Architecture Wednesday: Modern English Tudor

First off, one of my favorite bands, Modern English, and combined with a Tudor, I style I don’t care that much for, but in this case it works.

This hoMe, a Tudor from the 1930s, is hidden behind mature hedges and century-old oaks in the coveted Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. The home has been extensively redesigned, while retaining much of the character of the old home but tweaking it a bit for the 21st century.

The 3,960-square-foot, four bedroom, five-and-a-half bath home has new European oak chevron floors, custom hand-finished limewash walls, marble floors, and walls, and a new updated kitchen with a French La Cornue range on one side of the kitchen. Natural light pours through new custom steel kitchen doors which open onto a new pool and pool deck. The far end of the kitchen includes a bar nook with a wine fridge.

The original fireplace in the living room is still a focal point, and an original wood-paneled library doubles as a workspace or a small den.

The arched openings are a central element of the aesthetic, though many are not original but done to create a greater sense of consistency and form, such as the arch at the top of the stairs framing a small window.

Upstairs the primary suite includes a small office, a private sun deck, and a bath with marble surfaces and dark wooden floors, a large, walk-in shower and freestanding tub; a reeded glass door opens to the toilet room.

Outside a pathway leads to the guesthouse, which has a completely different feel with its concrete floors and wood-beamed ceiling; it does include living area and kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. The lush backyard includes, other than the pool, a dining patio with an outdoor fireplace as well as an outdoor living room.

Like I said, Tudor ain’t my thing, but this one is moody and opulent and modern and bold. I like that.

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