A STORYBOOK BEGINNING
In Los Angelos, a young family enlists ETC.etera cofounders (and best friends) Sally Breer and Jake Rodehuth-Harrison to reveal the next chapter of their storied 1924 light-filled Silver Lake Tudor-style bungalow.
CABIN FEVER
A Bay Area designer strips back an A-frame to create a moody hideaway tucked among the evergreens…
FLIP THE SCRIPT
An out-of-the-box designer gives a lackluster beach cottage a good dose of grown-up surf style…
MAKING WAVES
In 2014, Birgit and Raul Sfat were a year into the lease of a rental cottage in San Francisco’s Noe Valley when they learned of the owner’s plans to sell the property…
Craftsman Cool
Innovation is synonymous with Silicon Valley, so when it came to building Sunset’s Idea House in the land of start-ups, we know the home had to channel both the region’s creative boldness and its laid-back culture…
ANTIQUE YELLOW DOORS CONVINCED AN L.A. SHOP OWNER TO ESCAPE THE DESERT
“I’d been flirting with the desert for the past four or five years and slowly falling in love with it,” recalls Denise Portmans, who co-owns the Santa Monica-based Merchant Modern Shop and Gallery with her daughter Sara Marlowe Hall…
A REVIVAL
When a pair of fun-loving designers take on a classic cabin in the woods, the result is a new icon in the making…
COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES
For as long as Eva Jorgensen can remember, her mother regaled her childhood stories from France. In 1969, Eva’s grandfather’s company relocated the family to Versailles, a suburb just outside of Paris…
THE MIX MASTER
Of all the design trends to take over Pinterest, white subway tiles may baffle Mary Rudolph most. “I know they’re a budget solution,” she says, “but there are so many better choices out there”…
HAPPY TOGETHER
A pair of family fishing cabins in the Northwest uses design to evoke a sense of heritage and soul…
NEXT-LEVEL DESIGN
History plays its part inside Sunset’s latest Idea House, but the future is calling…