Shooting Houses


This past couple of days, I have been up in LA working on a project for some clients of mine--shooting their amazing houses for coffee table books! Unfortunately I cannot show you one of the houses for privacy and security reasons, but believe me, it was quite incredible! It took an entire day and a half to shoot and included the main house (about 20 rooms), landscaping, cars, guest house, tennis court and pool areas. It is going to make the most amazing book.

The other house I can show you some photos of, because the owner, Bill Gordean who also owns both of the Villa Melrose Antiques stores, will be moving into his new pad soon and this one will be gone for good! Bill not only owns these gorgeous antique stores, but is also an awesome decorator (he did a big part of the first house I mentioned above), as well as his own home, of course. His eye for style and detail is unmatched, and in going over these two homes with a fine tooth comb, I have so many great ideas of things I'd like to do in my own home one day. I can't wait to visit Bill's store!

The house exterior shots:



Bill had all this killer stonework done by hand:





I love a good intimidating door-knocker:



My favorite area of the house--the dining room. The walls are done in real silver and were painstakingly installed square by square. Then an artist came in and painted the trees all around the room. The table is a legendary piece--rumor has it that it actually belongs in or to a museum but Bill somehow acquired it:



Another priceless room--this is the main-level bathroom--too pretty to use if you ask me! The walls are done in real gold leafing with the artists renderings over the top as in the dining room:



An idea I am going to use--these beautiful little antique frames with portraits of beautiful women:



A bowl from the living room--so gorgeous!



This bathroom is upstairs--I love the classic tub and the simplicity of this shot:



Probably my favorite piece of furniture in the house, this chair is one I would love to have!



Don't you just want to lounge around out here for dinner and drinks in the evening? It is right off the pool:



The pool:



The tiling in the pool is also very intricate:



It was even important to have the perfect rusted window grates:



One last detail of the front gate:



Hopefully I will be able to show you all the finished book of Bill's house soon!

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Posted: Thu - January 11, 2007 at 07:06 PM          

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