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Thrilled to share my Los Feliz project in Elle Decor MX this month. Photos by @justinchung by @designassemblyla

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Kinn Flagship

design + build

for @kinnstudio now open at @platform_la
photos @justinchung by @designassemblyla

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Design, build, style, shoot.

This is something that brings me so much happiness- to document all the work that goes on top of… the work. I love all the small moments, capturing the angles and little items I select to bring a story to the photos, as much as I love selecting and designing all that gets built. Photography and styling are old loves- what opened the door to so much for me. Going to the flower mart at dawn to find something just right or just weird enough to work perfectly. Things I’ve been missing and intend to do more of this year.

Finished in 2025, I’m so happy to share this project’s quiet elegance — a perfectly proportioned kitchen that sits in the center of a beautiful home full of historic charm that I wanted to highlight in this design. A primary bath that feels luminous and warm.

I love designing most a timeless space with a little restraint and a little bit of whimsy. Something that anchors you to a past, to a feeling. I love the beams we fabricated and stained to complement the kitchen island, and how the millwork here recedes into the kitchen walls.

How the lighting are works of art on their own and bring so much personality to their posts.
I love the stonework and floating integrated vanity with marble-faced drawers.

As always, I am so grateful to the many skilled hands it took to get us here. And for my client, Claire who believed in the vision from day one. ❤️ by @designassemblyla

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8 months ago

Primi // secondi by @designassemblyla

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5 months ago

Clean lines and a play on heaviness and light. Proof that you don’t need to overly design everything to build something beautiful. My favorite part are the cabinets we designed with integrated solid wood pulls that keep the focus on the materials here instead of adding another “design element” to look at. Simple, elegant, pretty. by @designassemblyla

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The end of one stage sets the perfect one to follow. Oak, stone, light and a lot of love got us here- the tail end of construction. (For now, haha.) As we move into furnishing, I wanted to capture this liminal phase- on the precipice of her new chapter that will be filled with laughter, great meals, great music, a lot of style, and the most incredible people who now call it home.

All tile is @orcaliving
All plumbing fixtures are @ceadesign_official

Windows and doors custom built in LA. by @designassemblyla

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6 months ago

Design Assembly Landscape.

A quiet progression over the last few years of what I love most: making things more beautiful than I found them, and hopefully evoking a sense of tranquility, inspiration, and a little bit of magic for those who walk them.

I have been working on landscape projects for a while now, and if you've been following my chaotic construction stories, perhaps you saw this garden coming to life. I am so happy to show you a first look at my favotire landscape project I've had the pleasure of working on. Thank you so much to my wonderful clients, @emmahollyjones and @franklinjleonard for bringing me on, and thanks to the amazing crew who made the vision come to life.

More soon 🍃 by @designassemblyla

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a year ago

A very special project completed in 2025
Carthay Square:
The Kitchen.

This renovation was for a lovely client seeking a fresh chapter—one that invited friends back into her home. Her taste was innately so aligned with mine; I think at our first meeting we were even wearing the same shoes. I wanted to create warmth, elegance, and timelessness to complement the home’s beautiful historic character—something that had been a bit stripped from the kitchen but preserved so thoughtfully throughout the rest of the house.

How lucky was I on this project to use all the greats: @incommonwith / @sophieloujacobsen —one of my all-time favorite sconces—Mullen pendants from @slow_roads , @devolkitchens fixtures and cabinet hardware, and clay pavers from @orcaliving. Walls and ceiling are my most loved @portolapaints limewash- Eastwood. The island was one of those crazy miracles found online that somehow was exactly the height and size we were searching for—down to the inch in terms of proper clearance from the drawings.

Thank you so much, @clairfornia503 It was a true blessing to meet you and help you create this space. May you and yours be so happy in your new home. I’m deeply grateful for your trust in me, and your grace, kindness, strength, and the light you bring into the world are incredibly special. Thank you for always making cookies for our meetings, and for all the countless ways you took care of the crew.
It made my heart so happy hearing your little girl practice her piano here.

For this shoot, I wanted to capture what I always envisioned life here might look like—prepping a meal as the shadows change, barefoot on the tile.

The connection to the version of ourselves we strive to be is so deeply influenced by what surrounds us and what we look at every day. My design process is shaped by this kind of visual language.

Photos to come.
And yes… the primary bath suite is next. by @designassemblyla

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8 months ago

What are the chances two @designassemblyla projects are on the market at the same time?

This charming house is for sale today in a beautiful part of Echo Park.

We finished the build out a couple years back, and I've been lucky enough to collaborate on some projects with the current owners as well, While it's so bittersweet they have to unexpectedly move, I do hope this home finds someone who will love it as much as they do.

I can't help but reflect going through all these photos I took on what this home, this project, and all the hands who touched it, has been to me over the years. It was a great team. I learned many lessons.

@dylanjcollie what a wild ride we had- his talent and skill delivered this beautiful home
@orcaliving designed such a spectacular garden, recently in @dominomag if you want to look at more photos…

the greatest gift was meeting and working with @mollysedlacek (then over zoom on opposite ends of the state in the deep part of covid) my dearest friend now, my sister

@lainstajohnsta your enduring hard work and support during those years I so deeply appreciate and you should see the ceramics she’s making now because she’s so talented in so many ways 🤍 @madebylainie

I don’t know why life shakes out the way it does… but the older I get the more apparent it is to me that endings and beginnings come all in the same breath, don’t they? That’s the important thing to carry with you, I think 🤍

And boy she’s a beauty.

1484 Scott Ave.

Listed by @dariarad

-Lauren

Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusion?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?

I say this, or perhaps I’m just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much.

Then I step out into the garden,
where the gardener, who is said to be a simple man, is tending his children, the roses.

-Mary Oliver by @designassemblyla

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2 years ago

Beginnings/ middles/ endings / heatwaves; August by @designassemblyla

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2 months ago

Carthay Square:
The Primary Bath

Quiet in her elegance. But not quite simple.

Soft curves and a fully integrated, custom fabricated calacatta sink with stone drawer faces to match. Smoked murano glass sconces for a little bit of glamour. Custom flush medicine cabinets. Limestone cobble from @ecooutdoor , the perfect matte white tiles from @cletile in a mismatched pattern which avoids a rigid grid look.

We relocated and reworked all framing and plumbing here to create more space, a better flow, and privacy from the toilet (out of frame in the corner to the left of the shower), and added a large cabinet to ground the bathtub and echo the milllwork downstairs. I wanted to create the condition for two walls to hold the floating vanity, and we took over space from two closets to create a plan that feels nicely proportioned with plenty of storage added back in. I love the textures and tones with the swooping curves of the plumbing fixtures from @calfaucets , soft edges on the stone, flowing curtains, arched shower entrance, and matte white bathtub from @vintagetub

#interiordesign #primarybathroom #interiordesigninspiration #bathroominspo by @designassemblyla

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8 months ago

Hi! I'm Lauren, founder of @designassemblyla

I'm starting a new series taking you along for the full design, custom build, and landscaping process of this very cool mid century home in LA. It's going to be fun! See you after demo ⚡#renovation #interiordesign #designandbuild #interiordesigninspiration #grwm by @designassemblyla

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