Roanne Adams’ Los Angeles living room is rarely just for lounging. It’s where her two kids put on fashion shows; where friends pass cocktails and appetizers before dinner; where clients will gather for Kundalini yoga and breathwork ceremonies. On occasion, Adams, the founder of creative agency RoAndCo and State of Feeling, which offers curriculum, workshops, and retreats (more to come in Todos Santos soon!) for women business owners, will roll in a monitor screen so she and her family can hunker down on the large red Milo Baughman sofa for movie night.
From the large picture windows that were installed during their renovation back in 2016, they have a prime view of Silver Lake Reservoir, which is framed by their 100-year-old evergreens and, elsewhere, fruit trees (mandarin, lemon) that attract all kinds of wildlife. “The first time we saw the house, there was a swarm of hummingbirds buzzing over my head. It felt like they were trying to send me a message, that this is my nest,” says Adams.
It was also from these windows, nine years later, that she could see the Altadena wildfire burning in the distance. “When I woke up, we were in a black cloud of smoke,” she recalls. While their neighborhood was spared from the destruction, the importance of home carries a different meaning these days. “It’s been amazing how L.A. has come together as a community, but I know the healing process is going to be a long road. I just truly hope that there’s continued efforts to help people who have been completely displaced or lost everything,” she shares.
While Adams has a knack for design and her husband for general contracting, they collaborated with architect Graydon Yearick to rework the home’s floor plan, put up walls, redo the kitchen, start anew in the bathrooms—everything—as they bounced between temporary rentals during construction. “The challenge for me was that I was pregnant with my son and, ultimately, I got so annoyed with moving Airbnbs that we decided to live out of the garage for a couple of months,” says Adams. When it was time to decorate, she leaned on interior designer friend and neighbor Rebecca Jezek as a sounding board for big decisions, like matching the living room rug to the couch.
Ahead, in her own words, Adams gives us a tour around.
The amazing thing about the living room is that the ceiling height used to be a normal eight-feet. Then, we realized we could pop the ceilings up to the attic. I love tone-on-tone, and that’s something [Rebecca] really helped me with: finding a carpet that matches the sofa, which is a vintage Milo Baughman piece we recovered. The Gae Aulenti table was my biggest splurge and my biggest save. I found it on Chairish and I made an offer, but the seller didn’t accept it. Then, a month or so later, I saw the exact same table on Craigslist and I made a different offer. He ended up accepting my bid, which was probably $4,000 less than the original price. I was obsessed with the rose colored marble. I had to have it. | Custom Rug by Becky Jezek; Sconces, Michael Buffet; Side Table, CB2; Vintage Chairs and Sofa by Milo Baughman; Vinage Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti; Wall Paint, White Dove by Benjamin Moore; Bradley Duncan Vase, Lawson Fenning.The dining room walls are covered in wooden dowels that have been sliced in half and sprayed with a high-gloss version of this beautiful color we used in other places around the house (like the kitchen banquette). I think you’d probably see this color a lot in my work, too. I just love blue-green. | Vintage Table by Milo Baughman; Dining Chairs, Knoll; Light, Gino Sarfatti; Wall Paint, Seraphinite by Benjamin Moore; Victoria Morris Vase and Magnolia Ceramics Bowl, Lawson Fenning; Candle Holders and Taper Candles, +COOP.
These bi-fold pocket doors can be tucked away when we’re having a dinner party and want the bar to be open. Then, we can pull them shut and you’ll see this beautiful rattan pattern.
The sink tap has both a flat water and sparkling setting. Everyone should have sparkling water in their bar. | Sconce, Greta Grossman.
Every morning breakfast is spent at the banquette. We loved these natural nooks you see a lot in L.A. homes, it felt bright and airy and fit with the time period of the home (it was built in the 1930s). The Flower Pot light is the exact color of the table. It’s perfect. | Art, Emma Kohlmann; Wall Paint, Tranquility by Benjamin Moore.The kitchen was originally a very skinny, long layout, and part of it was a sewing room. So we carved that whole area out to be one large room. My husband is really the head cook in our house, and he wanted a lot of counter space. We had also always wanted a kitchen that had a center island so that we can converse while someone’s sitting at the table. | Backsplash Tile, Mutina; Coffee Maker, Breville; Teapot, Tom Dixon; Cooktop, Wolf; Refrigerator, Fisher & Paykel.I was really into limestone plastered walls and minimalism when we did the kids’ bathroom. I thought it would be nice to have a little bit of a graphic pattern on the floor that wasn’t too overwhelming. | Floor Tile, Sarah Ellison Studio; Plumbing Fixtures, California Faucets.We were trying to figure out what to do about the stairs, because we didn’t want to build a wall—it felt like that would be too heavy. So we came up with this idea to do wooden slats and under-rail lighting. We are supposed to build a primary suite in the attic, but we haven’t done that yet so this one is our temporary (but not so temporary) bedroom. Before we made it into a bedroom, it was basically a basement with a concrete floor and dusty old storage area. We decided on a big sliding door so the whole space feels open and minimal, and we kept the furniture streamlined because the space is just big enough to fit a queen-size bed and two side tables. | Bedding, Bed Threads; Vase, +COOP.
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