Not a big house, but perfect for a couple of gays and their two cats.
This 1920’s Bungalow has two bedrooms and 2-and-a-half bathrooms in just 1,069 square feet and has a Oaxacan style design, effortless flow, and city views—a sanctuary in the hills of Highland Park. The home blends indoor/outdoor living and multiple outdoor spaces, with pergola, large deck canopied by a mature tree, river rock fountain, and grassy yard that is entirely fenced and gated.
Inspired by the Ojai Valley Inn and Grana B&B in Oaxaca, the home boasts a vibrant palette of Saltillo tiles with baseboards and accents of handmade, hand-painted decorative tiles from Old Mexico, while handmade Moroccan Zellige tiles adorn the kitchen and bathrooms and there are plastered walls both inside and out.
The heart of the home is in that kitchen, featuring Bertazzoni appliances and a cozy breakfast nook with built-in seating and views of downtown LA. The kitchen peninsula allows for barstools, and overlooks the living room, an effortless and inviting flow.
The home features two bedrooms, each with its own deck, including a primary bedroom with ensuite bathroom, built-in closets and tile built-in headboard. The home's office opens onto a majestic, perfectly curated terraced backyard, with a covered carport that doubles as an al fresco dining pergola, large deck set under a mature tree, all set around the home's restored original river rock water feature. The yard is rife with plants and trees, including a citrus tree, cacti, and a freshly planted olive tree cut into the deck.
As I said, it’s not big but can be yours for $1.6 million …
Umm, Yes, but can we discuss the price?
ReplyDeleteEven for LA the price seems steep for such a small house, but I do like the idea of this house and the style and the yard!
DeleteAlmost perfect. I quibble, Sybil. Hunter Green? Not my fave. And the wood grain in the one bedroom seems all kinds of wrong. But what a sweet place and that backyard - I could put on plays for the neighborhood! Very sweet and one of my favorite designs. A gay couple has one just like it in our hood and have done all sorts of fabulous with it. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteHunter green does seem to be the new "It" tile which automatically makes me hate it.
DeleteI like the backyard. Love that green. Hate the white walls, they'd have to be painted.
ReplyDeleteHead on over to the paint aisle!
DeleteIt does seem expensive, but that's because of the location, I suppose. Hey ho, one can but dream . . .
ReplyDeleteAnd it's quite small, which I like, but for that price???
DeleteThe breakfast nook is a fun feature, and the bathroom sink is quirky. Love the backyard too - I could envision many hours sitting outside reading and relaxing.
ReplyDeleteI, too, love the backyard.
DeleteGreat space. I could live there. That back yard is just screaming for a pool.
ReplyDeleteAren't they all?
DeleteAll on one floor which is something I might need in the future. Too expensive, tho.
ReplyDeleteI love one floor living, especially was we :::gasp choke cough::: age!
DeleteA lot of money, even there, it seems to me. I could start picking it apart but I‘ll just say the exterior needs some love and the green around the windows turns me off.
ReplyDeleteI don't ,mind the trim color, and it's probably a drought-tolerant landscape, but put some pots out and fill them with flowers and greenery!!
DeleteThe landscaping’s fine. I understand and know that will get better. But the house itself looks unloved from the outside.
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ReplyDeleteLove these casitas, reminds one of Marilyn Monroe’s casita, cursum perficio.
This Spanish casita needs moorish flair and a vintage style kitchen, and the front patio could use a fountain and more plants. Don’t like the girder on the side street, as cars crashing through homes is a common occurrence in California.
-Rj
The house is a little close to the road!
DeleteWhile not my style I can appreciate the design of it. The front of the house doesn't have much curb appeal for me....but the back of the house has nice character.
ReplyDeleteI think we all have to overlook all the white. Many homes get painted white before the showing and sale...to lose it personal touch of current owners....many realtors and developers when staging homes ask for white so potential home buyers can visualize their belongings being in the house. I know before my uncle left and sold the house, he had it all repainted.
The front needs greenery and flowers and a splash of color.
DeleteI agree about the white; we painted the interior of our house in Miami white before putting it on the market and sold it in two days!
the dog's mother
ReplyDeleteLoves the yard!
xoxo :-)
That back yard is perfection.
Delete🧘♀️ I feel peaceful just looking at the photos!! I love all 3 bathrooms, especially the sinks...and that big bathtub with the library shelves above it!! 😉 You'll also find me in the breakfast nook quite often being served by the hired chef (a kitchen like that is wasted on my limited skills). 😁
ReplyDeleteI do like a nook.
DeleteI love all the white.
ReplyDeleteIt brings those tiles to life! I love the blueprint, too. But that outdoor space! Whoa. I would have ALL my meals there. And then I'd have sleepovers there at night.
XOXO
SLEEPOVERS?!?!?!?! oHHHHHHHH.
DeleteEveryone knows what sleepovers means!
DeleteI will take it---I lived in LA with my friend for a year hoping to find work in the surrounding area-including LA---My friend's home was on 64th/La Cienega Blvd---His side of the street was in LA and his neighbors across the street were in Inglewood---The neighborhood was fun to walk around---It was an abundance of different styles of homes---Homes like this was common---Some of the surrounding neighborhood was hilly and the views into downtown were amazing---I love this house---I could put my stamp on it---The outside space is inviting and cozy---Love the tile floors---This girl loves a clean house and the tile floors would be easy to clean---The kitchen is the right size and what a great place to sip coffee in the morning watching your neighbors leave for work and walk their dogs---I don't know what the fuss is all about with these high end-Bertazzoni-appliances---The stoves are in the 3, 4, 5 thousand dollar range and higher---I don't know if I need all of that---Just give me a quality stove the cooks---Never been a fan of vessels sinks---They are not practical---A few tweaks and I would settle in---Highland Park is North of downtown LA---Away from the freeways---Hopefully everything I need will be in my neighborhood---Pasadena is 12 minutes North and Griffith Park and Griffith Observatory are 12 minutes to the West---All in all I love the home---It has great character---
ReplyDeleteI like homes that have a little quirk ...
DeleteIt's quite nice. Very liveable I expect. Three very strange wash basins, two without anywhere to put anything.
ReplyDeleteI like the sinks, though some storage is needed.
DeleteThis is very nice, though I worry about the hovering toilets, I prefer mine firmly attached to the floor! And I prefer a cabinet under the washbasins, somewhere to keep extra soaps and hand towels.
ReplyDeleteThose wall-mounted toilets are firmly attached and make it a breeze to clean the floors!
DeleteI love Highland Park! We used to live in Mt. Washington right above there. Back then it was an affordable area and nowhere near as gentrified. On the upside, there are still a lot of great places to eat and shop. I miss that side of town, but we're priced out of the market now. xoxo
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