A Renovated California Tudor Tailor-Made for Modern Life

For their first design project, Bungalowe took on this home in the Eagle Rock neighborhood, 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, and transformed its cramped square footage into a four-bedroom, four-bath, 2,996-square-foot sanctuary perfect for a modern family. Bungalowe owners and husband-and-wife team Karan and Sapna Aggarwal bought the Eagle Rock neighborhood home in 2018. The old house, perched on a 20,000-square-foot hillside lot, was in need of renovation to accommodate a family’s 21st century lifestyle. "The house was solid, but it was small," Sapna Aggarwal says. "The original square footage was 1,608 square feet, but that included an enclosed patio."

The mustard yellow, textured stucco house had a portico across the front that hid the homes's classic Tudor lines. In addition, the attic under the steep gables was unfinished. "There was a bunch of existing square footage, we just had to finish it. That gorgeous architectural space under the roof, those crazy angled spaces were always there, but never utilized."

Narrow windows flank the gas fireplace in the living room. Black wall sconces complement the clean lines of the windows, hearth and mantel.