Californian home designed by Amber Lewis

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A Renovated Bachelor Pad in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles

Loft in San Francisco

Lofts have many apparent advantages. For designers it is an opportunity to fulfill their most daring ideas. When Jonathan Straley purchased this loft in a former chocolate factory, there was only a bathroom and pillars at two-meter distances. The first step of the reconstruction was the floor. It was covered with matchboards; their light-brown color brings in warmth and makes a quaint contrast with stone ceilings. Walls, painted in white, serve as a good decoration for the collection of art. In order to keep the wholeness of the space, the designer organized rooms without walls. A large pillar originally divides the sitting room, on its one side there is an artificial fireplace, on the reverse a bookcase which, together with a writing table and a couple of chairs, makes up the library. Cupboards serve here as screen-partitions between the apartment areas. The result is amazing...

House in California

This house, not far from Hollywood, was built in 1965 by Barry J. Moffit (a student of Frank Lloyd Wright). When Timothy Guetzlaff and Barry Robison bought it (six years ago) they started by refurbishment. Many of single-pane windows were changed to multi-pane; a part of the patio turned into a dining room. The kitchen is now done up with shale tile (instead of the Italian). Wooden floors gave way to cork parquet. Experienced professionals (over 24 years in design business), the owners decorated their dwelling in a restrained manner. Simple natural materials and sober, muted colors come together for a comfortable and snug interior.