I am not an animal
Living room, after
This is how I feel when I visit other designers’ houses: I usually feel like I live like an animal after I leave. Down the road, I’ll track down images of some of my favorites: Michael Vanderbyl’s Napa house, Debbie Millman’s slice of Palm Springs in Manhattan, Jennifer Morla in San Francisco, and others. But today, I only have photos of my own renovation. We moved into the house a couple of years ago. The family who built the house in 1954 lived there until we bought it. Fortunately, they had maintained most of the original qualities. Most of the renovations had to do with making things more functional, or better suited for the way we like to live. The most recent addition was the flagpole I got for Christmas last year for the lawn. Next up is the oddly enormous laundry room that is mysteriously bigger than the bedrooms. This comes in handy when I throw dirty dishes and laundry on the floor so I can really live like a wild animal.
Living room, after
Living room, Before
Kitchen, after
Kitchen, before
Kitchen, after
Kitchen, before
Den, after
Den, before
Back yard, after, with new flagpole
Back yard, before; the pool pump was dead
Pool equipment wall, after
Pool equipment wall, before
Tags: Debbie Millman, Design, Interior Design, Jennifer Morla, Michael Vanderbyl, Sean Adams
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
You don’t like 60′s Modern much, do you? Nice job, nice colors.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
OK. I’m staying a month.
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Love the pool equipment wall after!
September 30th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Sean, where did you find those photos of your house before? Did they sell it to you furnished (and you took the shots) or was the house featured in a magazine?
October 1st, 2009 at 10:28 am
They came from the realtor, or I shot them when we did our inspection. It was very nice, but obviously not my style.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Ha ha, funny.
January 12th, 2010 at 9:44 am
very nice. jealous of swimming pool.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Thanks.