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Contents 12 C PEOPLE Who’s who behind the scenes of spring’s C Home—plus, a few of their favorite California places.

15 DOSSIER The home office gets a midcentury makeover. Inside Caroline Seckinger’s thought-provoking works. Heather Taylor adds playful decor to the kitchen table.

Culver City sprouts a new bonsai garden.

Lily Ashwell goes brick-and-mortar.

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27 INSIDER Style spy Ross Cassidy on his L.A. inspiration sources.

38 COOL, CALM, COLLECTED

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A few canyons over from the illustrious Getty Center, Rosetta and Balthazar Getty curate a gallery-inspired space where their young family and objets d’art live side by side.

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With the help of architect Daniel Monti and designer Jamie Bush, a couple transforms their tired Malibu beach cottage into a modernist sand castle.

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60 FINE TUNED For music industry moguls Skye and Mark Hoppus, home in the hills is nothing short of a stylistic crescendo.

70 VIEW FROM THE TOP

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On Nob Hill, San Francisco architect Matthew MacCaul Turner refreshes a classic apartment with a high-contrast palette.

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74 INTO THE WOODS A dramatic convergence in the High Sierra brings Tahoe’s storied backcountry to the foreground.

78 CUSTOM BLEND Designer Kim Alexandriuk melds refined antiques with bold vintage pieces to give a Montecito home a fresh and modern look.

82 COLLAGE Suzanne Tucker’s take on an amazing Northern California view.

ON OUR COVER ROSETTA AND BALTHAZAR GETTY photographed by François Dischinger.

Rosetta wears a top, skirt-panel shorts and sandals from the Rosetta Getty Spring 2016 collection. STYLIST Shadi Beccai. HAIR Justine Marjan. MAKEUP Jamie Leonard. MANICURE Debbie Leavitt at Nailing Hollywood.

HANGING CHAIRS (P.20): SERGIO CHIMENTI. “INTO THE WOODS” (P.74): PAUL DYER. “NEW WAVE” (P.52): DANIEL COLLOPY. COVER AND “COOL, CALM, COLLECTED” (P.38): FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER. “FINE TUNED” (P.60): DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN. “CUSTOM BLEND” (P.78): JONATHAN HUGSTAD

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C People Trip Haenisch “It was a true collaboration between myself and [Skye Hoppus],” says interior designer Trip Haenisch of curating the perfect home (featured in “Fine Tuned,” p.60) for blink-182 member Mark Hoppus and his wife, Skye. “She has a great art collection and a lot of interesting antiques from Europe and the East Coast, which lends to the personalized and collected look.”

Haenisch’s award-winning work has landed him on the AD100 list and in more than 70 publications. C SPOTS • Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur for a glass of Pinot Noir and amazing vistas • The Parker Palm Springs • San Luis Obispo—with Pismo, Avila, Shell Beach and Morro Bay, there’s always somewhere to eat and play

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Leilani Marie Labong After detailing the grand-scale Martis Camp dreamscape in “Into the Woods,” p.74, writer Leilani Marie Labong has a new resolution: “Building a home made of space and light is now at the top of my 2016 to-do list—lottery winnings required.” Covering design, art, fashion and travel, Labong has frequented the pages of numerous publications, including Coastal Living, HGTV Magazine, Luxe Interiors + Design and 7x7. C SPOTS • The Presidio of San Francisco for eucalyptus forests, meandrous hiking trails and ocean views • S.F.’s Spruce restaurant • The body-temp outdoor pool at Solage Calistoga in Napa Valley

Jessica Ritz “It’s always inspiring to meet cool creatives who are deeply entrenched in Southern California, yet incorporate a broad perspective into their work,” says writer Jessica Ritz of featuring “Bungalow 101,” p.16, and “Check Mate” and “Urban Zen,” p.18. The L.A. native has written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Sunset magazine and VanityFair.com.

C SPOTS • Downtown L.A. Arts District for its stock of beautiful buildings and great energy • Griffith Park—my city’s backyard retreat • Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for kitsch and fun

Suzanne Tucker “My projects take me far and wide, but I have always found a unique quality of light and living in Northern California,” says award-winning interior designer Suzanne Tucker of dreaming up the Belvedere main room featured in Collage, p.82. From country villas and estates to mountain lodges and beach homes, Tucker has left her mark on myriad prestigious addresses, including the redesigned Auberge du Soleil resort in Rutherford. C SPOTS • Cocktails at Cavallo Point Lodge overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge • The farmers market at the San Francisco Ferry Building • Lotusland in Montecito

DISCHINGER: JAMES TRORY. RITZ: ELIZABETH DANIELS. LABONG: JOHN LEE. TUCKER: MICHAL VENERA

For lensman François Dischinger, capturing Rosetta and Balthazar Getty’s family amid their breathtaking hilltop estate in Los Angeles for “Cool, Calm, Collected,” p.38, was “a professional dream come true.” “[The Gettys] were the most charming subjects ever…a real family and very welcoming,” he says. The seasoned photographer has shot for the likes of Cultured, Harper’s Bazaar, Wallpaper and Vogue Australia. C SPOTS • In-N-Out Burger near LAX before departing • Hotel Bel-Air • Book Soup in West Hollywood

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Desk Side A passion for creative home offices inspired Heidi Blair, a vintage design collector, and Patricia Rudd, a theater-arts devotee and designer, to launch their new Mill Valley-based boutique, Office Hours.

