Gillian Design

Malibu house was a 3 1/2 year renovation and design project. Every inch of this property we enhanced and brought to life with vintage furniture, rugs and art. A common thread from inside to the exterior. We built fountains, moved huge sculptures to the space, renovated bathrooms, closets , art studio, Butler’s pantry etc etc. Truly a joy to work on with my client Shelly Stevens

Beautiful photos by Ace Misiunas

This was a wonderful total renovation project. We took a small galley kitchen and made it feel open and spacious with just changing the layout slightly and moving stove wall back a few inches. Adding new windows and shifting the fridge to back wall was a game changer. For the powder room we had fun with going for bright colors for wallpaper and toning things down with the navy cabinets. I love clients that are not afraid to take chances.

Photos by: Annie Meisel

 I had the great honor of working on this Cliff May house. He is one of the most important California architects known for creating the Ranch-style home. His use of huge skylights is magical and brings in different play of light during the day making the inside of this living room like a breathing living piece of art. 

 For this project I used a lot of vintage pieces and brought in local furniture makers. I  wanted the live edge table to be the center piece of the house where the family gathers etc. and bring in the element of the outside in with the canopy of trees up above in the skylight. 

Photos of house by: Gillian Lefkowitz

Photo of Ed O'neill by: Catherine Opie 

Hollywood Hills project. Total renovation top to bottom and exterior. This was a thrill to see it transform to a light bright welcoming house from a very dark dated Original Spanish 1920’s. We honored the beauty of the house while bringing modern elements to it.

Photos: Ace Misiunas

  For this more 20's traditional house I wanted to honor the style of its architecture but add in a more modern touch.  I mixed in classic modern pieces with a lot of one of a kind vintage with some fun pops of ethnic patterns and rugs. For me adding a lot of art to a house is one of the most important parts of the puzzle of design and it can really make a room come alive. 

Photos by: Brandon McGanty for Nous Decor online Magazine.

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This project is dear to my heart ,I worked with my sister Chloe King on renovating her magical new Sherman Oaks house. We streamlined what once was a trapped in 80’s house to a open modern but classic new space. We took the laundry room off the kitchen and made it into a butler’s pantry and opened up the kitchen so it could have a den. Added windows to see to the back yard. For other parts of the house we simplified and streamlined the spaces to all feel united.

Photos by: Ace Misiunas

This house is an ode to all things I love! Vintage meets modern, art , angels, books and pottery

Photos by: Ace Misiunas

 For this project I was involved from the studs up. It was a old 50's ranch house that we turned into a classic MidCentury house. I used some classic midcentury pieces and mixed in a lot of one of a kind vintage items that I searched high and low for at flea markets, specialty vintage stores down to thrift shops. Every item was hand picked down to the original vintage dish ware. I worked with a few local LA furniture designers for custom pieces in the dinning room, Master bedroom and Living room.

For me one of the things I love most about this house is the lighting and bold colors and how the inside and outside are united with big open sliding doors looking out to the LA skyline and mountains.

Photos by: Karyn R. Millet For: California Home + Design Magazine Architect: Cory Buckner

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This was an incredibly fun project and a total and complete renovation. We expanded the bedroom to have a large deck and pushed out that space to add the new bathroom. We took the old bathroom space and made it a his and hers closet creating a wonderful En Suite. By expanding and raising the deck it also created a larger more light filled space below for outdoor dinning area. Also part of this renovation was 2 girls bedrooms and another bathroom renovation. We combined a new meets old feeling for these lovely artistic clients who where willing to take chances and it really paid off.

   I love this Santa Monica home for its effortless easy breezy feeling. I had furniture custom made for the living room from all local LA companies and mixed in vintage items. We picked blues and greens for living room to honor the tropical feel of the outside to unite them. For the master bedroom we added more warm tones in oranges, pinks and reds. All the art was hand picked with the client and really add to the beauty of the house.

Photos by: Brandon Mcganty for Nous Decor online Magazine

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For this beautiful modern house I went for more neutral colors on the couches and chairs and we really had fun with bold patterns in the rugs and pops of color in the pillows. We had furniture made from local designers and mixed in classic midcentury items with a hint of ethnic. 

Photos by: Brandon Mcganty for Nous Decor online Magazine

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https://www.nousdecor.com/gilliandesign/inspirations

   I have worked on so many projects and these are just a variety of different jobs.  Some shots have custom furniture I have had made with wonderful local LA based furniture makers and some are of things I just love to look at and rooms I designed.

The NY loft was a total redo. I designed the kitchen and bathrooms and all the furniture etc. This is an incredible penthouse that overlooks the city. I wanted to keep things clean and modern looking but warm it up with ethnic accents. For me the most fun was the master bathroom and kitchen. I used Moroccan tile for the bathroom floors and mixed in super sleek modern hardware, tub and wall tile. For the lighting I did a mix of modern and Moroccan pendant lights. The warmth of the walnut cabinets brings it all together. For the kitchen I used my favorite tile maker Heath based in Los Angeles. 

I worked with a great NY based team on this Mark Silverstein with Silverstein Interiors and Wayman Robertson Studio. They did the drawings and contracting on the job.