Ileene Bernard looks at the Hollywood Hills from the Raul Garduno-designed Silver Lake home she and husband Herbert Bernard have lived in since 1965. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The entry panel, right, was redone by architect Lorcan O’Herlihy. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Herbert Bernard reads in the library. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Bernard sits at the piano, which holds a photo of Ileene, left, her brother Robert and sister Irene Martin taken in 1936 in El Paso, Texas. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
In the living room, the floor-to- ceiling glass panels offer views, an abundance of light and surprising privacy. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The Bernards also chose to keep the original warm color palette, created for the house by furniture designers Van Keppel-Green. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Herbert and Ileene Bernard on the deck of their Silver Lake home. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The backyard kitchen. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Ileene Bernard in the kitchen with the original cork tile floor. The couple refinished the floor instead of replacing it. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
In the bedroom, a skylight with tiles made by the original owner Flemming Drefeld, who commissioned the home. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
An in-wall birch bookcase is in the bedroom. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The Roman-style bathroom (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Steps leading up to the Garduno house entrance. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The doorbell is on the stairway. By the time guests reach the front door, the owners will be there waiting. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath, house in Silver Lake dramatically cantilevers from the hillside. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The house has a barrel roof design. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A light hangs from the plywood barrel vaulted ceiling, which reaches up to 16 feet high and gives the home an airy feeling. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
