Name: Caitlin Wylde
Location: Echo Park - Los Angeles, California
Size: 1500 square feet
Years lived in: 13 years
I fell in love with Caitlin's home immediately as I walked through the red and white striped entryway. With her collection of vintage finds from New England and ship decor I felt like I was on vacation in the East Coast.

Caitlin's place is filled with her collections and her own art. When I was photographing the wonderful details, Caitlin asked if her collections have gotten out of hand. I told her definitely not; filling your home with furnishings that you love and that have a meaning is what makes a house a home. I have seen quite a few lovely homes in Los Angeles, but this one is very special — a real gem. I asked her to share how she found it:
"I found my house on the bulletin board in a little coffee shop called The Backdoor Bakery in Silverlake. When I went to see it for the first time, I walked in the door and knew it was my home.
The architect who built it in 1929 also originally lived in it and put some pretty special details throughout; the turreted entryway, the domed living room ceiling, the large leaded glass window in the studio, etc. It is truly a unique house.
This house has nurtured and inspired me. It is where I make my artwork, share meals with friends and listen to owls hooting in the pine trees outside my bedroom window at night. I feel grounded and at peace here. I feel so lucky to have found this magical house and called it home for 13 years."

Apartment Therapy Survey:
My Style: Natural world meets an old boat
Inspiration: Forest floor + flotsam + jestsam
Favorite Element: Its magical energy + domed living room ceiling
Biggest Challenge: Shoehorning the kitchen into a tiny weird space
What Friends Say: My friend Pietsie says it's like a naturalist's retreat
Biggest Embarrassment: The skunk that lived under my house for a few weeks.
Proudest DIY: Turning the backyard from a dirt pile to a little oasis in the city (thanks to great friends that helped).
Biggest Indulgence: A nice bottle of red wine on the deck.
Best Advice: Let things unfold organically + don't try to control everything.
Dream Source: Lapland + The Bedoins + anything Kathryn Bentley, Nickey Kehoe, Mohawk General Store, or Iko Iko

Resources of Note:
APPLIANCES
- Viking
- Bosch
HARDWARE
FURNITURE
- Grandparents
- Parents
- Flea Markets
ACCESSORIES
- Nickey Kehoe
- Flea Markets
- Mother Nature: stone, feathers, sticks, rocks, bones, etc.
- Baltic Crossroads
WINDOW TREATMENTS
- Custom Roman Shades
BED
- Matteo + Ikea
LIGHTING
- Antique Chinese Vases
- Noguchi Wikea Shade
PAINT
- Pratt & Lambert
- Hollandiac Enamel
FLOORING
- Hardwood
- Painted Hardwood
RUGS & CARPETS
- Moroccan
- Navajo Rubs
- Hooked Rugs (New England)
ARTWORK
- Giovanni Jance
- Eric Ernest Johnson
- Tim Reid
- Michael Reisman
- My Own + Family (Mom, Dad, Grandpa)
- Cecil Wylde
- Elise Wylde
- Stella Berkofsky
- David Korty