“A dream home office is the space everyone needs, but it rarely exists in its pure, exalted form, so we decided to rev it up with style and function,” says Blair.

The store’s dynamic mix includes a glamorous American Art Deco black metal desk, a sleek midcentury chrome trestle table, old-school German graphite pencils, and vintage reworked task lamps and pendants. Midcentury barware, German and Italian leather goods, and design books round out the roster for an aesthetic that’s equal parts work and play. Design consultations available. 18 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley, 415-388-6800; office-hours.com. • DIANE DORRANS SAEKS

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Berkeley-based artisan Caroline Seckinger draws from her background as a documentary filmmaker to explore social and anthropological themes through mediums of “women’s traditional labor.” From knitting to crochet to patternmaking, her work exhibits artistic investigation and reads like a beautiful meandering. Seckinger’s otherworldly weavings, made from such wide-ranging materials as leather, wool, silk, wax, feathers, bones and, in her words, “prayers—yes, really,” have appeared at Slate Gallery in Oakland, and are intended to offer a moment of quiet. “They’re a visual respite from our technological lives,” she says. “My work is flawed and textural—like us, like our imperfect world.”

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EASTERN PROMISE Inspired by her Russian grandmother’s affinity for entertaining, Lauren J Alexander, the former director of Kelly Wearstler’s WeHo flagship store, wanted a boutique that would be “stylish, yet inviting.” Enter Dacha (named for the traditional country home in Russia), Alexander’s new shop, stocked with vintage furnishings, works by such artists as printmaker Gregory Beauchamp and ceramist Mirena Kim, and, this spring, a colorful selection of textiles from Peru.

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BUNGALOW 101 Malibu-raised, London-trained fashion designer Lily Ashwell draws on global and local inspiration for the home accessories she stocks in her eponymous Venice boutique. After adding lifestyle items to her website, “it eventually made sense to continue the concept into brick and mortar,” she says. The space feels like a home, complete with a bay window seat and a landscaped drought-tolerant yard fronting Rose Avenue. Ashwell, daughter of Shabby Chic founder Rachel Ashwell, is the exclusive L.A. retailer for ceramist Jason Sanovich, whose wares she fell in love with at Big Sur Bakery; these are displayed along with a selection of Mexican-made glassware and textiles, and SoCal-made apothecary goods. 566 Rose Ave., Venice, 424-744-8176.

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BENCH WARMERS Jewelry designer Jeffrey Levin and his wife, branding specialist Bonnie Powers, recently opened Poet and the Bench, a Mill Valley craft studio featuring decor, fine jewelry and other handicrafts from makers near and far. Guided by the idea that artistry emerging from a workman’s bench is an expression of poetry, Levin and Powers have populated the intimate space with such meaningful pieces as S.F. potter Bob Dinetz’s wheel-thrown bowls, designed to inspire an everyday ritual; and Levin’s sterling-silver-and-reclaimed-wood pendants. 10E Locust Ave., Mill Valley, 415-569-4383.

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NANOTECTURE: TINY BUILT THINGS by Rebecca Roke (Phaidon Press, $25).

Foemina Juniper Bonsai in 1950s French concrete pots, price upon request.

Check Mate Dossier (bits) For Heather Taylor, assembling a tabletop is a microcosm of a broader philosophy.

“In so many aspects of my life, I love mixing different prints,” says the L.A. textile designer and lifestyle blogger (lainbloom.com). Heather Taylor Home’s latest line of table linens incorporates checkered patterns and bright colors that make for an ideal spring spread.

But the new napkins and tablecloths are compatible—and stunning, in fact— when juxtaposed with Taylor’s cotton goods from her popular pre-existing designs that are all handmade in Chiapas, Mexico. “They go together, but it’s a shot of something unexpected,” she notes.

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PATINA FARM by Brooke and Steve Giannetti (Gibbs Smith, $40).

