RANCH 55
ALTADENA
The Clients hired renovate a large portion this ranch house. It is nestled up at the top of Altadena. But the house did not open up to the backyard, had no Ensuite Primary Bedroom, and had a very dark and closed up Kitchen with a Bathroom in the middle of it.
The Kitchen was reconfigured and opened up to the TV room. The TV room had been an old porch with a heavy clinker brick fireplace. The fireplace was grandfathered in but we rebuilt it with a modular firebox. Its sits on a cantileved concrete slab that was poured in place and is faced with tile. The new configuration allowed the TV and fireplace to share the spotlight at the front of the room.
This is a family that cooks and the island reflects this. There is an area with lower a counter allowing for bread kneading and accommodating the height of the Client. The kitchen has small family office incorporated for bills and schedules to be managed and an eat-in nook with views to the yard. The family enjoys looking at maps and so the table top was custom made with an epoxy resin map and an aluminum edge band. The kitchen cabinets are a combination of walnut veneer and orange laminate, heath tile, and leather finish quartzite counters.
Behind the kitchen the old garage contains the Master Suite and a bathroom and laundry room with access from the outside so it can be accessed from the pool.