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The architects kept the fixture layout to save on budget, swapping in a Duravit tub and toilet with lavatory fixture, tub filler and shower head and controls by DornBracht.

Bowman found the salvaged wood for the mantlepiece and gifted it to the couple on completion of the project. The Uchiwa Lounge Chair and Ottoman, and Mags Soft Low Sofa are both by Hay, with a Flos light overhead. The painting above the sofa is by Georgia Young and the painting on the fireplace is by Solee Darrell.

Before: Little was changed in the living room, save for the mantelpiece.

Floor plan of the Bernardi House by Fritz Haeg

The extended walls of the outer cube help mitigate the heat of the California sun. The deep cutouts, says Haeg, were also a way of blurring the line between indoors and outdoors—“not in the conventional, midcentury L.A. way of walls of sliding glass,” he says, “but instead making layers of containment. Where does the house end exactly?”

In the primary bedroom, the built-in bed and storage-filled headboard are painted a royal blue. All the original colors in the home were kept, except here, where Pete painted the blue ceiling and upper part of the wall white to make the room a little brighter. The asymmetrical globe lights were handcrafted in Turkey, and the bed linens are by Trina Turk. “I was drawn to the idea of sleeping in the sun,” says Pete.

The exterior stucco wrapper, says Haeg, “is a deco mix with mica dust in it, so it kind of sparkled. It doesn’t sparkle as much as it used to, but it was meant to be fun.”

Redwood walls and stairs lead to the pool area, which overlooks spectacular views of L.A.

An early study model of the house shows its descent down the hillside.

A house in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles, designed in 2004 by artist Fritz Haeg for entertainment executive David Bernardi, was recently updated by current owners Stephanie Wolff and Pete Galli. The couple added their own touches while embracing the home’s originality and bold color palette.

Shuri, one of the couple’s two cats, sits on the stairs leading to the third floor

The Copper Fox Treehouse Airbnb rental is located on the owners’ six-acre wooded property near Bradbury Mountain State Park in Maine.

Heidi worked with a local paint store to match the stain to a fox’s white and copper-colored fur.