Houzz TV: Showing Her Creative Side in a Classic Los Angeles A-Frame
This artist and designer makes the most of slanted walls and an awkward layout to create a fun space that’s all about freedom of expression
Mitchell Parker
January 12, 2016
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Los Angeles ceramics artist and interior designer Desanka Fasiska’s 1963 A-frame kit house seemed to have more working against it than for it. The slanted walls made furniture arrangement awkward and didn’t offer much insulation or a place to run electricity and pipes. But Fasiska pushed forward, embracing the strangeness and creating an open-plan home with enough spunk to live up to the stunning exposed architecture.
Fasiska worked with architect Mario Fonda-Bonardi and builder Bulson & Co. Inc. to celebrate the classic A-framing while creating fake beams and capping off existing beams to conceal electricity and plumbing.
She uses the original gas stove to heat the entire home.
Watch now: Take the full tour of this classic A-frame home
She uses the original gas stove to heat the entire home.
Watch now: Take the full tour of this classic A-frame home
Fasiska, seen here, turned her garage into a ceramics studio, where she has created many pieces that are featured throughout her home. “It’s nice to have a home where I can feel like I can be my true creative self,” she says.
Faced without a bathroom in the upstairs master bedroom, and not wanting to descend the spiral staircase in the middle of the night if the call of nature came, Fasiska tiled out an area smack dab in the middle of her bedroom. She placed a claw-foot tub right next to the window at the top of the A-frame. “It’s a wonderful, dreamy way to wake up in the morning,” she says.
Watch now: See more of this bathing space and the rest of the home
Watch now: See more of this bathing space and the rest of the home
Fasiska describes her style as “Biba meets Big Sur,” in reference to the 1960s fashion store and the coastal California region, respectively.
Fasiska really wanted an interesting closet door in her bedroom, and succeeded with this beautifully carved teak room divider by Roost that she had her builder make into accordion doors.
Watch now: Go inside this creative Los Angeles home
More: Bedroom Takes a Creative Approach to A-Frame Design
Watch now: Go inside this creative Los Angeles home
More: Bedroom Takes a Creative Approach to A-Frame Design
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From all I've seen so far, this is the most beautiful and original house. Thank you for showing us this beauty.
WOW!!!! AMAZING