Cubes Give Way to Curves at a Revamped 1980s House in Manhattan Beach Asking $4.25 Million

This four-bedroom house for sale on Walnut Avenue in Manhattan Beach is an oasis of calm: clean lines, muted tones, and earthy textures abound throughout its 3,560 square feet.

When acclaimed Los Angeles interior and furniture designer Mandy Graham went to work renovating the 1980s-era house, owned by her business partner, the exterior—a series of intersecting boxes—reminded her of the Getty Center museum—or perhaps, given its vintage, even a deconstructed Rubik’s Cube.

The original design had been gutted a decade after the house was built, and the interior had "no rhyme or reason to it," recalls Graham. "It really was a challenge to make sense of the space, because everything has to connect."

Intersecting boxes characterize the home’s exterior, so Graham created an equally distinct and complimentary geometry inside using curved forms. Arches often hint at classical or even Gothic architecture—but for Graham they’re a nod to Art Deco.