The cofounder of Good Magazine was sitting on an airplane, about to fly home to Los Angeles, when a text message flashed across his screen: His house was on fire. By the time he landed, the fire had been put out, but not before it damaged the Echo Park home beyond repair. Instead of walking away from the shell of a property, Casey Caplowe saw it as the perfect opportunity to redesign his home.
The catch? He wasn’t a trained architect. But that didn’t stop him from drawing up plans on scratch paper, checking them with architect friends, and then creating 3-D models. Check out Caplowe’s colorful new home, along with his top tips on taking your home from drawings to reality.