A master bedroom (one of two) is separated from the main living area by a monster slab slider door made of American elm, which is also the wood of the dining table and a writing desk.
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Sisters Alyssa, left, and Tessa Hendrie are pictured in the living room of the Malibu mobile home they redesigned.
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The new entrance to the trailer home that sisters Tessa and Alyssa Hendrie transformed for a client into a place so grand they now refer to it as a “villa.”
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A large flat-screen TV can hide behind folding doors above the fireplace. Curtains purchased at Target blow in the wind.
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A cedar hot tub and foot bath sit just outside a shabby chic-style master bedroom in the mobile home.
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Designer Tessa Hendrie’s cowboy boots contrast nicely with the heated floor tiles in one of the master bathrooms.
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The new kitchen features a backlighted onyx slab that the sisters found discounted at Walker Zanger.
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As a way to bring in more light, and showcase the onyx in the shower, sisters Tessa and Alyssa Hendrie added an electronic “doggy door” between the kitchen and master bathroom.
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A detail of the onyx wall in the shower, with designer Alyssa Hendrie’s hand, as seen through a “doggy door” between the kitchen and master bathroom.
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“Little things, like switching out cabinet knobs for unique crystal knobs, at right, or ones with a contrasting color, can really spruce up the interiors,” Tessa Hendrie said.
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A Moroccan-theme secondary room features a space-saving hanging bed.
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A detail of a bedroom ceiling panel, which was hand-painted in Morocco.
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The Hendrie sisters used Rocky Mountain hardware in brushed bronze and silver throughout the mobile home.
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An alcohol-burning fire feature, left, is installed between the dining room and one of the master bedrooms.
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A view of the California coastline and Santa Monica mountains from one of two master bedrooms in the mobile home.
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Tessa Hendrie likes to keep decor consistent: “Tie in all of your eclectic belongings by using variations of a unified color palette for your rugs/pillows/blankets/curtains,” Hendrie said.
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A humidiwall, at left, adds moisture to the master bedroom seen here. A monster slab slider door is made of American elm.
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The master suite’s bathroom, with sunken tub and multi-head shower, on the other side of the “doggy door” looking into the kitchen.
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Sisters Tessa, left, and Alyssa Hendrie often spot whales, dolphins and sea lions from the deck of the mobile home they transformed. They are renting the home from their client.
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A shabby chic-style master bedroom is seen reflected in a glass wall that wraps around the back deck of the mobile home.
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Brown metallic paint makes a statement in the powder room.
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“Lighting is a fantastic opportunity to change the look and feel of your home,” says Tessa Hendrie of Postmodern pendant lamps by Günhter Leuchtmann used in her project.
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The Point Dume Club in Malibu features a wide assortment of mobile homes, many perched on the cliffs looking down on Zuma Beach.
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A view of some of the mobile homes in the Point Dume Club in Malibu, perched above Pacific Coast Highway, looking down on Zuma Beach.
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