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URBAN ZEN “I’ve always loved them, and I’ve always killed them,” jokes Ray Azoulay about his previous relationship with bonsai. But a funny thing happened at the new Culver City location of his art, antiques and furniture gallery, Obsolete. After keeping a few trees alive, Azoulay morphed into a bona fide curator: “The next thing you know we have 70 bonsai,” he says of the holdings, most of which he sourced from the estate of a late bonsai master in San Diego. His flexible horticultural approach is consistent with his creative outlook; like Obsolete, the bonsai collection “keeps evolving, and becomes its own sort of thing.” 11270 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 310-399-0024.

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THE WORLD OF CHARLES AND RAY EAMES, edited by Catherine Ince (Rizzoli, $75).

WRITTEN BY LEILANI MARIE LABONG, JESSICA RITZ AND ANDREA STANFORD. BOWLS: BOB DINETZ. POET AND THE BENCH STORE INTERIORS: JEFFREY LEVIN. OBSOLETE: JESSE STONE. HEATHER TAYLOR HOME: JEANA SOHN. PATINA FARM: LISA ROMEREIN. A WILDER LIFE: KRYSTA JABCZENSKI

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COMING ATTRACTIONS Spring’s six most COMPELLING TRENDS are perfectly suited to California environs: exotic florals with brooding backgrounds, large-scale FURNISHINGS with PERSONALITY, real window drama and a bar that can’t be contained to a cart 1. STATEMENT SECTIONALS The L-sofa is making a move out of the family room and onto center stage thanks to modern silhouettes and luxe textiles

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Trends Clockwise from left: Adagio suspended seats by PAOLA LENTI, Niche, L.A., nichebeverly.com; DZINE Living, S.F., dzineliving.com. Bolivian hammock, $535, lavivahome.com. Casimir wallpaper by COLEFAX AND FOWLER, cowtan.com. Bar designed by BONESTEEL TROUT HALL for Cristan Crocker, bonesteeltrouthall.com.

2. OUTDOOR PLAYTIME Designers are bettering backyards with stylish and luxurious riffs on timeless pieces

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“One of the greatest benefits of living in California is the weather, (trend) and treating exterior spaces as interior rooms creates UNIQUE entertaining EXPERIENCES.”

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6. SWIVEL CHAIRS With a nod to ’70s style, these custom pieces are the newest decor darling

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Clockwise from top left: Drapery panels of LORO PIANA Alizé linen from the Windrose Collection.

Also from the Windrose Collection, drapery from Scirocco linen, loropiana.com.

Poolside jazz lounge by DISC INTERIORS featuring their customupholstered swivel chairs, custom antique mirror and coffee table by Gabriel Scott, discinteriors.com.

Sonara Swivel Chair by KELLY WEARSTLER, $6,165, kelly wearstler.com.

DRAPERY INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR: FEDERICO CEDRONE. SWIVEL CHAIR: COURTESY OF KELLY WEARSTLER. SWIVEL CHAIR HOME INTERIOR: STEVEN DEWALL

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Style Spy When interior designer Ross Cassidy isn’t jetting off to Punta Mita to finish a minimalist project for a Dutch client or to La Jolla to meet with a couple about their Provencal-style home, he is working on a number of other projects including a collaboration with CB2 (launching in early 2017) and refreshing the popular Brentwood eatery Tavern. C Home caught up with the former model to tag along as he drops by his go-to decor depots.

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Ross Cassidy at Melrose Avenue shop WITKE among 1950s African ceremonial masks, from $1,350-$2,200.

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Clockwise from far left: MAD ET LEN bowl, $495. Nigerian statues, $1,600 each. MAD ET LEN classic candles, from $90. Cassidy at GARDE.

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GARDE “There is such a quiet confidence associated with the assortment here. Scotti Sitz [the owner] embodies the idea of chic simplicity,” says Cassidy about Garde, one of his preferred places to find sophisticated home wares and unique gifts. His favorites are the Mad et Len porcelain bowls and steel black jar candles, the Nigerian beaded statues from the early 20th century, and the horsehair key chains (he left with one of these!). “Garde is one of the few places that still carries items you can’t find elsewhere. It is a true treasure trove,” he says. 7418 Beverly Blvd., L.A., 323-424-4667; gardeshop.com.

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“There is nothing here that one wouldn’t want to give or receive,” says Cassidy of Tortoise (sister to Tortoise General Store). “I am fixated on Japanese design, and Tortoise features the best of this aesthetic— everything is perfectly considered.” Cassidy was especially drawn to ceramic vases by artist Seiko Wakasugi and offerings from Azumaya, known for its expertise in applying Japanese craftsmanship to Western design. 1208 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, 310-396-7735; tortoiselife.com.

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From far left: At TORTOISE, Cassidy covets a small teapot by AZUMAYA, $100.

Matte white ceramic vases by artist SEIKO WAKASUGI, from $275.

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Above: CHARLES JACOBSEN INC. Murano pendant, $2,216; Burmese seated disciple, $17,500. Above right: Granite elephants from Sri Lanka, $5,335 each; carved marble Indian chairs, $6,000 each.

