I had the pleasure of working with my friend Laure Joliet on an exciting project a few months ago. Laure is an incredibly talented interior photographer and was asked to shoot and style for a new housing company in Los Angeles, Sunia Homes.
Sunia Homes builds modern, sustainable and affordable homes for clients in California. The first/model home where we worked is in Echo Park. We had a wonderful time working with the company's founder and owner, Jerome.
Jerome's vision for Sunia is to provide clients with the tools to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle, without breaking the bank. Each Sunia Home includes solar panels, grey and rainwater harvesting systems, a wood pellet stove, a garden to grow your own fruit, vegetables and herbs, and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) bamboo flooring. Each home also comes with an energy monitoring display that tells you how much electricity your house is using and estimates your monthly energy cost/consumption, which can be accessed from your computer and smartphone. I urge you to check out the website to learn more about the general process and Sunia's passion for green living.
We loved working in this house. The exterior is sleek and modern, an unexpected juxtaposition to the rest of the neighborhood. The interior is bright and sunny so we kept the styling simple and relaxed. Morgan worked her magic and made the house feel warm, lived-in, without being overdone and messy.
(Images: Laure Joliet via Sunia Homes)
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Comments (7)
Love the facade of the front of the house.
I understand it's all about aesthtics so if purchased, you can make it your own. But I think the lack of kitchen cabinets and no closet would turn me off. Hanging your clothes in plain view on pipes is not a look I would ever go for unless it's behind doors or a curtain.
Cool bookcase though and I like the windows.
I would love to have these windows as well. Anyway someone could share the manufacturer?
Nice homes, but $260K isn't what I would call affordable.
that price here in michigan plus factor in the cost for additional insulation and heating would be the same. nice idea, i like.
$260K is extremely inexpensive here in the bay area and los angeles area. but i suspect that is only the base price for the house and doesn't include permit fees, lot purchase and foundation work, etc...so the finally price could be double the home price.
I like the idea of these houses. In that second-to-last photo (of the garden) it looks like they built a raised bed around a tree. That is so bad for the the tree, it makes me wonder what else about these houses is just green in theory.