ARCHES, ARCHES. The home's original configuration had an arched wall leading into the dining room. Sapna and Karan redesigned the layout to place the kitchen there and widened the arch in the wall to create the illusion of more light and space through the rooms of the house.
When viewing a rundown house for sale, if you can look beyond the cosmetics and see great bones, it might just be worth the investment. That was the case for design duo Sapna and Karan Aggarwal of Bungalowe. This historic 1928 Spanish-style home in Highland Park, Los Angeles, didn't look like much from the outset.
"It was completely uninhabitable, a dilapidated home," Sapna says. But she loved the historic Spanish style, and her husband, Karan, loved the lot with many opportunities for the indoor-outdoor living style so desirable in California. They decided to invest in its restoration as a spec house.
BACKYARD BEAUTY. One of the original elements that drew Sapna and Karan to the house was the spacious backyard. "The reason my husband fell in love with this house was because of how the house sits on the lot," Sapna says. "It has a huge, useable outdoor space because the house is sitting on the corner of the lot."
OUTDOOR LIVING ROOMS. One of the layout decisions the couple made was to include both a living room and dining room in the backyard. "Indoor-outdoor California living is desirable and hard to find with small houses, so we did a lot of planning for the space in the backyard," Sapna says. "We figured whoever bought this house would want to spend a lot of time outdoors."
STEP IT UP. To maximize space in their backyard, Sapna and Karan created a unique deck tucked into a corner, along with several cozy seating areas. From lounging in the shade to toasting marshmallows over the fire pit, it's a special outdoor haven.
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