Before & After: A Highland Park Fixer-Upper Sings With a New Archway Motif
A designer and filmmaker take on the run-down condition and wonky layout of a 100-year-old Los Angeles home, modernizing the interior to suit their love of entertaining.
Text by
Photos by
Michael Lockridge
After years of bouncing around LA’s competitive rental market, designer Alfie Koetter and his wife, documentary filmmaker Cristina Costantini, decided to take on a bigger challenge: purchasing a home of their own. It was the height of the pandemic and like many at the time, the duo was tired of being cooped up in their small apartment, so they started scouring the internet for a single-family residence they could customize to their liking.
Try Dwell+ to Continue
Subscribe to Dwell+ to get unlimited access to the very best of Dwell, including a steady stream of subscriber exclusives, ad-free browsing, and more.
Subscribe to Dwell+
You can cancel at any time. Already a Dwell+ subscriber? Sign In
Rachel Gallaher
Rachel Gallaher is one of the design industry’s most prolific writers, contributing regularly to dozens of titles, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Robb Report, Dwell, Architectural Digest, Azure, Luxe, and...
Published
Last Updated