From optimizing a slender lot and updating a 1950’s ranch home, to creating an instant annex and enlarging a cozy Craftsman, DIGS presents four different takes on maximizing space in the modern age.
The Caverhill Residence, which is nestled meticulously atop a tree-flanked ridge, the highest one, on a private drive just above Trousdale Estates is a bona fide sculpture in space designed by famed architect Zoltan Pali.
In 2007, mere months before the nation’s economic collapse, husband-and-wife design team Johann Pauwen and Michaele Simmering launched Kalon Studios in Los Angeles—a manifestly risky move, given the climate of the times, but one of solid resolve indicating a gut-level trust in collaboration and vision. In the years since, the company has merged its makers’ passion for contemporary design, simplicity and uncompromising sustainability into honest, functional furnishings.
ON THE COVER a breezy, five-bedroom home in Brentwood captures the best of Westside living with open spaces and panoramic views presented by F. Ron Smith of Partners Trust. Plus, in spite of the fact that it’s been the warmest year on record, in just a few short days it will begin to look a lot like Christmas at our local retailers.
Pacific Palisades native Kimberly Gold, part of Gibson International, left an early and promising career in radio to return to her beloved hometown, where she entered real estate with a fierce commitment to her clients. Now, 20 years later, the one-time protégé of her partner, mother Beverly, Gold is at the top of her game.
