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Pasadena Showcase House 2012 is on its way! The house is a 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival, by John Winford Byers, a self-trained Santa Monica architect and builder. On June 26, 1927, the Los Angeles Times described the house as "a sixteen -room villa...which will grace an estate site of approximately two acres."
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I am very excited having been selected to design the Dining Room, shown above, in it's "before" condition. The room is 15' by 20' and has many interesting original architectural features which I will retain, such as the beautiful coffered ceiling.
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The rendering above, by Alex Dorfman, shows how I will be transforming the space. The two side windows are quite short, to elongate them I am adding a valance above each window to stretch them visually. The room is also somewhat dark, so I am using reflecting surfaces, for instance I designed the dining table with an antiqued mirrored glass top to reflect the light from the chandelier.
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The house is called "Casa de las Puertas", House of the Doors. There are indeed many unique doors, starting with the front door, above.
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Another view of the Dining Room, showing the beautiful arched doors, detail below.
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Detail of the ceiling corbel.
I will keep updating the progress of the transformation of the room.
The Pasadena Showcase House will be open to the public from April 15 through May 13, 2012.