2006 - BEST RESIDENTIAL REMODEL FROM $500k TO $1M

Originally designed in the 1950's by Thorton Ladd ( architect of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena), and modified a few times in the 70’s and 80’s.  Most of the house, including the roof, doors, windows, and all exterior and interior finishes were taken back to the framing.  The extensive built-in cabinets are all teak and there are approximately 40 feet of 9-foot tall teak wall paneling, with veneers architecturally sequenced and matched.  The unbelievably sexy Italian cabinetry in the kitchen was furnished by the owner and installed by us. All interior doors as well, as the entry door, are three-foot by eight-foot solid core teak veneered and hung on custom solid bronze pivot hinges. The existing jade green marble terrazzo floors were saved, brought back, and continued in the new portions of the house.  The fifty 4x6 rectangular tube steel columns that extend 2 stories on the exterior of the house are a very precise architectural and structural.  All windows and sliding glass exterior doors in the house were replaced and reconfigured with new custom-made powder coated steel frame windows.  The sauna was gutted and rebuilt completely.  Behind a new black aluminum roll up door is the pool house cabinetry in teak.  The curving, full-round mahogany hand rail at the entry stairs was saved, extended and reinstalled after the curving plaster stem walls were extended to conform to code.  At the head of the stairs is a floating teak and glass bookcase.