Renovated 1940s Hollywood Regency Bungalow Photos

Designers: Christina Valencia and Kele Dobrinski of Colossus Mfg
Householders: Household of 5
Location: Land Park, Sacramento
Measurement: 1,700 sq. toes

In its unique situation, there wasn’t a lot to like about this 1702-square-foot Land Park house in-built 1941. It had previous mustard-colored carpet, a micro-sized kitchen, and peeling linoleum all through. It had been deserted for a number of years, so it was in want of some main TLC. Our objective was to usher in tons of sunshine, open your complete area up and provides it a full refresh to show it into the right place for a household with three younger women to comfortably have room to develop. The householders are shut mates, so after they determined to purchase a brand new place for his or her younger household of 5, we had been thrilled to assist them make it their very own.

We selected two distinct kinds—Hollywood Regency and Seaside Bungalow—then discovered commonalities between them with a purpose to create a contemporary route for them, Hollywood Bungalow. With every venture we do, it’s necessary for us to set an overarching idea for an area from the get-go, with a purpose to inform a cohesive story and have a focus for design determination making. We’re additionally all the time searching for methods to mix householders’ kinds whereas respecting the unique structure of the house.

We made main adjustments to the construction of the house. We gutted the kitchen, opening up the area from its unique walled-off kind for a mixed eating/kitchen area, added a built-in mudroom, and opened up the den to the yard by including a big sliding door. To create their Hollywood Bungalow, we blended earthy parts like grass fabric, tambour, and a great deal of indoor greenery with black and white rugs, graphic artwork, and a mixture of golden hues all through. For furnishings, we love a mixture of classic and fashionable, so we scoured vintage retailers for assertion items—just like the classic peacock hearth cowl, golden cheetah statue, and outsized ceramic lamps—to create a pleasant juxtaposition towards the surfboard, seaside prints, and a Gibson guitar.

Designers’ Fashion: We attempt to not subscribe to 1 particular type, moderately we method every venture with contemporary eyes and decide what it wants to assist it shine. We’ve been fortunate sufficient to carry to life a variety of kinds, together with Spanish Revival, Desert glam, and even a mid-century meets ’70s cabin. Sometimes, we gravitate in direction of a textured, lived-in really feel and we love infusing graphic parts and daring shade into our work. We would like our tasks to make a press release, whereas finally creating an area that’s snug, unfussy, and welcoming.

Designers’ Inspiration: We love mixing two kinds along with the objective of bringing ahead a design that feels contemporary and surprising. For this house, we knew the couple had previous roots in Southern California and so we regarded for commonalities between Hollywood Regency and Seaside Bungalow kinds to create an idea that we name Hollywood Bungalow. To carry this imaginative and prescient to life, we blended earthy parts like grass fabric, tambour, and a great deal of indoor greenery with black and white rugs, graphic artwork, and a mixture of golden hues all through.

Favourite Aspect: The tambour that we added to the fireside! In its unique state, the fireside was drab and didn’t do something to catch your eye, however there have been two rounded columns on every finish that had potential and that we knew needed to intensify. By making use of tambour, we had been in a position so as to add texture and heat to the area in a delicate means, and through the use of it as an architectural function we had been in a position to incorporate simply the correct amount of classic vibes that we had been after. That stated, we nonetheless need to be sure that the fireside felt fashionable so we balanced the tambour with a graphic, fashionable print that we discovered from PrintClub LTD.

Largest Problem: The unique area was all chopped up into separate rooms, giving the house owner zero  visibility to their yard. As a household with younger youngsters, we knew it was vital to create higher circulate all through the principle residing areas. To do this, we needed to strip out a large previous moist bar plopped within the middle of the kitchen—which sounds enjoyable in concept however nobody wants THAT a lot area to make drinks!—and we opened up an area within the center to create a combo kitchen and eating space the place the household can extra simply prepare dinner meals and luxuriate in time across the desk collectively.

Proudest DIY: Our proudest DIY second was making use of sheets of grasscloth to the eating room wall. Wallpaper basically could be intimidating to use, however the wonderful thing about grasscloth is that it has sufficient texture to cover any imperfections that occur throughout utility. It’s reasonably priced and you should buy it in sheets, you then simply roll it out, apply wallpaper adhesive to the again, and evenly apply it to the wall utilizing the palm of your hand to clean it as you go. I might suggest attempting it, simply be sure to have a buddy to assist throughout set up as a result of except you need an uneven backdrop; hanging wallpaper is certainly a two individual job.

Largest Indulgence: We discovered a beautiful walnut dresser at an vintage honest that we knew would look excellent within the lobby, so we splurged on it and paired it with a cool outsized lamp and massive spherical gold mirror. We imagine that well-made wood credenzas are timeless and should you discover one with a easy but outlined design, it turns into a signature piece that may be re-styled 1,000,000 methods all through its lifetime.

Finest Recommendation: Choose one assertion piece and construct the remainder of the room round that, that means you received’t have parts competing with each other in the identical area. As an illustration, we beloved the graphic, classic sofa that we discovered for the den, however we knew we wanted to tone down the opposite supplies round it with a purpose to not visually overwhelm the area, so we selected a cream rug, leather-based ottoman, and a easy console desk to sit down beside it. Discovering classic assertion items are our favourite method to go, as a result of they’re really one among a sort!

What’s your finest house secret? Reusing worn-out upholstery! A good friend had an previous couch with probably the most wonderful floral tapestry, but it surely was very worn out and wanted to be reupholstered. We took the previous material, discovered small usable rectangle shapes from the seat cushions, then minimize, stretched, and stapled them to clean canvases to create the artwork for the eating room. This was a very cheap hack and gave a classic backdrop to an in any other case fashionable area.