Architectural Venice bungalow with European and design-centric aesthetic. This home with a detached studio has been tastefully redone with an incredible private oasis in the backyard comprised of drought-tolerant native plants and fruit trees with a large decomposed granite area, expansive ipe deck, cantilevered redwood trellis, and hand-made steel gas fire-pit.
Enter through a custom stainless steel door into a living room complete with white oak floors, a custom built-in couch, and a Rais wood-burning stove from Denmark. Europly built-ins throughout the dining area leading to the kitchen that features custom-built stainless steel countertops, a built-in dining booth, Bosch refrigerator, Gaggenau cooktop, and stove as well as Terrazzo tile floors. The front bedroom with a sleeping loft is flooded with natural light thanks to two skylights and windows on both walls. Other features include custom built-in dressers, large closets, aluminum windows by Metal Window Corporation, and French doors by T.C.Cobb. Unglazed porcelain penny round tile surrounds the redone bathroom featuring a jetted Zuma soaking tub and a Duravit sink and a walnut vanity. Located at the back of the house, the main bedroom opens to the ipe deck and the backyard with double French doors overlooking the edible garden of figs, pomegranates, and passion fruits as well as hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies
The permitted, 266 sqft., high ceiling, detached 1953 Accessory Building at the rear of the property is equipped with a large operable skylight, double sliding doors, and built-in shelving. It is great for a living room, office, or art studio. This home boasts pride of ownership situated on a large 4,204 SF lot one block from Abbot Kinney and three blocks from the beach.