This lovely little live/work home located in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California was once a 1923 clapboard house, but when architectural designers Louis Molina and Laurent Turin of Good Idea Studio bought it, they knew it was the perfect space for their home and office. Upstairs is a 578-square foot living area that Molina and Turn take turns occupying, while downstairs they share the office space. They spent about $62,000 reworking the inside and out, transforming the interior into a livable space for two designers.
The interior is essentially one big room with a bathroom in the middle, dividing it up. They used MDF as walls and installed lots of large windows and sliding doors and tracks to make the space feel airy and open. On the exterior, they designed a custom railing, which is one of my favorite elements of the home. Read the whole story at Dwell.
Photos by Heather Culp.
[via Dwell]
trish on 08.11.2010 at 13:13 PM
what’s so special about this? it’s a small, poorly decorated house. the back garden is beautiful space, though. everything could be improved with better decorating.
Ted on 08.12.2010 at 18:36 PM
$62,000 for this renovation must be a typo. There appears to more work here than that budget would allow.
Carissa on 08.17.2010 at 22:01 PM
Well here’s the deal. It could have been $62,000 if they had materials comped for advertising in the magazine. I am a partner in a green homebuilding company and when we do homes for parades, tours, features etcetera, that is often the case. I don;t find the home poorly decorated, but just somewhat dull. Anyone seen unhappyhipsters.com?