A Designer’s 540-Square-Foot LA Apartment Is a Master Class in Color Matching
Photo by William Hutton
One of the things that surprised interior designer William Hutton most about his recent move to Los Angeles goes against a common stereotype of this city. “We live in a tight-knit area where everyone knows each other,” he says. “It’s heartwarming to be surrounded by great neighbors.”
When William and his husband, Kevan Loney, a video designer and animator, decided to leave their pasts in Brooklyn and Jersey City behind to start fresh in the Hollywood Hills, they were used to perception not entirely matching reality. They never knew their neighbors when they lived on the East Coast, even if their prior haunts were more pedestrian-friendly. And while history may have been easier to stumble upon there, it wasn’t necessarily present in many of the available properties. “Most apartments are white boxes,” William says. “Unless they’re in a brownstone, but even those often get stripped.”
