When most designers take a new project, they are equipped with moodboards, themes and a clear vision. This was not the case with Los Angeles- and Toronto-based And more studiosThe latest commission, a midcover home, was tucking in a Bohemian Enclave in Laurel Canian.
Due to the staggered renewal timeline-a pair of long-term customers who gave the designers near Daniel Rabin and Annie Ritz near the close creative freedom-the plan came out like a novel written without a framework. “It was almost like designing in reverse,” Rabin says. The pair began with the outer areas – usually on a renewal checklist – an outdoor living room and together in the kitchen. Charan Do deal with the primary suit “without knowing how everything () would be connected.” The whole story was not till the third and final chapter, when the family was taken out of a Hollywood writer-producing power couple with two children, so that the team could recreate the Fluorplan and add a second story of the 900-class foot.
Despite reaching a bright end, the original structure was given to the advertising Pro Directory Studio to prove to be difficult. The house was purchased for flat lots, privacy and pools (a rareness in the hill close quarters of Laurel Canian), not necessarily for its bones. Yes, it was a midcument, but more “midscentory lights”, as Rabin said. Rabin said, “A good midcurry was buried there.” “It was built in the 60s, renovated in the 90s – and was never very kind for renewal of anyone in the 90s.”
What emerged as a clear plot point was that the living room was its clustee windows and iconic view. But it was a challenge to find the right paint color to set the tone for the house. “We have gone through 20 options to find the right butter-win base color,” says Ritz. Winner was hue Cream by Benjamin Moore“The minute you walk, shine like a house,” she gush.
