The ultimate bachelor pad
The living room features a drop-down screen allowing Matty Pipes to host screening parties in his Hollywood apartment.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Digital media strategist Matty Pipes, 34, in the living room of his Hollywood apartment decorated and styled by Kim Swift and Andrew Stevens of We Came in Peace in Hollywood, Calif.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Pipes and friends congregate at the zinc-topped dining table on his terrace in Hollywood with the historic Capitol Records building on the right.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Pipes and friends congregate on his terrace in Hollywood.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)A view of the Capitol Records building from Matty Pipes’ terrace.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Creating rooms within rooms helps to create distinctive experiences. Outdoors on the terrace, sheer drapes create a wall around the dining table.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Outdoors on the terrace, an interactive LED-activated wall hanging from Italian design firm Carnovsky. “It’s a jungle theme,” says designer Andrew Stevens. “We are very in to outdoor artwork.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Ceramics by Ben Medansky in the apartment of digital media strategist Matty Pipes.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Instead of purchasing a costly wall unit, designer Andrew Stevens installed a pair of steel library shelves for display and had them painted “just like a car.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)The designers added a custom ceiling mount for a drop-down screen made of birch to match the plywood cabinets in Matty Pipe’s apartment.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)A pegwork piece designed for the space by Atwater artist Bradley Duncan.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Fedoras rest on a vintage suitcase in the guest room.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)The master bedroom in the apartment of digital media strategist Matty Pipes.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Kim Swift and Andrew Stevens of We Came in Peace painted the walls chocolate brown in the master bedroom and teal blue in the guest room.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Vintage furnishings and accessories from the Rose Bowl flea market in the guest room.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)The guest room feels like an escape for overnight guests as saturated layers of blue create an elegantly moody cave.
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