Cassidy, who often finds himself landscaping for his residential clients, frequents Charles Jacobsen Inc. for their range of outdoor antiques. “You wouldn’t expect the combination of Italian and Balinese to work so well, but here it does,” he says. From 18th-century Burmese alabaster sculptures to Sri Lankan granite elephants, it is no wonder Cassidy says, “I just love to go and sit in their tranquil garden; it feels like another world.” 5833 Perry Dr., Culver City, 310-815-9250; charlesjacobsen.com.

WITKE Open for less than a year, Witke “has such a strong point of view and unexpected way of doing things. Owner and designer Bret Witke seems to have a Japanese perspective with a strong California vibe,” says Cassidy of the jewel-box shop with seagrass floor coverings and low benches displaying assorted vintage ceramics and bronzes. 8281 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-782-1757; witkedesigngroup.com.

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Clockwise from left: WITKE vintage Japanese, Italian and French ceramic and bronze vessels, $650-$1,500.

Cassidy with a pair of 1960s wooden chairs, $2,400.

KELLY MARIE CONNOR and SEAN BRIAN McDONALD sculptures, $650-$1,750.

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A serene moment in the Malibu home of Meryl and Russell Kern, by architect Daniel Monti and designer Jamie Bush, p. 52.

From the photos alone, our cover subjects, Rosetta and Balthazar Getty, exude the epitome of California cool—you know, that couple people flock to because they are stunning, successful in their endeavors (Rosetta, a designer with insanely good personal style; Balthazar, an accomplished actor and DJ) and throw the best parties.

And while all of this is true, upon introduction you will also find two very authentic people who’ve created a gorgeous family full of heart, soul and a whole lot of talent. We are thrilled to offer you the first glimpse of their newly renovated home, the place where all of this creativity converges.

In this issue, we also invite you into the Beverly Hills abode of another pair offering their take on California cool: Skye and Mark Hoppus (of blink-182). After moving part-time to England, the family returns to their native territory, bringing their newfound appreciation for vintage design with them. Of course, we’ve also dropped in on swoon-worthy residences throughout the state—from Lake Tahoe to Malibu—and drilled down on the best in trends, new stores and resources, to keep you up to date, whether you are renovating, redecorating or just freshening up. It’s all intended to inspire you to actually re-cover the sofa, repaint the room or invest in that special piece you have been coveting. Because to our way of thinking, there is no time like today to live in the most beautiful way possible.

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Stark and serene: ROSETTA GETTY worked with architect JEFFREY ALLSBROOK on the house’s design, which features an all-white cement pool area with old-growth olive trees, cement planters and ornamental grasses.

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A few canyons over from the illustrious Getty Center, ROSETTA and BALTHAZAR GETTY curate a gallery-inspired space where their young family and OBJETS D’ART live side by side

The silk floss tree “has been there forever,” says Getty. “It kind of makes a mess but the pink blossoms are worth it.”

The living room doors slide open for indoor-outdoor entertaining and relaxing.

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In the dining room, a cactus in a KETTAL rope Zigzag planter lives in front of a cement and metal MARK HAGAN sculpture. “It’s new and I just love it,” says Getty.

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Rosetta Getty is heading for her hyperbaric chamber. She barely got any sleep last night, having spent the evening at Cubanthemed Los Angeles nightspot La Descarga, where her husband, Balthazar Getty—actor, record label owner and DJ—was performing with his band, Abstrakto. She’s also fresh off market week in New York, where she presented the pre-Fall 2016 collection of her namesake fashion label to retailers and editors.

And before that, she was in Miami for Art Basel over the weekend. Oh, and she has four kids, ages 8 to 15. The woman needs some oxygen.

Fortunately, there’s plenty of fresh air on offer at her house, which she designed and built for almost four years on a property the couple bought in 2003, close to Mulholland, perched on one of the highest bluffs in L.A. “It’s a magical place,” says Getty. “You really feel the city, every moment of the day, the season, the ocean, the snowcapped mountains. We’re surrounded by nature.”

Getty, who grew up in Silver Lake and around the skateboard culture of Venice Beach, has always had an aptitude for design. At 7, she talked a neighbor into teaching her how to sew. She fell into modeling, at age 15, while taking a drawing class and being photographed by one of the other students, and subsequently

ended up working with such renowned lensmen as Paul Jasmin and Bruce Weber, and living in Paris, Milan and New York.

While studying at Otis College of Art and Design in L.A., Getty made a dress for a friend’s daughter, who was to be the flower girl in a wedding, and “accidentally” started a line of children’s clothing, Rosetta Millington, sold in 350 boutiques.

