Perhaps the most idiosyncratic thing about the house is its floor plan, which sprawls a bit awkwardly to accommodate its hilly site. It kind of meanders, explains Byron of the terraced arrangement, where the garage sits at street level and one descends into the home, reaching the bedrooms after three or four sets of stairs. In LA, where rooms tend to be larger, blending together with ease, this cutup compartmentalization proved a challenge.Theres definitely a sense of discovery, explains Chan. Because youre not seeing everything all at once. We tried to create consistency through color while providing a new set of textures or materials in each room. For furnishings, they leaned into sleek, Art Deco, and French modernist forms by the likes of Jean-Michel Frank, Josef Hoffman, and Francis Jourdain, mixing in unexpected accents, like the Japanese copper door hung horizontally as an artwork in the living room. Its actually made of small pieces of metal that are hammered together, explains Chan of the work, sourced from local design emporium Galerie Half. And you can see a little door handle. Looking at interiors of Giorgio Armani and Peter Marino, they brought in parchment detailsin the form of folding screens, end tables, and lampsto deliver subtle texture.Office of BC custom designed the unusual triangular island in the kitchen, which is painted Farrow & Balls Slipper Satin. The pendant is vintage Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo and the range is La Cornue.A few rooms had to be tinkered with, like the kitchen, where Murphy wanted something more modern than the rest of the house and that was conducive to hosting. To add to that, he quips, I didnt want to walk in the front door and be staring at a stove. So Chan and Byron worked to reframe the space. The whole houseand, in particular, where the kitchen sitsis on an angle, explains Chan. It has so many funky lines, which is how we landed on that almost trapezoid-shaped island. In their rendition, where Arabescato Altissimo stone countertops top custom millwork, a slew of appliances (including two dishwashers) are totally concealed.In many areas around the house, custom features were designed to fit the clients specific needs. In the primary bedroom, for example, he wanted a canopy bed but, as Chan recalls, either things went too medieval or too traditional. They ended up designing a piece that blended those two looks, adding a canopy to soften the rigidity of the ironwork. Meanwhile, for the entry, they created a table and stool set from carved black walnut. When the sofa they sourced from France for the media-slash-guest-room didnt feel right in the space, the duo set to work devising a bespoke option, wrapped in forest green Claremont velvet, that was roomy enough for a friend to crash on.The designers like to think of this project as the latest chapter in the long lineage of the house. Were so into the research, says Byron. Ultimately, the process was driven by wanting to make something that adds to the history of the home. Chan elaborates: In 20 or 30 years, maybe it evolves and morphs and takes the best of our version and some parts of the previous ones.