This Stunning 1930s LA Townhouse Feels Like It’s in the French Countryside

“Those interests combined as a passion for designing dynamic, large-scale installations, which inspired me to create my wallpaper line. The goal, from the very beginning, was to produce gestural, hand-drawn imagery and, in turn, produce unique surface designs that convey the nuance of the drawings throughout a space,” explains Danica, who lives in LA with her writer husband, Alex, and their two dogs.

When the couple moved to Los Angeles from New York City, this home — located in a French Normandy-style townhouse from the 1930s — had just the right energy, style, and access to backyard citrus trees that Danica was looking for.

“This house was built in 1934, and it has an unmistakable Art Deco, Old Hollywood style. I immediately fell in love with the original tile work, ornate fireplace, corbels, and other one-of-a-kind details,” she writes.

At 1,500 square feet, the townhouse has plenty of rooms they use in ways that fit their lifestyle. “I think a dining room and a library are a natural combination. For us, our dining room was the only room in the house with walls to spare, so it was a perfect locale for vertical book casing. Not only do we find ourselves using that room daily, but I also love that it acts as an endless source of conversation topics at dinner parties,” Danica writes. But, of course, for two people in creative fields, Danica says it was “inevitable” that they would also “make a home with space for creative projects to pop up at any time. Design-wise, if we like it, it goes together, and that’s never proved untrue.”

• Entire House — Benjamin Moore’s “French White”
• Powder Room Wallpaper — Eileen Wallpaper from my collection
• Studio Wallpaper — danicaandler.com

• Yellow Chairs — Estate Sale
• Bistro Table — DIY using a restaurant supply table base and a repurposed Tulip Table marble top
• Side Table — Reuse Center
• Grey Armchair — Misty’s Consignment in Palm Springs, CA
• Striped/Tassled Drapery — Custom made by me and my mom, Debbie 
• Rug — Noble House Antiques in LA
• Mask — Chelsea Flea in NYC
• All artwork and vases are collected from travel, estate sales, and flea markets
• Carved Wood Bench — Estate Sale
• Cushion Fabric — F&S Fabrics for the Home
• Coffee Table — Stoop Find
• Sofa — HD Buttercup
• Carved Wood Side Table — Estate Sale
• Bust — Garden Estate Sale in Pasadena
• Floral Arrangement — Made by my mother and me using only local dried, preserved, and sprayed leaves/fronds/flowers
• Print — Museum of Oceanography in Monaco 
• Pottery — rolling greens in LA

• Bookcase — IKEA
• Patterned Drapery — Made by me and my mom, Debbie 
• Dining Chairs — Vintage from the (sadly) now closed Wertz Brothers Furniture in Santa Monica
• Dining Table — Facebook Marketplace
• Wooden Spindle Candlesticks — The Funky Bazaar in Idyllwild, CA
• Florals — Hollywood Farmers Market

• All Bowls and Containers — Travel, Estate Sales, and Flea Markets

• Bed Frame — Vintage Furniture Shop in Palm Springs
• Dresser — Big Reuse in Brooklyn
• Vanity Chair — Estate Sale 
• Watercolor Painting — Coney Island from Chelsea Flea
• Bed Lumbar Pillow — Made by me and my mom
• Rug is the Grace Border rug from rugs USA 

• Stools — HIFI Bar in the East Village
• Adjustable Wooden Worktable — Craigslist NYC
• Artwork — My Own

• Tub and Tiles — Original to the Home
• Artwork — Rose Bowl flea

• Chairs — Reuse Center
• Throw Blanket — danicaandler.com

Thanks, Danica!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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