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In the converted barn, a contemporary fireplace with a glossy, shiny chimney contrasts with the extensive, reclaimed wooden floorboards and textured exposed brick wall. The fireplace is a custom-made, three-dimensional characteristic that stands in stark distinction to the gentle woods and white walls that make up the rest of the room. A husband-and-spouse design team revived a Forties house in East Los Angeles’s Mt. Washington area for a single man. Bearing few tell-tale signs of bachelorhood, aside from a pictures and music studio within the storage, the renovation retained the house’s twin fireplaces and added an array of recent tiles. A transformed fashionable fireplace surrounded by Japanese tile flanks a custom banquette desk within the eating/kitchen space.

The modern, minimalist kitchen is outfitted with zinc counter tops and the counter stools are by Blu Dot. The living room and eating room have been originally separated by a central fireplace, which interior designer Nicole Hollis eliminated to create this great room. She installed a modern, customized eight-foot-lengthy open fuel fireplace in the living room, geared up with sensors that automatically flip it off when someone gets too near to the flames. Common choices embody stone or brick refacing and mantel replacement …