“They offered their massive, fashionable home and purchased a camper van that they traveled round in till they determined the place they wished to finish up.” LA designer Gabrielle Aker of Aker Interiors is explaining how her shoppers—an engineer and a enterprise advisor with a younger daughter—took an surprising journey within the early days of the pandemic. The journey led them to Topanga Canyon, the artsy enclave within the Santa Monica Mountains, which, courtesy of twisty roads and lack of cell service, manages to carry onto a few of its celebrated hippie vibe.
Nestled amid large California oaks, the household’s new place, a 1992 stone home, was actually rock stable, if decidedly missing in soul.”The finishes all through have been low cost and lacked intentionality and depth,” says Gabrielle whose mandate, in her phrases, was “to create an elevated, modern model of the basic Topanga Canyon hideaway utilizing high quality, sustainable supplies.” Alongside the best way, a brand new kitchen was hand constructed; home windows and sliding doorways have been upgraded; the huge, single-bedroom upstairs acquired divided into mother and father’ and child quarters; and many native artisans contributed. Be a part of us for a take a look at the humanities and crafts motion, LA 2023-style.
Pictures by Michael Clifford, courtesy of Aker Interiors.
