Capone is the best.

I love the fabulous courtyard (so Hollywood), the bathroom, the heavy use of purple, and Capone. Look at all that toe fluff!

cute kitty!

really beautiful use of color and love the sectional sofa..

This is absolutely amazing!

So much I love here, especially the purple sofas. But...where is the kitchen floor tile that Jennifer went to such trouble to install? Did I miss it?

yes. it's a moroccan pattern.

@diny i said the same thing!! I dislike when the feature something in the interview, and then there might be one photo. which is pretty much the case here....

@Diny @Happyleaf the tiles are visible in this photo.

I have the same coffee table trunk, found in a New Orleans attic.

Ah! Now I see them...and they are gorgeous!! Thanks, everybody!

Gorgeous apartment! I'm madly in love with it and Capone.

Jennifer, way to go full throttle for what speaks to you. You've created such ambience and atmosphere. I especially admire the blend of roughhewn and refined that keeps the effect from being intimidatingly formal or inperiod as well as the strong colors. This was so much fun to see. Thanks for sharing. Oh, did any any stars ever live in your apartment (other than you, of course!) Please say Bette Davis! Please say Bette Davis!

Light above your dining table - Ooh la la! Your bedroom is def modern glamour - great job. It would never work in my house, but I'm loving your purple coaches (and of course the living room "dresser")

The purple color in the bedroom really adds drama to the room, really looks stunning. Capone has to be my favorite feature of the home though...awesome name too!

Lovely home, to me it's reminiscent of New Orleans style, both inside and out. Cool bathroom.
Adorable kitty!

Mas Capone!!!

I think this is one of the most interesting interviews and house tours yet, way to go AT! Jennifer, I love how much passion you have for historical design and style - I am right there with you and am so inspired by your perspective! There is so much to love about your home, thank you for sharing! And yes, Capone is super cute and has one of the best names ever! :)

I love her because she's sporting the same silver "ombre" hair I am. Her design taste isn't so bad either ;)

Love that buildings history and bones but not the space decorated as shown. She has a few GREAT pieces for sure but what can I say? 1. I'm not a fan purple and 2. It looks like a prop masters storage space. Needs some editing and new paint.

Wow, the exterior of that building is really quintessential LA, I love it.
I admire all your old-timey items. I feel like all of them together make the place seem a little set-decorated and propped, but at the same time if you love being surrounded by them, good on you. I love the drama of the bedroom. And I really appreciate your interview answer about being a little OCD about decorating, because I think a lot of people usually take that to mean minimalist, every surface clear; and I think your decorating shows that styles other than minimalism are also the result of care and obsessive attention.

that rug is such a mistake

I want the Fortuny lamp. Love it.

Absolutely love it, fantastic !

Is Capone at an open window with no screen (photo #16)? Please tell me "no!"

Cooking disasters? I thought you had a private chef?

I'm a really bad person. Because instead of admiring the apartment, all I can think of is "how does this 20-something young woman afford this place"?

OMG! Wow! You have some amazing pieces; the chandeliers, the huge mirror in your bedroom, the chest of drawers in the living room and your mirror bedroom set! You definitely should consider making a career out of your passion for finding these epic pieces of furniture and accessories you claim to find so easily. Impeccable taste in your color choices for the walls as well as the tile you redid your kitchen floor in. Love your glass desk on the sawhorses and the shelves too. BUT, you're ruining the whole ambiance in your living room with that bright blue plastic storage container under the shelves. It stands out like a sore thumb. I am also not a big fan of the cash registers, especially the one on top of the chest of drawers or of any of the industrial odds and ends. That huge cash register scares me though.... keep in mind you live in an area prone to earthquakes and if that huge cash register were to go flying across the room and hit you or a guest on the head or foot it would cause some serious injury. Over all you have every right to be HOUSE PROUD! I don't give praise easily either, LOL. Great Job! (Please get rid of that blue crate or at least hide it somewhere.) AT, enough of the closeup photos already. Your photographer is doing more and more of them and from the comments I've read in general lately I'm not the lone ranger in not liking them. Thanks for sharing Jennifer's fab apartment though.

