Sunnie Kim home: From ‘50s ranch house to stylish 21st century home

To connect the indoors and outdoors, architect Christopher Mercier cut the house down the middle to create a visual passageway through to the backyard.

The living room and rest of the home are filled with Euro-style furnishings in an array of muted hues.

Two sets of glass bi-fold doors as well as clerestory windows open the home’s central core (living, dining and kitchen) to the outside.

The kitchen area.

The kitchen is part of the home’s central core.

One of Sunnie Kim’s favorite spots: her master bathroom tub, where a new skylight allows her to gaze at a giant oak while bathing.

The renovated bathroom in charcoal tones and wood.

A feng shui master worked with the architect to imbue the house with feng shui principles.

The fireplace in Sunnie Kim’s home.

“It was important to me that the house engage more with the beautiful natural setting of the property, as well as to create a tranquil escape from my hectic day-to-day business life,” says Sunnie Kim.

The backyard area in La Canada Flintridge.

The core living areas in Sunnie Kim’s La Canada Flintridge home.

Architect Christopher Mercier outside the 1950s home he renovated for Sunnie Kim.