Exterior

The oversized eaves provide protection from the elements and allow one to walk around the entire home in all weathers. Rain chains are used as decorative alternatives to downpipes.

The courtyard was one of the few spaces that Mitch specified, having seen one in another of Steely’s projects. Otherwise, “I just talked about lifestyle, and Craig took that and built something based on it,” Mitch says. He plans to host get-togethers in the courtyard after the pandemic, but for now he primarily uses it for solo dance parties.

Designers Valerie Levitt Halsey and Brett Halsey brought cohesion to a 1949 house in suburban Los Angeles that had been expanded in the early 1960s by its original designer, Donald E. Pedersen. The slanted windows at the front “provide the first hint that there’s something interesting inside,” says Halsey.

When touring properties, the couple were looking for land away from Lanzarote’s tourist hot spots.