Rental Revamp: After a Breakup, an L.A. Artist Goes Bachelor Mode on a Funky Basement Flat

Thomas Rodehuth pieces together an oddball nest—in an apartment built by John Lautner—with custom furnishings and his own painted handiwork.
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Starting over is a tedious, character-building process, a lesson that artist Thomas Rodehuth has had to relearn again and again in the nine years since he moved to the States from Cologne, Germany. His most recent reset was spurred by the dissolution of his marriage, which left him without a place to live in the summer of 2023. 

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