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Labor of Love

Manhattan Beach designer Jill Johnson tells us how she remade a rental mess into her dream cottage, one room at a time.

 

Before exterior renovation
Photographer Grey Crawford, , Writer Steele Thomas Marcoux

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CL: Yikes! Did you really start from scratch?

JJ: Pretty much. Only the master bedroom is in the same spot it was before. We converted a one-bedroom house to a four-bedroom house just by enclosing some indoor/outdoor spaces and tinkering with underused interior spaces. We also replaced the garage with an airy carport and added architectural details throughout.

 

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White cottage kitchen with marble countertop and wicker barstools

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Cottage exterior wtih cedar-shake shingles and a brick driveway

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Before exterior renovation

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