Before & After: A Family (Quite Literally) Fills the Walls of Their Midcentury Home With Memories
Los Angeles firm Chet Architecture crafts a deeply personal hillside home packed with primary colors—including a custom mural that now holds an even deeper meaning.
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Before they bought their 1960 post-and-beam house in the hills overlooking Studio City in 2008, David and his wife, Laurie, each went to see it separately. "We both had the exact same feeling: This is our home" David recalls. "There was just a peaceful energy. It felt like us."
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Brian Libby
Dwell Contributor
Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.