Midcentury Picfair Village Traditional with original elements seeks $1.249m

Located in the Picfair Village neighborhood of mid Los Angeles, this 1940-built Traditional home is modernized but still maintains a number of original features, including hardwood floors and steel casement windows.

Opening to soaring ceilings anchored by refinished hardwood floors, the stylish residence holds three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms spread across 1,906 square feet of living space.

Just beyond the kitchen—sporting open shelving and custom cabinetry finished in a soft blush color with unique drawer pulls—the step down living room features a fireplace and a wall of casement windows allowing tons of natural light to flood the space and a view of beautiful Bougainvillea when in bloom.

A center hall leads to the bedrooms with a master suite offering high ceilings, along with a walk-in closet area and adjoining bathroom with dual sinks.

The exterior got a makeover too. A too-often-seen front lawn was replaced with an array of mature succulents, a small collection of citrus trees and a planter of edible fresh herbs.

The home last sold in 2010 for $487,000. It’s now listed for $1.249 million.

Interested in seeing this remodeled Traditional home? Get in touch by email or call (323) 829-4440 to schedule a private showing.

Listing courtesy of Tia Hughes – Compass

Midcentury with iconic butterfly roof in Beachwood is up for grabs

A butterfly-style roof, a distinct feature of modernist architecture popularized by William Krisel, gives this midcentury modern in Beachwood Canyon lasting curb appeal.

Designed by architect Maurice L. Bein and completed in 1962, the home—oriented on a 5,163-square-foot lot to capture peek-a-boo views of the Hollywood Sign—sits behind a horizontal wooden fence with a roof shaped like  “a broad, off-center V resembling two unequal wings of a gigantic bird in flight.”

Measuring 1,915 square feet, the living space spans two levels, with walls of glass bringing in views of the surrounding treetops and allowing tons of natural light to fill the open living space. There’s an easy indoor-outdoor flow from the public spaces to a patio screened in by thin wood slats.

The lower level houses three ensuite bedrooms, leading to a wraparound deck with angle supports echoing design elements found in the Kallis-Sharlin house by Schindler.

While you feel a million miles above the city, you’re close to hiking trails in Griffith Park and near Franklin Village where you can sip a glass of your favorite wine at La Poubelle, stock up on fresh fruit and veggies at the Hollywood Farmers Market, or grab a sandwich at The Oaks Gourmet.

Interested in seeing this midcentury home? Get in touch by email or call (323) 829-4440 to schedule a private showing.

Listing courtesy of Tracy Do – Compass

Hollywood Dell mini midcentury compound with a pool seeks $1.4M

Curbside, all you see of this mini midcentury compound in the Hollywood Dell are mature trees reaching above the foliage-covered walls and gated entryway.

You enter a retreat style setting where timber-clad 2268 Holly Drive sits on a flat 6,412-square-foot lot with a pool.

Completed in 1949, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was thoughtfully renovated under the guidance of James Schmidt Architecture, “a full service architectural firm with an emphasis on modern single and multifamily housing.”

The one-story home measures 1,404 square feet and features a living room with a corner brick fireplace and near floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors opening to a patio and yard space designed by landscape architects LPO Inc.

A window in the galley-style kitchen opens to a bar with stools below, making it easy to pass drinks and snacks to your friends hanging outside.

The master suite is equipped with a steam shower and opens to the private pool and spa. Two additional bedrooms open to the spacious sun patio and share a beautiful designer bath with a Jacuzzi tub.

Ideally located near the Hollywood Bowl, the home is listed for $1.399 million.

Interested in seeing this midcentury home? Get in touch by email or call (323) 829-4440 to schedule a private showing.

Listing courtesy of Nick Small – Rodeo Realty

Sensational Buff & Hensman in the Cahuenga Pass asks $3.8M

Buff & Hensman “were magicians at making a lot open and private, whether it really was or not by strategic placement of the house and use of structural planes as foils and baffles which were enhanced with expanses of glass.”

Set down a private gated drive, 3512 Multiview Drive, built in 1961, sits on an expansive promontory in the Cahuenga Pass neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills, surrounded by lushly landscaped grounds that include a pool and a guest house.

The current owner recently renovated the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home measuring 2,012 square feet by incorporating new built-ins and cabinetry, while staying true to its original mid-century design aesthetic.

For more than 50 years Buff & Hensman designed classic modern dwellings, including the notable Wong House in Los Feliz, helping to shape California modernism.

Last sold in 2013 for $2.199 million, the home is now listed for $3.8 million.

