imagine this: artistically modern LA living

I found Kimbirdy {or should I say she found me?} when I posted my {imagined} house entry where I took a picture of my red brick gem of a rental and transformed it into my dream version of what it would look like if I could have it my way.

She left a sweet comment saying "and when you are done, can you come make me one just like it? i love bungalows and desperately want one of my own someday... someday when i can afford it that is. oh california and your ridiculous real estate prices."

 {art source}{images of Kim from her site}
It got me thinking.  Wouldn't it be fun to have her send me a picture of her place and see what I could come up with?  So I did.  And she has been sweet enough to play along.

As I've played around with her place I've been reading her great blog and quickly realized this girl is as sweet as they come.  She writes about her life in California in a way that brings a smile to my face every time I visit her site, Fill Your Well. 

See her cool blue house above?  She told me that she loves the courtyard and wishes her place was a bit bigger so she could have an art studio.  Understand that this is just a conceptual rendering, to know if anything like this were possible there would be a lot more involvement.  This is just for fun. 

In real life, her man is building her a studio in the yard, but in my imagined reality she has her roof top studio with room left over for a patio to enjoy that great LA weather.  Glass panels suspended under the handrails would allow for a clear view of the tree tops around her place.

A few other things:  Extending part of the front of her house to create space for bay window {another wish of hers}within an architectural feature with wooden vertical lines would take the eye upwards and blend the new addition with the cool blue stucco.  Then taking the existing bathroom window and making it much bigger and taking it to the ceiling with similarly shaped windows in the art studio above would let in loads of diffused natural light. Putting a cantilevered roof on top would shade the outdoor space and would allow for lots of recessed lighting for night time fun.  {I also pretend that there are solar panels on top capturing light to help with energy costs so Kimbirdy and her mister can travel more.}

I would accessorize the outdoor spaces with fun colors and bold patterns to take some of the edge off of the modern lines to blend that polished look into something very  livable and very inviting.

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I had so much fun playing with Kim's house, I'd love to do another one.  Just leave me a comment that lets me know why you think your home should be featured on my 'imagine this' series.  {and be sure to become a follower}

Contest ends tonight at midnight.

{accessories from zgallerie}