814 Studio Remodel

The island, topped with a marble slab bought at a discount, anchors the space.

In Heather Thompson and Sam Grady’s renovated kitchen, custom cabinetry includes a hidden filing cabinet for important family papers.

Aerial view of the Avenue 33 Farm a small urban farm in Los Angeles on March 25, 2020. - Tomassini and his partner Ali Greer, who sell their produce to restaurant chefs and to direct to consumers via community-supported agriculture (CSA), say that despite demand from chefs dropping off due to restaurant closures due to the coronavirus (Covid-19), demand for their produce and flowers is higher than ever as consumers look for a steady source of fresh food and flowers.

The little house has a firepit surrounded by a steel bench that McWhirter designed, and the couple grow vegetables in raised beds. They “sped up the process a little bit,” McWhirter says, on the corrugated steel fence’s patina by using hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and salt.

She used cedar planks from Lowe's and stained them to match the vanity and other wood elements in the room. “We sealed the cedar planks with tung oil, and after a year it's held up wonderfully against water seepage,” says Bertolini

Naeem joins his tenants at a table designed by Studio Propolis set on the kitchen-side terrace, paved with hand-dressed stone. A vine will someday cover the steel trellis to complement the lushness of the garden.