puddy.tat.

omg that MIRROR in the bedroom kills me!!! And it's from Horchow...I can only imagine the price, but it is absolutely fabulous! (and your kitty is adorable)

I took one more look and also wanted to remind you, less is more. You don't need to have every little space filled with something. As much as I can appreciate the DIY projects with all the ironwork (sewing machine base, etc) the over all feel of your apartment I think would come across better without all those vintage doodads crowding the apartment. For me they take away from the really good pieces you have. Put them in storage to save and use in another project. One last suggestion, look for a huge great abstract or pop culture painting or piece of art for the big wall behind your sofa sectional. Like I said over all this is one of the best Home Tours AT has ever published. Kudos!

I love your place. I would really like to see you letting your freak flag fly in it's original color of those roots you are sporting. Let it go, be free.

I've been to Los Altos quite a few times, and as a matter of fact I almost rented out a basement apartment there 8 years ago. I'm a bit surprised they let you re-tile the kitchen floor (in a pattern that isn't particularly historical/respectful of the building) and paint everything the way you did.

For the person asking how a 20-something can afford this apartment, event planners can make very decent salaries in Los Angeles if they're good at what they're doing, and as for the rents at Los Altos, I have no idea how much they charge nowadays but when I looked there 8 years ago they were only slightly above market. So if it's still the case today, while not being cheap, it's not over the top expensive. Especially compared to some ugly 1980s buildings rentals in West Hollywood.

Aside from this, I'm a bit sad the fantastic good bones of the apartment are being overtaken by garish colors and oversize furniture. I'm sorry but I don't see that much of the stated passion for historical design, but mostly Hollywood props.

The kitchen in particular really looks like a 1980s rendition of rural Mexican architecture, like you would see in Southwest Magazine then, and the tiles are totally out of synch with everything else.
Most of the kitchens I've visited in the Los Altos apartments (natch, all of them) were perfectly preserved 1920s ones. Maybe yours wasn't, but all the same if you profess to be into historical and vintage things, it would have been possible to restore it in the original style...

Gorgeous home!! I love the bedroom & work space especially. I'm inspired to use more purple :)

Interesting pieces, but I can't help feeling the place could use some editing -- maybe by rotating certain pieces in and out every 6 months. Right now, it just feels busy to me; the eye doesn't know where to land.

P.S. Love that kitchen floor tile! Yummy! ... and, of course, the blue-eyed kitty Capone. Gorgeous! ... but I agree with Trollopian: the photo of Capone next to an open window, in an upper-floor apartment, gives me pause. All too easy for kitty to go out the window.

Love all the attention to detail and vintage pieces, especially the cash register and trunks in the living room. Good use of color throughout the apartment and an added plus with the romantic feel of the bedroom. I really liked the mirrored bedside table and oversized mirror. Nice tiles in the kitchen too!

First, I'm a devotee of silent movies as well as L.A.'s 20s and 30s architecture (most of it long gone!) Second, I adore this--and not just because I love these things. Jennifer, your feel for color, space and proportion is perfect, and so each room can "support" the objects in it. The place is so sumptuous, light, happy, and the way it mixes "over the top" with something more rustic is really stunning. Perfect all round, in my opinion. ... and I couldn't care less what you wear in a photo shoot.

I am curious about what your experience was like with Art Deco Apartments. I saw their site and was interested in renting from them till I read their yelp reviews. Made me run away fast...! Sad goes the apartments are so beautiful. At least they look that way on the site.

I feel like the tour contributor forgot to include a bunch of photos or something. Jennifer talks about so many things in the resources list that aren't shown in the tour (e.g., the vintage scales in the kitchen and the tv stand base). And to only include one photo with a small snippet of the tile that was extensively discussed in the interview is just weird. Am I missing something here?

