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.

 

Built-in sofa and kitchen island
Photographer Grey Crawford

Fitting In

CL: This house lives a lot larger than its 1,800 square feet. How did you pack so much in?

JJ: We utilized every last inch of the house by creating seating nooks out of pass-through spaces, like the built-in sofa opposite the island in the kitchen. That used to be part of the living room. There are hardly any closets, so we also built out every last nook with drawers for storage.

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