It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. You can imagine these SoCal homeowners all jazzed up about a new pebble and resin coating on their driveway. They may have read marketing materials about how the new surface would add value to their home, set off the architecture and set the house…
When Chantal Dussouchaud and Harry Dolman bought this Hollywood Hills home, they had one major objection to it: the massive driveway that dominated the entire front of the house. Part of the couple’s reaction stemmed from the fact that they had been living in Paris (they are both European natives), where the car culture is…
When Chantal Dussouchaud and Harry Dolman bought this Hollywood Hills home, they had one major objection to it: the massive driveway that dominated the entire front of the house. Part of the couple’s reaction stemmed from the fact that they had been living in Paris (they are both European natives), where the car culture is…
The cool thing about this story is that one of the homeowners who remodeled this bathroom, Deb, grew up in this house. But after her family sold the house, it declined over the years. Deb avoided driving past her childhood home, even though she lived nearby, because it was so depressing. Then, two events happened…
When he set out to remodel his Dana Point kitchen, firefighter Rocco DiFrancesco began by chipping the white tile off the old counters. It was not easy. It was good tile, and glued down well. When he finally got the tile off, he regretted the destruction. “I hate taking apart anything that’s tough and strong,”…
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I came across this kitchen at the Sherman Oaks home of actress and furniture designer Amanda Pays and her husband, actor Corbin Bernsen. Here was the couple’s dilemma when they bought their latest fixer-upper: They wanted to move themselves and their four sons into a clean, stylish house, but they weren’t ready to add the…
After moving to the U.S. from England several years ago, Kara Noble and her husband took on a 1940s Manhattan Beach bungalow that had been infused with way too much 1970s vibe. Part of their challenge was updating a paint-specked brick fireplace (below). How do you think they did with it? Poll – Take Our…