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This 1920s California Bungalow was reimagined into a home, a separate casita with full bath, and a freestanding studio/office/gym compound in 2011. You enter into a dramatic open-plan great room, with a living room featuring an exposed brick fireplace and bookshelf tucked to one side and a large dining area with a minimalist, open stairway to a family room loft anchoring the other. The central hub and communal space of the house is its spacious kitchen with an island crafted out of old-growth Douglas fir and surrounded with custom cabinets and open shelving. Along one side of the house are an office, a kid’s room, bathroom, and primary suite with its own en suite bath. Outside is a lounge and dining area and a secluded garden with a covered patio, planting areas, space for a future pool, a firepit at the rear of the property along with that one-bedroom, one bath casita, with laundry, and a separate studio space.                        As always, click to emBIGGERate …  |
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Architecture Wednesday: 1920s Eagle Rock Bungalow
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Very nice. Too much white (yes, there is such a thing) - If I moved in the place would look used and in need of renovation in about ten seconds. This is a house where nobody lives... really lives. It's like a house in theory only. Still... the bones are nice. And I love the workout room, but even that... it's all rather impractical.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'd turn the "workout" room into a meditation space.
DeleteWait, Bob. I Googled to find the $$$ and it is over $2 million?!
ReplyDeleteGoodness gracious. Why?
Back in the day they gave them away as everyone wanted a new house. We paid 18000 dollars for our Hollywood bungalow in 1972, now others in our area go for over 1 million and some as high as 2 million ! Too much real estate speculation that’s gone on for way too long, when that bubble bursts look out !
DeleteLocation! Location! Location! I lived in Eagle Rock briefly in the mid '70's. At the time there was decent bus service to downtown LA (think Dorothy Chandler Pavillion and the Taper and Ahmanson theaters this was before MOCA et al) and GlendaleBurbankPasadena were also close by if one had access to a car. Eagle Rock was a hidden gem with lousy air quality. It became fashionable in the early 2000's or so.
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That darn gentrification!
DeleteEllen: short answer: California!
DeleteSome nice features. The laundry being away from the main house would be a challenge for me. I would have added some modern convenience to the bathrooms (counter space and storage.)
ReplyDeleteThe bathrooms retain those old sinks with no storage; not good. I don't mind the laundry in the guest house until it's raining or freezing cold and I'm traipsing across the yard!
DeleteI could work with this. I always love a nice bungalow. I would do a few tweaks and we would be set. You know me by now, and I love the color. Easy fix. Am I reading the floor plan correctly? Why is the primary bedroom with the ensuite smaller than the other bigger one without? I know it’s CA but what is the logic of leaving the main home, and crossing the patio to do laundry? The guest house is great for friends. Funny observation. Whoever staged this house should be shot. One desk setup has a chair with no back. And the other one would be comfortable for about 5 minutes of Chatterbate searching. The rec room/loft couch looks as comfortable as a piece of cardboard. Overall-Love it!!
ReplyDeletePS-Eagle Rock is between Glendale and Pasadena in CA. Great location North of LA and a good Sunday drive to the "bird streets."
DeleteI imagine the room with the en suite is automatically the primary and maybe that larger bedroom was an addition after the house was built.
DeleteAhh, yes! I'm already comfortable here and I haven't even moved in yet! I ain't worried about the lack of color in the white areas...I'll bring plenty of color with me!! 😘🥰
ReplyDeleteThat's the idea!! 🎨🎨🎨
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ReplyDeleteSome of those white areas
just blare with the sun. ak!
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White rooms with white fixtures is not a good look.
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I like the main living area and then ...blam ...blinding stark white!
ReplyDeleteHate it!
Yeah, I actually adjusted the bathroom photos because they were so white you couldn't tell tub from toilet!
DeleteI would have guessed this is Northern California but I see from the link it's LA. Surprise!
ReplyDeleteWhich explains the $2M asking price!
DeleteNot a fan of the white, but I'm sure it would appeal to most buyers. They can paint it as they like after purchase.
ReplyDeleteAND the open staircase to the loft freaks me out. I'd be terrified of falling...it's a hazard of getting old.
I think that staircase may need a railing before the house is sold; codes and such! And some paint would be good, too!
DeleteThis is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou had me at 'bungalow' but whoa. Love the deceiving simplicity and the light colors. That way you don't get overwhelmed by all that wood (nothing against wood, obvs). Love the loft, love the backyard, love the bedrooms.
Very nice.
XOXO
I do really love the yard and that kitchen, but those all-white bathrooms need a splash of color!
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Not bad at all. There isn't a handrail for the stairs! Surely that wouldn't be allowed? Shower curtains love me. The wrap around and embrace me. But the love is not reciprocated. I would have do change that somehow. Ah, I think it is in the guest house. Find then.
ReplyDeleteI do think the lack of a handrail is a code violation in most places.
DeleteSorry, but that staircase is a killer for someone over 60, and it doesn't seem to be very dog friendly.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. Don't fance my chances on those stairs after a few glasses! While the house doesn't look much from the outside, it is quite lovely inside, even if the upstairs is too white - but that could easily be changed too!
DeleteI don't think the staircase is up tp code, even for LA
DeleteThere's probably parts of this that I could like but I'm too tired to look at it properly.
ReplyDeleteTake a second look; it's a nice house that needs some paint tweaks!
DeleteThis is a non-starter for me. I tend to love this style of house but this one is eh on the exterior and completely gone on the interior. In San Diego, we had a 1924 Spanish-style California craftsmen in mint condition. All contemporary updates (ours and previous) complemented the original style of the house. That’s the way I like these. Also, this one needs a major re-landscape, front and back. Wow! This really turned me off, I guess!
ReplyDeleteI guess it did! I like the exterior and the inside, other than all that white. And I love the backyard!
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