My Blue Haven

"That wall . . . bothered me every time I walked by it," Rocco DiFrancesco said of the white expanse leading to his front door.

“That wall . . . bothered me every time I walked by it,” Rocco DiFrancesco said of the white expanse leading to his front door.  (ROBERT LACHMAN / Los Angeles Times)

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The house needed some new carpeting and maybe a coat of paint. What it got was a make-over from top to bottom, inside and out.

New paint and Trellis in front.

In the front...fresh blue paint and a white trellis.  (ROBERT LACHMAN / Los Angeles Times )

DiFrancesco and daughter in living room.

A living room that is a worthy setting for his antiques; and a host of other improvements made DiFrancesco “ecstatic.” With him is his daughter, Angelina, 7.  (ROBERT LACHMAN / Los Angeles Times)

New bay window in the living room

DiFrancesco hired a professional to install a new bay window in the living room, but he did most of the remodeling work himself.  (ROBERT LACHMAN / Los Angeles Times)