12851 Bonaparte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066

Step through the Fleetwood pocket sliders and the living room simply becomes the garden. That is the tone of the house. Custom designed and built by its owners on one of the larger lots in Del Rey, 12851 Bonaparte is four bedrooms and four and a half baths of material done properly. Cucina Lube cabinetry from Italy. Marble sinks integrated as single seamless pieces, no rim, no joint. Engineered European oak floors laid throughout. A full Miele package in the kitchen, smart oven and microwave included, set into surfaces meant to be cooked on rather than photographed. Skylights and tall glass carry daylight deep into the plan, and a custom LED system shifts its warmth through the day to follow the sun, so the rooms feel the same at seven in the evening as they did at noon. Sonos plays through integrated Klipsch ceiling speakers in every room. Control4 quietly runs the rest. Outside, a saltwater pool finished in non-toxic plaster sits in a yard with real room around it, the kind of...