The founders of LA-based Working Holiday Studio have renovated a midcentury home for themselves and their growing family, transforming the interiors to echo a Mexican hacienda.
Designers Carlos Naude and Whitney Brown chose to move from their previous ranch-style home to a larger dwelling after having a second child, knowing they would need more space.
Working Holiday Studio added arched openings and handmade brick floors to the midcentury home
The couple found another midcentury home built in 1962 in the Granada Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, which they set about remodelling in "an eclectic hacienda style with Mexican and Scandinavian influences".
"We renovated the house because it hasn't been updated since the first owners bought it and was in much need of a refresh," the duo told Dezeen. "The layout didn't make sense for modern living and the house felt dark, cold and outdated." Details like iron railings with wavy balusters add a "hacienda vibe" to the interiors
The biggest change involved opening up the wall between the dining room and kitchen, creating a large space for the family to gather and entertain under the dark-stained, mono-pitched ceiling.
The kitchen was reimagined with swing-out French doors, dark green plaster across the walls, and warm millwork for cabinets and the central island.
The kitchen was completely transformed with dark green plaster walls and warm millwork
Bricks across the floor in this space and th...