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Lavender cupcake
Photograph: The Picture Pantry x Ruth Black x Getty Images x Alloy
BEFORE AND AFTER
By opening the back of the house with balconies, private outdoor areas looking out over the newly created flat pad and pool the house communes with the newly created gardens. Now the owners can enjoy that coveted California indoor-outdoor lifestyle with new private outdoor spaces to live, stroll, play, swim and dream.
RTR-HOMES RENOVATION IN TOPANGA
AFTER
The new dining room, no longer stuffed into the entry way, is now open to the kitchen where everyone, young and old, big and small is invited to share in the fun of cooking and eating together. With its new windows and doors not only does every vantage point have a view of the lush new natural landscaping, but it opens to the new lovely dining area shaded by the fragrant laurel trees.
RTR-HOMES - KITCHEN REMODEL
This kitchen remodel was a real brain twizzler. The old kitchen was a strangely shaped galley kitchen that did not meet the needs of the client, a real "foodie" who cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner. All completely home made, super healthy and, I might add, incredibly tasty. She wanted a life change. A new kitchen - where family, friends and the more children the merrier, could come to cook and enjoy. And in the end, clean up would be easy and there would be a place for everything to be put away.
On top of that, all the structural problems needed to be solved as well. In the kitchen area we had a cracking and leaking slab on grade foundation, four little hodgepodge Topanga style add-on rooms that weren't actually connected, each had a differing floor height, there were leaking windows and skylights, leaky roof, walls not connected to foundation, no working heat so you had to wear a winter coat inside during the winter, etc. etc. etc. It was a mess. For 12 years, no one could figure out how to solve the problems on a budget that was actually do-able. It was a big challenge.
Just what we like! The fun of design-building is creatively solving problems using beautiful design. Doubly fun - In turn that beautiful design, isn't design for design's sake, but it serves the clients needs beyond anything they could have imagined!
AFTER
BEFORE & DURING
Even when a space doesn't work for the client and they know they need to change, its hard to let go of what you are used to. Demolition is emotional. But well worth it in the end. In order to get the most out of a space, its so important to fearlessly let go of what was and imagine what could be. Clearing the space is the second most awesome part of the process, finishing obviously being the prize.