The effects of your investigations into design are clear but the best part about what you done is you have affected the hearts and minds of so many others with your talent. It is one thing to just learn about design but to take it, internalize, shape it with your talent, and bring it, the knowledge and pieces, back into the world make you very special and unique. Anyone would be lucky to have your expertise at their request. Yeah girl, yeah!

Firstly, I want to immensely thank Apartment Therapy & Gregory Han!!! I have been a long time fan of the Apartment Therapy website & email blasts; you really showcase brilliant, inspiring, and cutting-edge work. I am ever honored to be included in your 'house tours'. If anyone would like to reach out with any questions, comments, or design inquiries please feel free to email me: jennifer(at)salvagebeautydesign(dot)com or 'subscribe' at facebook(dot)com/JennLaskey. Your comments are thrilling, please keep them coming here too! (PS i had custom screens made for all the windows & french doors because i am uber overprotective of my kittylove- but we took them out just for the shoot, thanks for caring guys)

Stunning Art Déco building, very stylish interior.

My favourite piece was the RL desk replica.. mostly because I have a leftover, heavy glass diningtable top stored behind our upright grand piano, waiting to become something.. and an overage of sawhorses in the basement! Instant gratification DIY!

Love the irridescent living room furniture.

Nice place!

Love to see Absinthe Bourgeois an poster!

Amazing. I lack the patience for waiting for my dream stuff and often regret that. I admire your tenacity and am working on acquiring that trait! The house is gorgeous!

Agree with posters who lamented either no photos or poor photos of things specifically discussed in the interview. I never understand why shelter mags and sites do that to their readers. Not the homeowner's falut - it's an AT thing. Please fix.

Also agree that this striking flat needs some editing, esp the chest of drawers with the cash register that doesn't even fit fully on its top - yikes, that really bugged me. Many accessories look a bit more like props than meaningful possessions. The bedroom was nicer because it was less cluttered.

The ladder shelving really doesn't work in this space.

But most of all, ee gads, the cat near the open highrise window? My heart jumped. City vets will tell you that the number one cause of emergency visits is cats who go off balconies or out windows in high rises. They are carried up to their apartments and don't have a full sense of how high they are. Glad to know screens are usually on the windows - a prudent and responsible move by the homeowner so full kudos for that -- but for future photo shoots, Capone should be kept in another room out of harm's way. One startling sound or movement and he could have reacted in the wrong direction - out the window. It looks like you are up high enough that he wouldn't survive the accident. Better safe than sorry.

Love all the personality this place has.
Not my style, but it's not my pad.

Nicely done!

Awesome cat:)

Seriously?

Why do some folks insist that the owner should edit belongings.
Unless the owner is specifically asking for design help such thoughts
should be kept to oneself.

If she didn't love the cash register, let's believe she would edit it herself!

Oh wow...I've always loved purple but have never been brave enough to work with in the way Jennifer has. WOW. What an impact! Love the black and white bathroom and all the vintage pieces she has collected. There's a photo of a little girl in a frame on the left-hand side of one of the pictures. I'm not sure if it's Jennifer when she was a child but whoever she is, what a cutie. Capone is a gorgeous kitty!

"God is in the details" and this home prove the validity of this statement. Jennifer's home is luxurious, lush, stately and stunning. Though not my style, I can truly appreciate how her incredible eye and obvious knowledge composed this glamorous place. The courtyard is just beautiful. Oh to live in such a historic building **sigh**... I love how she used bold colors like Amethyst and Peacock Blue that really add such drama to the space. I loved the glamorous black and white bathroom that is so timeless. The eleborate crown molding beautifully "frames" the living room. I adore the Fortuny Pendant in the Dining Room. I have always loved that pendant. The overall feel of this home is luxurious and glamorous from Hollywood's heyday. Vintage in a decadently delicious way. Just beautiful!

