by original photos of the 1950s home, the renovation refreshed its significant architectural past without detracting from its Wurster essence.
Built in 1953, the Wiley House is made up of a single glass-and-wood rectangular pavilion that’s perched on top of a rectangular box made of stone and concrete. Johnson chose the six-acre plot of land himself and was particularly fond of the natural slopes of the site, which is surrounded by hickory trees.
A slatted Western red cedar fence screens a neighbor’s yard, adding a measure of privacy while permitting branches from their Japanese maple to cross the property line.
The interior of the cabana is relatively tight but with the sides open, the space feels breezy. Built-in shelving makes storage easier, leaving room for beds, chairs and tables.
Quail:
Illustrated this simplified quail. Created with 8 circles, 1 square and some vertical and horizontal lines. Self initiated project.
Unify:
Verb, make or become united, uniform, or whole. Illustrated these after hearing the constant barrage from media outlets on talk about tensions between minorities and police, republican vs. democrat this past year. Self initiated project.
Raging Bull:
Illustrated this simplified graphic bull. It has a Picasso esque feel mixed with my modern style. Self initiated project.
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