HBLA Spring 2010 : Page 62
...continued had almost no straight lines, and made almost no sense.” So the Adlers made do through sons one and two, making the few physical additions that were possible, such as a swimming pool on a lower level. But when they were expecting child number three—Ruby, now four years old—the couple went on a house hunt. Tey found larger possibilities. Tey made offers. But nothing worked out. “Tings just kept falling out of place,” she says. “Maybe it was destiny because it forced us to take a hard look at what we had.” Te subsequent re-evaluation involved a quest for additional space. But in a hillside house, one in which the footprint can’t practically be changed, an enlargement of paradigm was called for first. “Basically I had to figure out how to make major moves with minor effort.” Not so much less is more as formulating small but crucial reconceptions that would have an exponential effect. First off, Adler opened up the kitchen. “Suddenly I could see the dining room wasn’t an island; suddenly I could see the kids in the family room or watching TV.” Next she opened up the family room to the deck and installed 28-foot pocket doors that, when opened, can disappear entirely. Te indoor/outdoor fusion was then buttressed by a porcelain tile used inside and out, one that looks and feels like wood (and thereby unites the space in terms of materiality but also conceptually. Trees, anyone?). “Not even our yoga continued... “There’s a lot going on here, but I’m calmed by opulence, by multiple layers. I find this very soothing. Maybe I’ve found my minimal,” says Jamie Adler. giLTy aS cHarged above: adler in the master bedroom with circa’s Trousdale bed and anichini linens. michael Berman’s fabric for kravet is used on the Lucite bench. Left: porcelain tiles mimic wood floors and blur the distinction between indoors and out. 62 | | Spring 2010
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