“I was the computer programmer, patternmaker and shipper. I did everything,” she says. When her youngest started school, she launched yet another clothing line, her eponymous ready-to-wear women’s label (this February marks its two-year anniversary). The “clean, wearable and also eccentric” offerings are globally distributed via the likes of Net-a-Porter, and Harvey Nichols and Selfridges in London.

Soon, she hopes to translate her sophisticated and sumptuous aesthetic into a home collection, including pottery.

Like the fashion pieces she creates, her interior design focuses on architecture and construction; it’s pared down with crisp, geometric elements. The Hollywood Hills house offers a glimpse into her masterfully streamlined world: “It’s minimal for sure, but also balanced, because I do have a family,” she says. “Sometimes I can get too conceptual, which isn’t comfortable—they have to be the same; they have to work together.” The rooms open up to a white

Feature (Getty) Clockwise from top: OLYMPIA SCARRY Licks sculpture and a HANS WEGNER Rope chair in the master sitting room.

A vintage Getty gas station sign. ANTHONY PEARSON artwork in the master bedroom.

BALTHAZAR GETTY. Opposite: A view of Downtown Los Angeles from the backyard.

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Outside her home, Getty wears a white wrap shirt and high-rise wide-leg jeans from her line, ROSETTA GETTY. Opposite: White stucco walls meet white cement floors.

stucco exterior and white cement floors, making space not only for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining, but also a basketball court, trampoline and a wall for watching films, “so everyone can be together, but doing different things.” She likens her house to two films: a cross between legendary French director Jacques Tati’s classic Mon Oncle—with the woman constantly cleaning and the family constantly messing it up—and Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums—“people coming out of the crevices at all times,” she says, adding, “everyone is really eccentric—though no one is smoking yet, thank God.”

Getty brought in new furniture customized for the space that she designed with a local craftsman, which mixed well with her collection of midcentury modern pieces including a wood and cream linen Charlotte Perriand daybed, industriallooking Jean Prouvé kitchen chairs composed of bent plywood and black metal, and an Illum Wikkelso black leather couch. And although her husband is the great-grandson of late oil magnate and art patron J. Paul Getty, it is she who does the collecting. “Especially of late, art is more and more important to me,” she says. Her rooms showcase modern and contempo-

rary pieces from artists including Piero Golia, Mark Hagen and Olympia Scarry.

Currently, she is obsessed with a photograph of bright-yellow lemons by L.A.based Zoe Ghertner that’s on view in the kitchen and displayed next to a bowl of real lemons—the perfect example of her own everyday California life imitating art.

“I’m forever adding and taking away,” she confesses. And sleep-deprived though she may be, the very notion of drawing a line under this particular labor of love runs counter to her better instincts. “It’s always a work in progress; I don’t think you’re ever really done.” •

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From left: Grace, Rosetta, Violet, June, Balthazar and Cassius.

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A JOHN KNUTH painting hangs behind a KETTAL rope Zigzag planter in the living room. Opposite: The backyard environs blend seamlessly with the indoor space.

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Clockwise from top left: Getty’s own jewelry adorns a ZOE GHERTNER photograph of lemons. CHRISTOPH FINKEL wood sculptures. Daughter Violet’s room with a skateboard wall. A view of the pool area from the kitchen. Daughter June tucked inside the living room’s built-in bookshelves. JOHN KNUTH painting. Flowers and cacti in ceramics that Rosetta created with a local artist. Coffee table with Dog Dance, a book of photographs

by BRAD ELTERMAN. Daughter Violet (center).

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Architect Daniel Monti and designer Jamie Bush help a couple transform their tired MALIBU beach cottage into a MODERNIST sand castle DANIEL COLLOPY Written by HEATHER JOHN FOGARTY Photography by

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A modern Phasmida chandelier by CHRISTOPHER BOOTS contrasts a free-form, custom acacia-wood dining table designed by JAMIE BUSH + CO. and structural MINOTTI Mills dining chairs. An antique mirror creates the illusion of another window.

Opposite: In the dining room, a special-edition “Star Trek” chair by CECCOTTI COLLEZIONI sits beside a KELLY WEARSTLER marble table and stone sculpture from DAO.

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Bush layers the living room with natural textures, such as cerused gray oak on the wall and ceiling. A custom linen textured sofa sits beside a custom STEFAN BISHOP ring table and taupe linen ottomans with sheepfur tassels from V RUGS & HOME.

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Above: Russell and Meryl Kern.

Below: In the master bedroom, a flag halyard chair by HANS WEGNER flanks a JOHN DICKINSON African table to create a quiet reading corner.

Opposite: White cork wallpaper

by HARTMANN & FORBES adorns the powder-room walls. Hanging Oona pendants by LAKE + WELLS and a bronze sink add warmth to the cerused white oak floating vanity and recessed Athens Silver travertine countertop.

