My Favorite Room | Creating harmony in Kristen Gutoskie’s living room

Decorative items sit on a living room shelf. Gutoskie describes her living room space as vintage, Midcentury modern and minimal atheistic.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Crystals from a “life-changing” trip to Peru.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

A mini weave reflects her love of the desert.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

A candle and palo santo sit on the coffee table.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

A dolphin coffee table purchased at the Rose Bowl swap meet.   (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Succulents in woven holders grace the mantle and a Navajo sand painting hangs over the fireplace.
  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Books are stacked on a shelf with artwork.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Kristen Gutoskie has transformed the living room in her Silver Lake home into a “harmonious space” with trinkets and knick-knacks collected during her travels to South America and other parts of the world.
  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)