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The planter and tree is seen upon entry through the main door through an open staircase design and glass balustrades.

At the second floor, a view into a bedroom with built-in storage.

"All appliances were new and selected to have integrated panels,

Warwas offset the rear of the ADU to accommodate the power lines running behind the house, and he designed a window in the office/guest room upstairs that meets the roof in the same way that the window off the dining area/kitchen meets the ground.

Blue Savoy marble from Coastal Tile lines the floor.

The home's roof height meets that of its neighbors’ second stories, and its big, black-framed Marvin Ultimate tilt/turn windows put a contemporary twist on a centuries-old ventilation strategy. Its Artisan V-Groove siding by James Hardie, with mitered corners and painted Narraganset Green—a deep peacock-emerald with tones of charcoal and slate—strikes a happy medium between subtropical color and chic contemporary minimalism.

A floor-to-ceiling window wall in the shower blurs the line between the interior and the outdoors.

The storefront sits at the corner of Echo Park Avenue and Delta Street in L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood.

The shop’s record collection spans jazz, soul, Afrobeat and bossa nova. “We felt committing to vinyl records would go a long way in establishing a warm and consistent sound in the space,” Ally says. “Going back to albums would be a nice break from the ubiquity of algorithm-based streaming platforms.”