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Home & Garden
The co-founder of Flaunt Magazine's Spanish Revial house is the perfect showcase for his eclectic collections.
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THE CLASSICS
Architectural photographer Mary E. Nichols and Keith Wood saw good bones beneath the Wilton Place property's shabby facade.
NEIGHBORLY ADVICE: MALIBU MOBILE-HOME PARKS
Bluff-side Paradise Cove and Point Dume Club take manufactured-home living to new heights.
LOST L.A.
A certain Pennsylvania Avenue address has spawned imitators across the continent, including Beverly Hills' once-grand Rosewall estate.
GREEN ART
How does the Los Angeles County Arboretum's garden grow? Very artfully, thanks to the launch of its Art in the Garden Initiative.
DATEBOOK
Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants hosts its annual Fall Festival.
THE REALIST IDEALIST
She reroutes her washing machine wastewater to the yard. Daunting task? Yes. Impossible? No.
ARCHITECTURE
The duo used angled ceilings, an open floor plan, and a courtyard and light wells to let in the sunshine.
THE BUILDING
The lofts in this 1927 tower started out largely the same, but each owner's personality made them way different places.
The Scout — a.k.a. Times staff writer David A. Keeps — brings you the coolest design innovations and shopping scoops.
Neighborly Advice: The Riviera
The Santa Barbara enclave's sweeping ocean views and hillside scenery come with steep prices.
Britney Spears-- pop princess or pop pariah -- has listed her Beverly Hills Post Office home for $7.9 million.
Man of the House by Chris Erskine
When the going gets tough, the tough start selling stuff.
Events and seminars in the Los Angeles area.
BEHIND THE LOOK
A little money and a lot of bargain hunting at garage sales, thrift stores and store sales pay off.
Bonhams & Butterfields' Sept. 22 auction of 20th century home furnishings in Los Angeles drew some surprising bids. Here's a peek at select lots and ...
TRENDS
With more limits on the height and footprint of homes, particularly in beach cities, the underground area adds footage for such extras as theaters and ...
Studio Job's latest collection, "Homework," featuring ordinary household items cast in an extraordinary bronze finish, are being showcased in Los ...
Think of them as a way to introduce your kids to the esoteric delights of sushi: easy-to-use chopsticks, or perhaps block toys in sushi shapes. ...
MAN OF THE HOUSE
Cleats, doughnuts and bail money: Welcome to youth soccer
DATEBOOK
Restoration Trade Fair & Fundraiser, an annual event of the Rose Park Neighborhood Assn., features about 50 vendors.
"American Quilts: 200 Years of Tradition" runs Sept. 20 to March 15 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. More than 30 quilts dating to 1776 will be on ...
The Scout — a.k.a. Times staff writer David A. Keeps — brings you the coolest design innovations and shopping scoops.
DISPATCH: ALTADENA
Gardeners gather for swaps, hoping to unload extra produce so that it won't go to waste.
BEHIND THE LOOK
Sharon Bowman and Joe Fineman tweaked the floor plan of their ranch-style house and turned their living room into an outdoor entertainment center.
PARDON OUR DUST
The 'Rate My Space' host updated the kitchen in his 1920s bungalow for about $20,000 and met a three-week deadline. His secret? Being decisive.
INNER LIFE
The Etnies entrepreneur brings a boldly idiosyncratic update to a 1948 Newport Beach home, guided by tile designer Xavier Llongueras.
SPORTY ART
The influence of midcentury masters is also apparent in the designs that make functional use out of decks.
TRENDS
The rich often pay big money to protect their homes, whether from thieves, intruders or nuclear attack.
Man of the House by Chris Erskine
The teen's bucking for an Audi; her brother's bucking the system. Buckle up!
NEIGHBORLY ADVICE: OLD MAGNOLIA
The old-fashioned downtown, with shops, restaurants and Metrolink, is within walking distance.
DATEBOOK
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture hosts a tour of three homes by architect John Lautner.
The Scout— a.k.a. Times staff writer David A. Keeps — brings you the coolest design innovations and shopping scoops:
The painter, collector and now filmmaker sets up his own bit of bohemia in a Los Angeles guest house.
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