Eclectic

The Carousel House is topped with three octagonal roofs, and it offers valley views with floor-to-ceiling windows and multiple decks.

The new second-story addition, clad in Hardie Lap Siding and painted in Benjamin Moore Deep Sea, creates a bold contrast with the existing home's cedar shingles in Black Panther.

With previous uses a butcher shop, grocery store, window workshop, hat shop, and a restaurant, the mix-and-match facade feels like an appropriate reflection of the renovated home's varied history.

Eliminating the deck and the small rooms off the terrace created a unified living space that extends between inside and out. For continuity throughout, the flooring is irregular slabs of marble with an antiqued finish. A linear drainage system was installed with the embedded track for the glass doors.

Charly collects vintage design pieces, like this wavy Pierre Paulin dining set or the chrome Verner Panton magazine rack, which he found on the German equivalent of Craigslist.

Asking $24,500 a month, the one-of-a-kind Santa Monica residence by Eric Owen Moss has a bold chartreuse facade and CNC-sculpted interiors.

This 1886 townhouse needs some TLC, but it’s packed from top to bottom with old-world charm.