This mid-century modern home in Woodland Hills underwent a full remodel of the interior and exterior. The project expanded the kitchen and replaced all of the landscaping. We appreciate the period and condition of this home and worked to preserve and extend upon the architectural language of this classic mid-century home.
This neighborhood in Woodland Hills is a distinctive Mid-Century Ranch Houses in a planned subdivision. Charles Du Bois designed close to 1,300 homes under a developer. Completed in 1964, after more than seven phases of construction, the homes in this area known as Woodland West, were completed. The homes are both one and two-story, single family homes built on wide lots to accommodate these horizontal, Ranch Houses punctuated with low-slung, gable roofs, dramatic doorways, deep eaves with exposed support beams. The exteriors were a combination of board and batten, stucco, bead board and natural stone.Charles Du Bois also created the designs for the Vista Las Palmas subdivision in Palm Springs with tall, dramatic entryways inspired by “Tiki” style structures. The Woodland West development contains homes with similar design concepts in mind.

The floorplan shows the expanded kitchen with wine refrigerators, espresso maker and a large center island. There is also a small work area in the main bedroom with a PELETON exercise bike.

The house sits on a large corner lot with a swimming pool and patio in back.

The kitchen was expanded at the front of the house. The materials on the exterior match the existing vertical wood and stucco. The original stonework was maintained and salvaged to be used at the new kitchen addition area, shown here next to the garage.

Our restoration shows a simple palette of mid century white with grey trim. The stone details have been preserved and replicated at the new kitchen area on the right side. Drought tolerant plant materials were used throughout the landscape.

At the entry we maintained the stonework and added a wood french door with privacy glass for better light inside and used a mid century styled globe pendant.

The original kitchen was small and dark, our solution was to expand the area of the kitchen into an unused patio at the front of the house and add a large center island.

The new kitchen also has a dramatic, vaulted ceiling with exposed beams which match the original language of the house.

The vaulted ceiling, sliding windows and angled glass are all new to bring light into the house as the front of house gets most light. This image shows the new large island with wine refrigerators below.

The new kitchen features a built in coffee maker, large gas range with exhaust hood, undermount sink and built-in refrigerator and freezers.

This image shows the expanded kitchen and full height pantry with built-in refrigerator and freezer with microwave oven under the new island.

The tall pantry, built-in refrigerator / freezer, the exposed beams at the tall ceiling and the angled glass complement the existing architectural language of this post and beam, mid century gem.

The quality of light changes through the day.

The kitchen island is used as an informal dining space, the pendant light is called “sputnik” and uses twenty-four globe lights with glass spheres.

New hardwood floors were used throughout the house. Light colors were used and the fireplace was maintained.

This cabinet was part of the original house. It was restored and upgraded with modern speakers and electronics.

The vaulted ceiling in the living and dining rooms were maintained, painted and lighting added. New sliding doors were added, and mid century globe lights were used at the dining area with track lighting at the ceiling.

The large sliders allow for a connection to the patio which was expanded with a new bbq area.

The dining room and living rooms are divided by a large, double fireplace with stone matching the exterior.

The double fireplace is used as sitting area and connects to backyard through the large sliding doors.

All bedrooms have hardwood flooring, new windows with window coverings and an adjoining bathroom.

A floating vanity over ceramic-wood flooring with white quartz and light grey tile to complement the exterior and interior color scheme.

The main bathroom features a floating tub and double vanity over the ceramic-wood flooring which complement the new hardwood flooring.

This room was meant to bring a sense of calm and relaxation. The private zen garden with the room are a unique feature which bring both light and calmness to the room.

The light grey tiles, ceramic-wood flooring and white details complement the simple color scheme of the house. This simple glass enclosure at the shower keeps the room feeling bright and open.

The backyard was fully restored with turf and drought tolerant plant materials.

The house has a good connection to a large backyard. Our goal was to maintain that connection and restore this spaces with new materials and construction.

The existing swimming pool was repaired and the patio area replaced with new concrete, pavers and turf. This fireplace area at the pool was part of the original construction and was maintained and repaired.

The exterior was largely preserved. The stonework was maintained and used at the kitchen addition. A new white and grey color scheme was used to brighten the exterior.

The addition to the front of the house is underway.

The new kitchen will have plenty of natural light with the new windows. These windows complement the architectural language of the mid century house nicely.

The vaulted ceiling has been completed and the cabinets are being installed.

The expanded kitchen is now flooded with natural daylight which will help to illuminate the main living and dining rooms.

The new ceiling has been installed over the existing roof and joists. We have added insulation, drywall and wired for the lighting. These are 3x8 beams with tongue and groove between which match, precisely, the dimensions in the existing house.

We have removed two of the existing columns at the back patio to allow for better movement and visual connection to the yard. The new structure will be with a steel beam and columns with new foundations. The posts shown here are for temporary support.

Here is the new steel beam with will support the roof. A new wooden deck will be installed after the roof work has been completed.

The dining room maintains the original hardwood cabinetry, which we will clean and repair.

We will also upgrade the sound system with wifi and bluetooth and place all of the new electronics inside the cabinetry which previously housed a hi-fi stereo system.

This is the area in the front of the house where the addition to the kitchen will be located. Currently an unused covered patio, we will maintain the existing roofline, move the exterior wall out and install large glass windows.

The stone on the exterior will be preserved.

Part of our work will be to remove a few columns from this patio roof cover, open up the roof to allow more light and install a new barbeque with outdoor seating and a wooden deck.

The kitchen is small and dark with a low ceiling. The small wall on the south side allows for very little light into the main dining and living room areas. Our design is to expand the kitchen with more counter space and a center island. The new windows will be tall sliding with triangular glass above. We will also raise the ceiling with exposed beams.

The pool needs some repair and we will also upgrade the landscaping in the front and back of the house.