Visions of modern living
SHOW houses can be experimental affairs, places where interior designers test ideas with wild abandon. The just-opened Metropolitan Home showcase, however, reflects its tony locale in the “bird streets” of the Hollywood Hills: modern, classic and tastefully restrained, with not one eye-roller in sight. With a clean canvas of wall-to-wall white terrazzo tile floors, scattered skylights and floor-to-ceiling pivoting windows, designer Xorin Balbes (who owns the house) and nine other tastemakers were invited to interpret their vision of a contemporary, livable Modernist dwelling, Metropolitan Home Editor Donna Warner says. L.A. Open House: Modern by Design will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through April 21 (closed Easter). 9248 Swallow Drive, Los Angeles. Admission is $25; proceeds benefit Project Angel Food and the UCLA AIDS Institute. Information: (323) 845-1800; www.projectangelfood.org.
-- Lisa Boone
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 11, 2007 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday April 11, 2007 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 24 words Type of Material: Correction
Designer showcase: An April 5 photo caption about a Metropolitan Home showcase identified a dog as a Chinese bulldog. It was a French bulldog.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday April 12, 2007 Home Edition Home Part F Page 5 Features Desk 0 inches; 27 words Type of Material: Correction
Designer showcase: An April 5 picture caption about a Metropolitan Home showcase identified a dog in the photo as a Chinese bulldog. It was a French bulldog.
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