We recently finished another major teardown and rebuild in Los Angeles and it turned out beautifully. This is yet another reason why I love being part of this Los Angeles based remodeling company. As an employee of Fine Designs by Roger Perron, I’ve seen more than my share of remodels, but this one takes the cake. It started out as a modest home that was in a serious state of decline. As a matter of fact, from the outside it looked rather plain. It’s a huge house, but nothing to really make you go, “Wow!”  The owner of this house started looking for a remodeling company based in Los Angeles because he wanted to keep business within the city. Pretty commendable and I’m glad he chose us. He told us that he wanted an Italian Renaissance style home and Roger immediately went to work providing him with a design rendering of the plans.

Roger always provides a design rendering of the plans, which helps the homeowner visualize the project before we begin our remodel. We also submit the rendering to the City of San Marino Design Review Board so that it can be approved. It should be noted that contributing architects Curt Sturgill and Bob Cooper helped with this particular design.

The rendering that Roger submitted called for an additional 1,800 square feet, which were mostly added to the rear of the home. He also planned for two-story additions and major luxury home upgrades. When the homeowner approved the rendering, and after it was approved by the Review Board, we went to work.

Los Angeles Based Remodeling Done Right

My favorite part of this project has to be the dining room and living room areas. We added columns that add a sort of iconic style and a floor that is comprised of highly-polished crema marfil marble slab tiles. Ooh la la. We also added beveled mirrors with decorative moldings to the living room and ceiling dropped details that are found throughout the entire remodeled house.

If you enter into the dining room, you will see that we added a window area to enhance the room’s appeal and to give it much more space. It’s the concave dome ceiling that really catches your eye. The ceiling of this Los Angeles based remodeling project was sculpted to look like a bright blue sky with painted lattice and flower borders. We also hung a crystal chandelier from the ceiling that really sets the room on fire. When you head upstairs to the second story that we added, you will notice that the railing is made of steel and faux-painted patina, black and silver and polished bronze. We also included curved walls that you will also see throughout the Los Angeles based remodel.

The Rest Of The Home

This particular home had a wine cellar already but we enlarged it to include custom-built cabinets that will accommodate many different sizes of wine bottles and a room conditioner to moderate the temperature. These include some of the most outstanding additions that we included to this Renaissance style home and the homeowner was very pleased. In fact, we ended up winning an award for this home. We won the 1998 Cornerstone Award for Thong Residence, the name given to this Los Angeles based remodel.

I was so honored to be able to work on this home and I’m glad the homeowner decided to go with a remodeling company based in Los Angeles. In all my 15 years with Roger’s company, I don’t think I’ve ever been so proud of a finished product. Just looking at the before and after photos and standing outside the home, I can’t help but feel total and complete awe.