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I love the final project, but I also loved the original home. It is/was a gorgeous home that most people will only dream of living in. I can understand some of the finishes feeling dated, but it could have been freshened up with simple paint/hardware/light fixtures. The bones of this house were beautiful as is, with a few minor exceptions. Some people love to spend money, I guess.
Swanky L.A. home makeover
Designer Madeline Stuart reconceived every room of this Los Angeles mansion, which she referred to as “the ugliest house I’ve ever seen.” The owner is an avid golfer and loved its location overlooking a golf course. The busy owner didn’t have time to be directly involved, so Stuart asked him to trust her “as if I were a doctor. Your house may be a terminal case.” And while the owner thought the place might need new floors and a possible bathroom remodel, “He didn't know then that we would demo almost every square inch of the house down to the studs,” Stuart says.
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Living room
To scale down the two-story living room of this L.A. house, designer Madeline Stuart suspended an iron chandelier above a custom-upholstered sofa and chairs, a pair of 19th-century English stools, a 1930s French fauteuil and a Chinese table. The graphic pattern of a vintage Moroccan rug balances the calm of the high-rise tapered fireplace.
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Kitchen
Designer Madeline Stuart concocted the “modern Provincial” kitchen with her minimalist update of traditional grooved cabinetry, in a soft custom green, with limestone countertops: “This kitchen needed to be somewhat masculine, but still warm and inviting.” She created a micro-mosaic backsplash for textural interest. The pendants are 1950s Italian. The range is from Wolf.
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Windows
Designer Madeline Stuart inserted this steel-and-glass door to frame a spectacular vista.
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Bedroom
Quietly suave, the grass-cloth-lined master bedroom has a bed frame in a Raoul Textiles tweed with nail-head trim. At its foot: a Hermès mohair throw and a bespoke leather chest, discreetly wired, “should, someday, he want a TV to pop out of it.” On either side sit Stuart tables, for avid readers. The bolster pillow is in Fortuny’s Maori.
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Bathroom
“Sybaritic and a bit sexy,” the master bath partners a curvy leather stool with a Danish Baroque chest and Kohler’s Tea for Two tub.
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Entrance
The total exterior redo (makeover at left) included everything from front gate to balcony and roof.
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Backyard
A new pergola brightens up a boring yard and creates a cozy outdoor living area.
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