Thanks Caitlin!
Images: Marcia Prentice
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Lovely home! Very cozy and stylish. Great photos too!
I really like the vase that looks like an old mortar shell :)
So many wonderful details in your place!!
Beautiful. Sometimes more is more. While every home is "personal," this house feels particularly intimate.
I love the source list for Caitlin's furniture: Grandparents, Parents, Flea Markets.
How refreshing to see such an original home! I thought I was going to smash my computer if I saw one more room with all the "it" items, colors and schemes that look like every other room I've seen lately! This house is full of interesting things collected by a clearly interesting person who has been living an interesting life. Very nice.
I love it...what took so long to show off your beautiful house??
yes, more is more!! until you have to move. lol
One of my favorites. Ever. Question: "...I felt like I was on vacation in the East Coast." East coast of what country?
sweet kitchen & dining area! Nice home. I'm glad to see unique items, instead of the typical three: Keep calm poster, plastic chair stack, & animal skin. we see so often in these tours. It's great to see something so creative and inspiring.
Too much stuff detracking from amazing architecture.
Wow, this beyond! I love every inch of it. And must say, finally, a house tour with window treatments that I like :)
So much stuff. I feel like it would be lovely and cozy in real life though, it's just that in pictures it can look so busy if you don't have tons of empty space.
The architecture is wonderful. So jealous.
Other than the framed bones, which is a bit much for me, what's not to love about this warm, friendly, cozy, personal, eclectic jumble of a home? Very very pretty and nice.
of course the house itself is fantastic, but i love what you've brought into it. all the old flags/wall hangings are really interesting - i like the use of the algerian flag as a room divider.
Is the branch on the chair to keep people from sitting on it?
Elaine said she was bringing the outdoors in, but Gary knew it was a ploy to stop him from using that desk.
This is amazing--so unique and personal.
I would like to lock myself in this house for seven days with a wild coyote.
Love the stained glass entry door! Beautiful!
what a wonderful, lovely home :)
I hope you had some granola while you were there.
Love this home - the amount of artifacts is not too much for me. I think the best homes are the ones that show the owners really put their hearts into them. This is one of those homes. Thanks for sharing!
I agree with onexnwykr
"Too much stuff detracking from amazing architecture"
Totally amazing! I'm in awe!
I don't know how odd this might sound, but I do believe your house is the house I live in, inside my mind.
Okay that sounds really odd.. I suppose what I'm trying to say is; Let's meet for tea so I can convince my man that I'm not the only person who collects strange things with the intention to someday put them into a beautiful, creative, intimate house much like yours.
Truthfully though, your home is at the top of my book marked 'future home inspiration' folder.
so beautiful. i felt like you went out and brought the world back in so you could care for it. so gentleness, respect and dignity are written in every picture for me.
Like. Very much.
So, so inspiring !
..Echo park is NOT the "Hills" and thank god!!! I live near Echo park, it happens to be one of my favorite La neighborhoods. Beverly (the) Hills is full of snobs and is unfortunately used to define all of La far too often. I understand wanting to have a catchy headline, but I'm a stickler for accuracy when it comes to my city.
also, I will say that this is a beautiful and very personal home regardless of where it is situated.
Neat architecture - wow. I would love to take a real tour inside. I love all the cool collectables with their history. Love the wall hangings and the rugs, window treatments. I love it ALL!! Thanks for sharing your sanctuary -it inspires me over here on the Southeast coast ;)
this place is PERFECT. i love it!
what is the black flag with UNIS on it?
I am loving all the tours of large homes, but is it possible to balance it out with tours of apartments also? After all it is Apartmenttherapy.
My first reaction is F you, that is CUTE!!!!!!! Love it.
The Backdoor Bakery! I grew up in a house right behind there. They let us cook our Thanksgiving turkey in their oven one year when ours bit the dust.
Caitlin your home is LOVELY. I have been trying to achieve this look for so long but it seems like it just comes naturally for you.
Your bedroom looks like the coziest place ever.
I rarely look at house tours twice, I looked at this one 3 times. What a cool & interesting place even though I wouldn't want to live there. So nice to see something other than the usuall "trying too hard to be hip" tours.
This is one of my all time favorites. It's actually lived in! It's such a perfect mix of chaos and clean lines. <3
I do love your home but I also feel its too cluttered. Cluttered with lovely things mind you but too much 'stuff' for me. I might be biased as I'm clearing out my apartment at the moment so I'm more into seeing floor space rather than things I own.
This place has a great feel to it I must say and the photos are good too. Love Echo Park, parts of it anyway. I live in LA too and appreciate it when AP show homes near me.
just phenomenal. i love every bit of it, especially photo 29 with that moroccan wedding blanket. truly gorgeous home.
This is the kind of house that makes me so so happy that i live in echo park...it's just so eccentric and original and beautiful. This is the kind of Los Angeles I live living in...west elm and cb2 can suck it!
fabulous home, so very personal and inviting. a real person lives in this funky place. i am so tired of mid-century modern and the "show home" look where it looks like no one could ever be comfortable. what a find for us viewers!
So engaging! This home seems like lovely play or a poem in the way it informs you of something familiar and welcoming but mysterious as well.
And that bear! So cool.
Beautiful architecture and home decor, you can tell that each piece has a story…I am however intrigued by the Algerian flag used as a room divider?
Oh wow, what a fun tour! Okay, my favourite three things (so hard!) are: the stripes in the entryway (love!) the tapestry over the little desk (covet!) and the CRABS sign (made me giddy with happiness!). Thank you for sharing!
Wow, this is one of my favorite house tours, it's perfect.
¡esta casa es fantástica!
forest floor + flotsam + jetsam = delightful.
As a fellow collector of nature's treasures, I just love the way you have displayed your finds. I recently empty-nested and gave away a lot of my objects, but you have inspired me to display the ones I still have in my tiny apartment in more creative ways. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful home.
Fantastic place...very unique! She has a great eye for things.
I LOVE this home.
Intriguing and mysterious, like there is a story/meaning behind every object. There are lots of items perhaps because there are stories behind them. I just was visually bothered by the window dressing over the arched windows, and I do wish there were more pics of the backyard!!
Too Much Stuff....
this might be a dumb question, but how did you hang the tapestry/flag with UNIS on it? i have something similar and have not known what to do with it - i want to just hang it, but don't want to damage it either. mind sharing? thanks.
I enjoyed this tour so much. Caitlin, you really live up to your last name! You clearly love nature and are a master of display. Fun, fun, fun. Thanks.
Can I move in? Begging. This is by far my favorite house ever shown here...and not just because my name is the same as hers! Stylish, eclectic, gentle. Love the bear!
oh i love your home. such intimate style. warm and real. shaman bird energy flowing through... really so many great details. thanks for opening for all to see!
absolutely, absolutely amazing. I just drank in frame after frame. I have never seen so many wonderful textiles all in one place. What a storied home! Love it! Thank you for sharing!
Gorgeous!
And thank you for the suggestion of where to hang my Indian embroideries in my new-to-me home.
this is the dreamiest house I've EVER seen. ''Magical energy'' indeed!
I just hope she has a cleaning lady.
I agree with: ONEXNWYKER and ANKUKS123: "Too much stuff distracting from amazing architecture"
I also agee with: TEN BAR: Too much stuff
I was thinking the same thing as 'GB': I just hope she has a cleaning lady.
This house would be a nightmare to keep clean.
Thank you for sharing! What is the material of the kitchen counters?
Many things to love: great architectural details, good light, the bed in the little dormer space, etc. But the quantity of accessories/knick knacks made it feel a little claustrophobic to me.
I adore everything about this home. This kind of eclectic, carefully curated style always makes me giddy. Well done!
I'm glad I'm not the type of person that worries about how hard to clean something(s) would be rather than how beautiful they are! This house is amazing! Like nature is slowly taking over. I love that big Arch window. Your art is beautiful and inspiring. Who made the big Bear?