How California homeowners with East Coast roots incorporated a mix of styles in this Los Angeles new build.

BY LAUREN HOFER PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK LOHMAN I STYLING BY FIFI O’NEIL

UNITY OF OPPOSITES. The open, formal kitchen and dining room create one elegant space with both traditional and modern features.

NOD TO THE NATURAL. These woven baskets add a natural touch to the blue-themed formal living space, while multiple windows flood the space with natural light.

“Blue, to me, is just a warm and inviting color.”

|OPPOSITE TOP| CONTRAST MAKES PERFECT. While originally Linda wanted all the black features of this home painted white, with time, she came to enjoy their bold statement.

|RIGHT| CAPTIVATING COLLECTION. A vintage hutch beneath the stairs holds some of Linda’s extensive spongeware collection.

When Linda Vitale and her husband, Neal, moved to California from New York City 27 years ago, they brought with them an assortment of furniture that captures the essence of Cape Cod style. “I grew up on the East Coast as did my husband, and we spent summers in Nantucket,” Linda says of the roots that influenced them when choosing this new space. “When we were newly married, we would go to auctions and farmhouses and just buy pieces of furniture that caught our eye,” Linda says. Those timeless furniture pieces have stayed with the couple through multiple moves and now bring a touch of the East Coast to this California home.