Raise the roof
When Mark Egerstrom and Brian Grosdidier bought their 600-square-foot cottage on a tiny West Hollywood lot, years of neglect
had stripped away all its original 1920s charm. “There were aluminum windows, torn-off siding … there was literally a crack pipe in the closet,” says Mark, an interior architect.
“But it was an amazing location”—near the Pacific Design Center—“and a great deal.” Mark, who oversaw the two-year remodel,
opened up the formerly choppy floor plan, adding glass walls, a loft room, and a roof deck “backyard” on top of it all. With
its square footage doubled to a still-modest 1,200 square feet, the two-bedroom house now feels more like a hunting lodge
than a cottage, thanks to the warm wood-and-neutrals palette and a few design tricks Mark had up his sleeve.
How they expanded their space? Because of building setback rules in West Hollywood, “we couldn’t go out any farther,” Mark
says. “So we went up.”
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