Interested in seeing this Buff & Hensman home? Get in touch by email or call (323) 829-4440 to schedule a private showing.

Listing courtesy of John Galich – Rodeo Realty

The Thomas House by famous graphic designer Alvin Lustig

Built in 1947, the Thomas House is said to be one of only two residential homes designed by renowned twentieth century graphic designer Alvin Lustig.

Well-preserved and restored by recent owners, 2638 Ivan Hill Terrace sits up from the street on a 6,397 square foot terraced lot located in the Ivanhoe School District of Silver Lake.

Inside, this midcentury gem holds three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms. All 1,153 square feet of living space is anchored by simple lines and thoughtful details making it a prime example of California modernism.

Lustig used an open floor plan to create an inviting connection between rooms as well as a seamless flow to various outdoor spaces through walls of glass and intersecting Redwood trellises.

Classic architectural details include wood floors, beautiful redwood built-ins, and the tiles on the bathroom floor. “They used to exist in only one place: on the facade of the Beverly Carlton Hotel, which is now called The Avalon and which Lustig also designed” said one of the former owners.

There’s also 300 square feet of bonus space below the house with a separate entrance. Unknown and unpublished until recently, the home is a rare opportunity to acquire a historic work in one of LA’s most coveted neighborhoods.

Last sold in 2017 for $1.395 million. The home is now listed for $1.475 million.

Interested in seeing the Thomas House by Alvin Lustig? Get in touch by email or call (323) 829-4440 to schedule a private showing.

Listing courtesy of Laura Marchetti & Rob Kallick – Compass

Chic makeover of fashion designer James Galanos’s former home

The home of the late fashion designer James Galanos, most famous for dressing former first lady Nancy Reagan, hits the market restored and elegantly chic.

Galanos told Vanity Fair, “To the neighbors this is a mystery house.” Located above the Sunset Strip, 1316 Sunset Plaza Dr is stolid. Painted bright white, windowless, and exhibiting no frills or color.

Legendary decorator and current owner Waldo Fernandez collaborated with interior designers Clements Design to create an interior with an opposing interior reveal.

The living space, measuring 3,296 square feet still embodies Galanos’s notion of home. He told AD, “I could be very free and delicate and fragile with women’s clothes … But in my home I strive for simplicity. I hate clutter. My furniture is mostly custom made to my specifications. There is no rococo, no curlicues. Everything is straight lines.”

An entry hall leads to an expansive living area anchored by a wood-burning fireplace with a darkly painted surround, bookshelves, French doors and walls of glass overlooking the home’s courtyards and brand-new pool. Interior walls, once lined with modulating blond to dark chestnut oak boiserie are painted a soft white.

Two of the three generously sized bedrooms are en-suite and feature walk-in closets, full-slab baths and Waterworks fixtures.

The home last sold in 2017 for $2.255 million. It is now listed for $5.195 million.

Interested in seeing the former home of fashion designer James Galanos? Get in touch by email or call (323)829-4440 to schedule a showing.

Listing courtesy of Bryce Pennel  – Coldwell Banker

Midcentury treehouse in Silver Lake asks $1.2M

Perhaps the best moment in the Davies Residence is how mid-century modern architect John Kewell cleverly orients the structure and positions a wall of glass to perfectly frame the Hollywood Sign, the Silver Lake reservoir, and the Observatory, all in one spectacular view.

In 1950 notable LAUSD landscape architect Bill Davies commissioned Kewell to design a livable treehouse with a cabin feel.

Located not too far from the Silver Lake Meadow and the new walking path on the south dam of the reservoir, redwood siding clads the exterior of 2317 Bancroft Ave sited on a gentle hillside lot measuring 4,202 square feet.

Modestly sized, the interior measures 901 square feet and comfortably holds two bedrooms, one bathroom, plus an office, and has an open living and dining area with the kitchen just beyond all contained in a functional floor plan.

Plentiful windows throughout bring in the lush scenery of the surrounding landscape that also provides privacy while you’re taking a disco nap on the lounge chairs outside.

While Kewell may not be a household name, he left a body of remarkable architectural work that includes the Schipper Residence—designed for art critic and historian for the Los Angeles Times, the Katella Park homes subdivision in Garden Grove, and developed a master design for CalTech.

Interested in seeing the Davies Residence in Silver Lake? Get in touch by email or call (323)829-4440 to schedule a showing.

Listing courtesy of Joanna Suhl & Robert Rodriguez – Compass