Budget Breakdown: What Has Three Legs and 1,029 Square Feet? This $335K Backyard Addition
In Highland Park, designer Ben Warwas turns "a starter home into a forever home" with a quirky bedroom suite perched above a poolside patio.
In Highland Park, designer Ben Warwas turns "a starter home into a forever home" with a quirky bedroom suite perched above a poolside patio.
Kristen Shattuck had a vision when she first saw the three-bedroom, 1947 fixer in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood. Brushing aside what she calls "frozen-in-time moments" like the kitchen’s swinging saloon doors, the gold-veined mirrored panels in a bedroom, and the Lucite shell toilet seat in the bathroom, she imagined a home that she and her husband, Greg Saunders, could make their own.
In Highland Park, designer Ben Warwas expanded a 1947 home with an elevated addition. Clad in wood, a window seat cantilevers off the new primary suite and creates a covered patio below it.
Photo: Michael Wells
Meeting up with Greg after he’d finished his own tour of the place, Kristen exclaimed, "This is it!" Greg did not share her enthusiasm. "He was like, ‘What?!’" Kristen recalls. "He thought I was crazy."
A new fence borders one side of the house, while wood cladding brings a contemporary feel to the additions.
Photo by Michael Wells
Though the house was less than 1,400 square feet in size, it came with lots of pluses: the neighborhood was quiet, the interior was filled with natural light, and there was a swimming pool at the rear of the sloping, double lot.
The peaked wood ceiling and the window seat bump-out give a tree house feel to the primary bedroom, which the homeowners envisioned as a sanctuary where they could relax and watch TV. The dresser is from Article, and the platform bed is from Wayfair.
Photo by Michael Wells
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