Color

Lewis and Wood 'Blossom' wallpaper covers the walls, with a soapstone counter and Waterworks plumbing fittings.

Sugarhouse designed custom storage for many corners of the apartment, including this area that serves a lot of functions: extra pantry and tool storage, serving bar, desk, and even a couple junk drawers. It's painted Barren Plain by Benjamin Moore.

The counters are Calacatta Turquoise from ABC Stone.

The kitchen cabinets are painted Narragansett Green by Benjamin Moore, with a backsplash of Mineral Tiles. The stools are from Norm Architects by Audo, and the island lights by Original BTC.

A view looking from the kitchen to the breakfast nook. The white kitchen is complemented by pops of color and natural texture, including Manzoni knobs and pulls for the drawiers.

To bring color to the mostly-white kitchen, Chet Architecture's design took color inspiration from the landscape outside, be it blue from the pool for beams and the trellis, or green from the cypresses for the Villa Lagoon concrete tile.

The house was designed to be conducive to entertaining, with the kitchen and its expansive counters acting like a "third space

This added bathroom, just off the pool deck, was designed to be resilient to water, with Heath Ceramic tiles cladding both the walls and floors. The California Faucet fixtures come directly out of the wall, above a Duravit sink, next to a Pottery Barn Windsor mirror and Quiet Town curtains.

The new den's rebuilt fireplace is clad with the same Heath Ceramics tile as the kitchen island. Avove it is a Christopher Wrobleski rope hanging. A vintage Hans Wegner chair with Maharam leather cushions was paired with a Lawson Fenning San Rafael Paolo coffee table.

David and Laurie's son Noah plays guitar on a custom bench beside the indoor garden. A Haas Brothers stool sitas atop a Kneeland CO. X Temple rug in a Vanora pattern.

Bucking the trend to tear such buildings down, Julie Anderson and Amy Dantzler worked with architect Bryan Libit to preserve a 1960s A-frame in Manhattan Beach. The home, with its original stained-glass panels and balcony design, is now listed as a historic landmark in the city.