Budget Breakdown: With $312K, They Made a Worn-Down Midcentury “Feel Like a Tree House”
Photo by Leonid Furmansky
Landing a place to call their own was a long time coming for L.A. locals James and Andrea. They met close to two decades ago on the east side, and spent years sharing spaces with roommates as their twenty-something savings grew to the point where they could begin looking for real estate.
James, who manages a climbing gym, met his friend Yan Wang—an architect and cofounding principal at Cover Architecture—around the same time he’d met Andrea, an acupuncturist. As the couple searched for property, they would send Wang listings they were considering.