Set on the bluffs of Malibu, against a backdrop of craggy coastline and sandy beach beneath, Russell Kern’s 3,400-square-foot 1979 beach house was in need of a fresh look when he met his now-wife Meryl in March 2011.

Russell, founder and president of KERN, an Omnicom Agency, and his wife enlisted architect Daniel Monti from Modal Design to transform the unremarkable structure into an airy and open contemporary home; Monti tapped designer Jamie Bush to define the aesthetic. “So much contemporary architecture is almost antiseptic,” Bush says.

“We tried to take the natural beauty of the sand and the rocky hillside—those irregularities and imperfections—and juxtapose the rough and rustic textures with clean lines and a handmade touch.”

Bush layered natural and industrial materials throughout—cerused gray oak; marble; bronze and silver—to create a subtle fusion of simplicity and warmth.

The ripples and reflections from handblown glass fixtures reference the ocean, while Athens Silver travertine planks that extend from the ground-floor living area to the deck outside blur the lines between interior and exterior spaces.

“There’s a rhythm and consistent palette that’s reinterpreted throughout the house,” Bush says. “It’s really variations on a theme. Materials and textures are repeated, but in different ways.”

Furnishings strike a balance between clean, geometric lines and more organic pieces such as a free-form, acacia-wood dining table or a marble bench with irregular veining; a 7-foot-long coffee table in whitewashed Douglas fir commissioned from L.A. artist Stefan Bishop reveals old growth rings from reclaimed timber. “There’s an irregularity and a sort of human touch to these pieces,” Bush says.

“Rather than having everything manufactured, there is a dialogue that takes place to create a space that’s more personal.” •

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A trio of Mali pendants hangs above the kitchen island, which is wrapped in moonstone quartzite, and custom fiberglass barstools. Modern appliances include a stainless-steel cooktop from BERTAZZONI, a faucet and pot filler

by DORNBRACHT and integrated SUB-ZERO refrigerator.

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Weathered cast-stone garden chairs by DESSIN FOURNIR, reclaimed teak furniture and potted succulents are set against dramatic views of the Pacific.

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For MUSIC industry moguls SKYE and MARK HOPPUS, home in THE HILLS is nothing short of a stylistic CRESCENDO

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A custom built-in sofa upholstered in SUNBRELLA Bueno Turquoise and a pair of chaise longues (French deckchairs) in HOLLY HUNT Havana Stripe offer luxurious perches from which to soak up the sun.

A DAMIEN HIRST work hangs above the fireplace in the den, where a custom curved sofa and vintage rug– upholstered pouf sit atop a MANSOUR rug covering antique French oak herringbone floors.

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Clockwise from left: The sleek kitchen is a study in white and metallic. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG’s Hoarfrost Sand hangs in the hallway, where a BARCELONA chaise longue beckons. The family poses by the pool.

When Skye and Mark Hoppus, along with their 13-year-old son, Jack, pulled up their California roots and decamped to London almost five years ago, they suspected that it would change their lives, expand their community and alter their global perspective. But it wasn’t until they returned to their house in Beverly Hills that they understood how much their time as expats would transform them—from their take on geopolitics all the way down to their taste in chairs.

“Our home is very midcentury, designed by architect Hal Levitt, and we love it,” says Skye, who is from Dana Point, graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, and ran the West Coast music office of MTV for years before she married Mark, the bassist and vocalist for San Diego-bred pop-punk band blink-182.

“When we first moved in, it was easy to go with that American vintage style. But when we went to London, and saw all of the amazing antiques there and in Paris—most of which were made before the United States was even a country—we developed such an appreciation for [them].”

Towing a shipping container filled with a cozy club chair, old wooden tables, vintage planters, and new art pieces from the likes of Banksy and Damien Hirst, the family returned in 2014 with a challenge: to incorporate the very old with the semi-new, and blend the best

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ALISON VAN PELT’s Pink and Orange Frida makes an evocative statement in the living room, where a tufted custom sofa hugs a PETER DUNHAM rug.

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In Jack’s bedroom, a vintage Lucite chair

by ERWINE AND ESTELLE LAVERNE shares space with a pair of GEORGE NELSON Cigar sconces and ANDY WARHOL’s Camouflage 406.

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In the master bedroom, a 17th-century French oil painting contrasts a brass Starfish chandelier by NESSEN LIGHTING. Below: Mark with his own FENDER Mark Hoppus Signature Jazz Bass.

Opposite: FROMENTAL wallpaper creates a mesmerizing backdrop in the dining room, where PAUL FRANKL dining chairs pull up to a WARREN PLATNER glass-topped table.

parts of Southern California living with their more worldly possessions. Interior designer Trip Haenisch was up for the task. “Not every client has their own point of view,” Haenisch says. “But this is not a typical couple. Their art collection alone says it all.” To wit: The couple’s eclectic holdings span pieces from Pop Art heavyweight Andy Warhol to a 17th-century French oil painting.

