I know sometimes it's inevitable, but I e'er experience a piddling piteous when I take away heed most houses getting torn down, peculiarly if they accept a long history - create yous experience the same? There's individual else that feels precisely the same way: interior designer
Leanne Ford. Two years ago, Leanne stumbled across this piddling wooden cabin, rumoured to live the start known menage inward
Echo Park, Los Angeles as well as built past times soundless pic star
Clara Kimball Young. It was as well as thence inhabited past times a blind lady for over lxx years who donated it to the Braille Institute when she passed away. When Leanne constitute it, the woodsy cottage was existence sold every bit a tear downwards (the 8000 sq pes / 743 sq metre lot was worth more!) as well as at that spot was an investor interested inward the land. Leanne made it her mission to salve it.
The cabin oozed charm as well as grapheme but was inward demand of renovation. Leanne has beautifully restored the infinite as well as created an indoor / outdoor living infinite which connects rustic textures such every bit rock floors as well as exposed wood. The focal indicate of the living room is a rock hearth as well as
Midcentury Malm fireplace (imagine spending chilly Autumn days inward this spot?!).
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Flos Taraxacum pendant light* as well as
chunky knit blanket* are inward keeping amongst the white subject as well as withal add together enough of texture. The beautiful vintage side tabular array also adds to the charm.
Leanne blames 1 of the reasons for falling inward dear amongst the cabin on the big windows, which overflowing every unmarried room amongst low-cal - as well as who tin blame her?!
White woods panelling, a vintage sink, downwards to populace opened upwards shelving as well as a pulley organization all add together to the relaxed charm of the cabin. Leanne picked upwards the
Viking Range oven on Craig's List as well as the locomote top is made from 'imperfect' onyx.
During the renovation, they ripped all of the bead board driblet ceiling out of the cabin as well as and thence position it on the walls. In fact, absolutely everything that was torn out of the cabin, was reused somewhere else - quite incredible, don't yous think?!
Leanne's married adult man had 1 request: at that spot should live a identify to store all their books.
The narrow main sleeping room gets thence much light, Leanne went for a cooler white (using white on white from PPG paints) to give it an airy feel.
Distressed reclaimed windows accept been transformed into barn agency doors to delineate across the cupboards, piece
soft linen curtains* aid to mask the contents!
The hook pes tub came amongst the menage (
guh! if alone this had happened inward my home!). The plumbing as well as hardware were new, but treated (or 'pickled' every bit Leanne puts it!) to give them an aged look. The incredible sink was
Big Daddy's Antiques detect -
result!!!
Oh, as well as I've saved the best intelligence till last. Leanne has only position this cabin on the marketplace (check out the details
here)- what an incredible opportunity!!
You know final calendar week I said I was moving to this province menage inward Nacka? How create I say my married adult man that nosotros mightiness also live moving to Echo Park?
Could yous imagine living inward this charming woodsy cabin too?
More cottage / cabin lovin' to live constitute inward
pared-back cabin inward Finland?!).
If your loving the agency of this piddling cabin, yous mightiness also experience inspired past times
this Farmhouse as well as
this house - both designed past times Leanne.
I promise all these lovely cabins accept brightened upwards the start of your week!
Niki
Interior design:
Leanne Ford. Photography:
Tessa Neustadt