Best of of all is Capone! The best accessory yet.

Hi Jennifer -
nice home! I spent 11 years at the Andalusia -- one of the Zwebell's greatest buildings. They lived there, and their son grew up there. Big fan of theirs, too!

Wow, I think it would take me a long time to leave your home because I'll be too busy looking, daydreaming, and envying your amazing things - the chandeliers, the mega huge mirror (!) in your bedroom, the vintage cash machine, the glass work table (!) and cute kitty. You have great style and glamour taste, I've never seen an apartment quite like yours. So, when are you sending out the house warming invite so we can qawk some more?

I love the bathroom, and the courtyard.

You did a great job getting the apartment to suit yourself, too! (Not all to my taste, though; not fond of antique typewriters and cash registers, for example).

OMG this house tour is amazing! I love Jen's eclectic and chic interpretation of Hollywood Regency. I'm obsessed with the great colors throughout the house, the purple and lime in the bedroom, the hints of purple in the living room and that great cobalt in the dinning room! The mix of the louis chairs with the rustic dining table is so cute. And that chandelier is just fab! All the details in the decor more to die for, the antique cash register and typewrite, how interesting. Jen has created a perfect refection of her enviable personal style. She so hip and fabulous! Well Done!

Congratulations Jennifer & Capone.... Well Done

I LOOOOVE the article baby but I love your home even more. Wow!

What a great place! I love your home and your kitty. One question: Are those your old pointe shoes??? My house is littered with my old (and current) pointe shoes, which I realize is so *high school* but I don't really care. :-)

Jennifer is a GENIUS. I must have her redo my home!

I love this! So nice to see someone taking some chances and infusing some personality into their home. I need some more of that in my place!

I liked the big purple couches, I just didn't like the material... or maybe it was a lack of different colours to break up the large item like some throw pillows and a throw. I loved the ladder bookcase, but so sad to see a blue milk crate holding up the last shelf's weight. A wine carton perhaps or vintage suitcase to hide the needed support? I loved the bedroom except the way the throw pillows were arranged. That mirror; a-mazing.

Love the courtyard, love the bones of the apt., love the titty tat, love the hair, love that "tooth" necklace or whatev it is that she's sportin'.... but I'm sorry I have to concur with the post by Janet Brandt, the colors are just too garish. The beautiful crown molding gets lost in that strong loudest-color-in-the-crayon-box paint. And then a purple sofa on top of a rug that fights it and a grape bedroom and black bathroom? I'm sorry, but it doesn't feel cohesive at all. And it feels cluttered not styled. It's a great apartment, I would just dial back the wall colors and let the space breath.

Your bedroom is an absolute dream. So whimsical and romantic. Kudos.

Jennifer is one of those wildly talented people who has design in her blood. She constantly delights and amazes me with her work, and I'm very proud to have had her as my student!

Absolutely gorgeous design and decor--even down to Capone! Very talented girl!

Jennifer sees what other people can't see. A visual canvas of colors, objects, patterns, and styles. She's truly blessed and I am proud that she is my best friend (and Pet)! I also love kitty and believe he fits in really well in the look and feel of the apartment. I highly recommend Jenn for any design work, she is currently working on mine (vintage industrial loft) and she's doing a phenomenal job, introducing me to things I never knew existed. Go Salvage Beauty Design!!
<3 PM

Gorgeous apartment but I wanted to see the kitchen too. The small peek I saw look really lovely.

FABULOUS!!! My question is how do you pull it together so it will look so amazing???? I love hardwood floors but I live in FL & I have terrazo in my house. I know it is dated but I do like it better than tile. I love old chipped/painted furniture. Shabby Chic lived in look its pure simple elegance. But, I also have the presence of eclectic collecting; because I do it. I feel like I get all over the place. You are truly an amazing designer! >..< Love your kitty

One vintage typewriter is contrived, but two? Too much.

Fabulous! Jen, Wonderful to hear your good news!!! :D