Haenisch’s top priority was maintaining the integrity of the architecture, the open, light-filled interiors, and the outdoor space, which includes a sleek fire pit and the quintessential L.A. pool.

“The twist came with the art and the mix of furniture that you wouldn’t quite expect in this style of house,” he says.

They cleaned up the terrazzo, installed an antique French oak herringbone floor in the sunken den and master bedroom, hung a bold Fromental wallpaper in the dining room, and built an oversized circular sofa to “play with the scale.”

“What I love about London is that every house tells a great story. I wanted to fill our California home with paintings and objects that tell our story—I just don’t like any interiors that feel very regimented or one-note,” says Skye. “I used to live that way, but not anymore.” •

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On NOB HILL, San Francisco architect Matthew MacCaul Turner

REFRESHES A CLASSIC APARTMENT with a HIGHCONTRAST palette

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GARY RUDDELL’s Man on a Wire from DOLBY CHADWICK GALLERY serves as a dramatic focal point in the black-and-white color scheme of the study, where geometric columns flank the windows, and a Belgian Track armless sofa from RH and vintage cocktail table sit opposite a vintage iron garden chair powder-coated black.

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Clockwise from left: The bedroom’s Directoire-style desk is topped with a FRANKART bronze; the Pixo Optical LED table lamp by San Francisco-based designer PABLO PARDO is from DESIGN WITHIN REACH. The room’s gray linen bedding is by RH and brindle headboard is by MACCAUL TURNER DESIGN. Statuary white marble in the kitchen makes elegant countertops, and artfully frames windows.

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Nob Hill has long been the jewel in the crown of San Francisco’s grand architectural neighborhoods. Around the elegant parterres of Huntington Park stand beautifully appointed Beaux Arts mansions, high-style Victorian residences and imposing embellished apartment buildings of great distinction.

This scene was the perfect setting for a music lover who found a sunstruck two-bedroom apartment in a 1950s building. Corner windows gaze directly at the dramatic stained glass windows of the French Gothic-style Grace Cathedral. The dwelling’s interior, however, lacked style.

The owner commissioned San Francisco architect and designer Matthew MacCaul Turner to sculpt it into a poetic and versatile space, complete with a theatrical study for the client’s Steinway grand

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piano. “I called upon my training in classical architecture to correct proportions, resolve details and lend a thoughtful and composed air to the decor,” says MacCaul Turner. “New columns now frame the windows, and a base molding defines the windowsills.” The resulting environs are imbued with a sense of history, while still feeling of-the-moment.

The owner, a self-professed minimalist, gave MacCaul Turner a pristine starting point: white, his favorite color. MacCaul Turner then selected Benjamin Moore semigloss paints (Snowfall White and Simply White) to help to create a cloudlike feeling, and splashed white deck paint on the floors throughout the apartment—finishing them with a marinegrade epoxy for lasting durability. The masterstroke was to transform the study/ media room using matte black paint (Benjamin Moore’s Jet Black) as a bold juxtaposition. The resulting chiaroscuro effect plays spatial tricks, amplifying the apartment’s overall drama.

Recessed lighting and white shades were added to mute the light and adjust atmosphere (as well as silk curtains, to maintain privacy). But with an ever-changing panorama just outside the windows—a cable car rumbling by, wisps of fog drifting through, and pale moonlight illuminating the spires of Grace Cathedral—the resident seldom closes the shades. •

Architect and designer MATTHEW MACCAUL TURNER painted walls in the study/media room BENJAMIN MOORE’s Jet Black in bold contrast to the white decor and sunlit views.

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A DRAMATIC convergence in the HIGH SIERRA brings Tahoe’s storied BACKCOUNTRY to the FOREGROUND

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Hand-dyed leather panels, walnut wood planking, velvet cotton pillows and a custom ROSEMARY HALLGARTEN rug make the bedroom’s dramatic scale seem more intimate.

“I wanted to CELEBRATE the scale by choosing FURNISHINGS that made the owners feel like the interior living ENVIRONMENT was a PART of the Sierra Nevada LANDSCAPE.”

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Architect TED BROBST designed angular roof planes to echo the High Sierra ridgelines.

Pavilion-like spaces and grand-scale windows capture nature in full-size glory.

When designing a home in Martis Camp, a luxury real estate community located near North Lake Tahoe in the High Sierra, architects have little choice but to capture as much raw beauty as possible in their schematics—the setting’s skyscraping pines, lit with rosy alpenglow against the distant silhouette of the Carson Range, offer endless ready-made inspiration.

