The spirit of Provence in West Hollywood: Maison Lumière

 West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Architecture: Paul Brandt Willinger

Interior Design: Elizabeth Dinkel

Landscape Architecture: Nikila Rigby Ellis

Photography © Laura Hull

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Paul and Audrey Hanneman’s house in West Hollywood: the renovation of this old single-storey building was conceived by Paul, a former film producer and renowned Francophile. 

Paul Hanneman: “I love the people, the language, the food and wine, the Louis XVI furniture and the architecture.” 

Architect Paul Williger: “I welcomed the adventure. You don’t see a lot of Provençal style here, even though the vernacular is appropriate to the Southern California climate. The original home was compressed, so adding a second story allowed us to open up to the yard.”

Paul Hanneman: “There’s a magical quality of light and peace here. It’s the indoor-outdoor ease of life that we so love.”

The exterior spaces, inspired in part by the legendary designer François Catroux’s gardens at Les Ramades and conceived with another longtime Hanneman collaborator, landscape designer Nikila Rigby Ellis, that perhaps feels the most Provençal-like.