Hsu McCullough

Home Improvement Professionals , Architects & Building Designers , Accessory Dwelling Units , Home Remodeling , Home Additions , Universal Design , Basement Remodeling
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El Sereno Residence

An urban farm proposes an addition & strategic alteration connecting a multi-level house to a thriving front yard food forest in hillside El Sereno, Los Angeles, California: Re-envisioning the interior and exterior in the process for a young family. Completed July 2021
Project Year: 2021
Project Cost: $500,001 - $750,000
Country: United States
Zip Code: 90032
Along entrance path to front door, the visitor is presenting with a white , smooth stucco cube with parabolic and circular openings with a covered balcony beyond. The house sits on the edge of a hill in east Los Angeles
El Sereno Residence
The doggie guards her palace of smooth stucco and verdant gardens from her circular window at the second floor gloriette on the edge of a hill in east Los Angeles
El Sereno Residence
Plan view of the gloriette of the second floor overlooking the patio and garden below
El Sereno Residence
From the food forest, a path leads to a patio with outdoor dining. Beyond the parabolic curved smooth stucco openings, a corner unit of aluminum framed sliding glass doors pocket to reveal a long great room: dining theater, kitchen with island and living room.
El Sereno Residence
Outdoor dining at the edge of the garden. Beyond the parabolic curved smooth stucco openings, a corner unit of aluminum framed sliding glass doors pocket to reveal a long great room: dining theater with window seat and long kitchen.
El Sereno Residence
With a constellation pattern of recessed ceiling lights above, the dining room with window seat opens to the adjacent garden. Beyond the parabolic smooth stucco openings, a corner unit of aluminum framed sliding glass doors pocket into the walls for an uninterrupted view of the food forest of the...
El Sereno Residence
The wood flooring wraps up the walls and ceiling in the kitchen creating a "wood womb": A complimentary contrast to the the pink and sea-foam painted custom cabinets, brass hardware, brass backsplash and brass island. Windows were intentionally placed on both ends of the kitchen to create a cozy...
El Sereno Residence
The wood flooring wraps up the walls and ceiling in the kitchen creating a "wood womb": A complimentary contrast to the the pink and sea-foam painted custom cabinets, brass hardware, brass backsplash and brass island.
El Sereno Residence
The dining room is a theater stage as the smooth stucco'd, parabolic curved opening frames the view of the food forest (and bistro patio) beyond via a corner unit of aluminum framed sliding glass doors that have been pocketed into the walls. The exterior concrete floor blurs the threshold between...
El Sereno Residence
The dining room sits at the threshold between the garden and the interior. The exterior concrete floor blurs the threshold between outside and inside continuing into the dining room.
El Sereno Residence
The wood flooring wraps up the walls and ceiling in the kitchen creating a "wood womb": A complimentary contrast to the the pink custom cabinets, brass hardware, brass backsplash and brass island. Living room and entry beyond
El Sereno Residence
The wood flooring wraps up the walls and ceiling in the kitchen creating a "wood womb": A complimentary contrast to the the pink custom cabinets, brass hardware, brass backsplash and brass island. Living room and entry beyond.
El Sereno Residence
The entry features a 5-inch thick antique door made of redwood. The entry opens to the living room with views of the hillside beyond. Also, a built-in desk nook is fitted under the stairs. The cove ceiling is painted a light sea-foam color while the media cabinets and wall are painted black to...
El Sereno Residence
The sawtooth form of the staircase guardrail is utilized a number of areas of the house. A series of south facing windows at the top of stair offer beautiful natural light from above. The cove ceiling is created with a crown moulding detail and painted a light sea-foam color while the media...
El Sereno Residence
The living room with entry to right as one climbs the staircase to the second floor primary suite.
El Sereno Residence
Top of the stairs with built-in dresser and countertop. Nice spot for keys, phone and wallet. This landing is the foyer for the primary suite.
El Sereno Residence
With window bands wrapping the room make the primary bedroom light and bright with views of the city beyond. A fattened wall with recessed shelf nooks for books, etc. supplants bedside tables. Additional closet to left and gloriette balcony to right (exterior).
El Sereno Residence
Open to the bedroom, the primary bathroom is playful and colorful featuring a Cole & Son wallpaper
El Sereno Residence
The primary bathroom is playful and colorful with a window framing the mature podocarpus tree
El Sereno Residence
Toilet room with Cole & Son wallpaper and skylight above
El Sereno Residence
Gloriette / family outdoor living room with LA skyline from the east beyond. Modernism in an urban setting. Doggie window at right
El Sereno Residence
Gloriette / family outdoor at night. Hillside east Los Angeles beyond. Steel pergola with canvas cover and open corner framing the magic
El Sereno Residence
Sunken room. With outdoor access to patio and garden, the aquariums and turquoise paint set the vibe. Pierre Poulin chairs, library and Cole & Sons wallpaper...time to chill out
El Sereno Residence
1930s and 1940s tiled bathroom. Tiled in vanity!
El Sereno Residence
Nursery
El Sereno Residence
Velvety smooth stucco with fattened walls and circular window. Doors closed. Photo by Shaheen Seth
El Sereno Residence
Magic hour on the gloriette / family outdoor living room
El Sereno Residence
Deep shadows at the sawtooth guardrail at exterior entrance with antique redwood door. Photo by Shaheen Seth
El Sereno Residence