For Ted Brobst of Truckee-based WardYoung Architecture & Planning, who was charged with creating a getaway for a couple of adventure-loving golf fanatics, matching the scale of the home to nature’s grandeur—think a towering 25-foot ceiling—was part intuition and partly guided by his clients’ vision for a “mountain-modern retreat.” Brobst sourced a cache of long, thick steel beams—despite the transport challenges posed by snowy highways and rural mountain roads—to frame vast glass windows, flooding the interiors with natural light. Just like the home’s rich cedar cladding and stacked Wyoming stone, the sun’s warmth and soft illumination “only reinforce the connection to the outdoors,” says the architect, who teamed with El Dorado Hills-based interior designer Barbara Riera for the project.

“I wanted to celebrate the scale by choosing furnishings that made the owners feel like the interior living environment was a part of the Sierra Nevada

landscape,” says Riera of her own guiding impulse. The leather wall-paneled master bedroom features a king-size platform bed by Hudson that complements the sheer expanse of the space, while a grandiose, tufted leather custom chaise in the upstairs lounge matches the specs of a queen-size bed. Layered throughout the home, textured upholstery spanning cotton velvet to mohair offers an open invitation to curl up, while John Pomp handblown glass chandeliers add sumptuous warmth to the inviting tableau.

“It’s radiant and abundant and seems to cast a spell,” says Riera. •

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Clockwise from top left: A large window exposure in the master bath gives the illusion of being in nature. A building palette of steel, cedar and stone forms a striking great room. In the master suite, a crushed velvet CHRISTIAN LIAIGRE chaise is a relaxing spot for a sunny sojourn.

The hallway functions as a gallery space for art and wine on display.

Designer Kim Alexandriuk melds refined ANTIQUES with bold VINTAGE pieces to give a Montecito home a fresh and modern look

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From the outset, interior designer Kim Alexandriuk had a clear goal in mind for the Montecito estate of her longtime clients and friends. Using fine antiques and edgier pieces from the 1930s to the 1970s, the designer sought to create a fresh, yet timeless feel.

“This family lives a very grand life— elegant, sophisticated, worldly, and accustomed to the best of everything,” she says. “The combination of classic pieces

Holding center court is a custom Robsjohn Gibbingsstyle table over a DAVID ROCKWELL FOR THE RUG COMPANY carpet.

Behind is a French walnut Louis XVstyle buffet a deux corps, circa 1840.

Opposite: A DENNIS & LEEN stone-top table sits over a CHRISTOPHER FARR rug, while a CARLO SCARPA VENINI chandelier shines from inside.

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Feature (Montecito) Clockwise from above: Vintage Italian Stilnovo sconces from ECCOLA and chairs in HOLLAND & SHERRY Dedale velvet flank a custom-made credenza, Riviera coffee table by JEAN DE MERRY and KA DESIGN custom sofa. In the master, an Empire-style, early-20th-century table from HABITE keeps company with a custom KA DESIGN chair and ottoman in COLEFAX & FOWLER Brockham damask.

A 1950s Murano chandelier from BLACKMAN CRUZ shares the dining room with TOMMI PARZINGER sconces from JOHN SALIBELLO. Opposite: The daughter’s bedroom features a 1960s Italian brass Sputnik chandelier from ADESSO and bench covered in CLARENCE HOUSE fabric. Side view of the motor court and home.

with more playful vintage ones, artwork and light fixtures [results in] the unexpected—something edgy yet chic.”

To offset the home’s neutral backdrop, Alexandriuk integrated pops of color and striking accents throughout the interior, such as a dramatic chocolate brown wall in the formal dining room and a vintage Murano chandelier from Blackman Cruz for a statement overhead. A custom credenza designed by Alexandriuk, architectural black lacquer deco end table and striking Stilnovo sconces brighten up the living room, while a 1960s Italian brass Sputnik chandelier adds a playful touch to the daughter’s bedroom.

“To me, lighting is like jewelry,” says Alexandriuk. “I am drawn to big, chunky jewelry that makes a statement, and the same goes here—a space can be vacant without a strong light fixture.”

Accessories infuse whimsy into the environs, from a vintage brass butterfly wall hanging found in Paris to a collection of varied artworks, comprising Picasso drawings, paintings of street scenes and train stops, black-and-white fashion photographs, and 19th-century etchings and charcoals.

“Designing a home like this is much like a painting—it’s about composition and balance,” Alexandriuk says. “It’s about the combination of period pieces and more contemporary pieces, and the language of the two.” •

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LAUDED DESIGNERS SHARE THEIR CALIFORNIA MOOD

A Suzanne Tucker-designed living room in Belvedere.

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“The setting is always a source of inspiration for me, and from which I inevitably take my initial cues. In this case, the southern exposure [of this Belvedere residence] with the abundance of water and sky instantly defined my color palette. I reflected the cool hues inside and balanced them with warmer tones, which one must do to offset the inevitable foggy days. Ultimately, this project is casual yet elegant, sophisticated yet bold, much like California itself!�

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