Los Angeles–based costume designer Gordana Golubovic used her sourcing skills and eye for fabric and layout in designing her Spanish-style home in Los Feliz. The result? A quiet, personal space with tinted concrete, bleached wood, reupholstered Ikea furniture, and everything else sourced from favorite RM LA shops such as Lost & Found, Lawson Fenning, and County Ltd.
Here’s a look at the upstairs guest room and a list of sources both from Golubovic and a few alternatives for those pieces that are sold out or DIY-ed.
Photographs by Lauren Moore.
Above: The guest room is anchored by a daybed covered in white denim, which Golubovic found at Ikea and reupholstered with fabric from a local source.
Above: A vintage wallpaper table serves as an ingenious and affordable slim desk.
Above: Folding closet doors are updated with wood cube pulls; gauze curtains soften the room.
Materials
Above: The trim is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Simply White Paint. “I have been using this white for over 10 years,” Golubovic says.
Above: The wood floors are original but were bleached and soaped with WOCA Wood Lye and soap; $78 at Floor Guy.
Above: The walls and ceiling of the house are treated with X-Kalibur Plaster; $13.75 at Lowe’s.
Furniture
Above: Golubovic reupholstered an Ikea daybed (now sold out); for something similar, West Elm’s Simple Low Bed Frame (shown) is $249 to $399. Alternatively, Ikea’s Nordli Bed Frame with Storage is $399.
Above: Golubovic sourced a vintage wallpaper table on eBay. A Paste Table with Hardboard Top is £10 from Wilko.,
Above: Alvar Aalto’s Children’s Chair N65 is available in several finishes including birch (shown); $430 at Hive Modern.
Above: The Tabouret Tam Tam Stool designed by Pols Potten is €302 at Made in Design.
Windows & Hardware
Above: The Varanasi Netted Linen Curtain in White is $75 at ABC Carpet & Home.
Above: Ikea’s Tupplur Block-Out Roller Blind in white is $26.99 for the 48-by-76.75-inch size.
Above: The brass latches on the windows and doors are Casement Fasteners from Liz’s Antique Hardware; $28 each.,
Above: The wood cube knobs on the closet are also from Liz’s Antique Hardware (now sold out). For something similar, the Solid Oak Pyramid Cabinet Knob (shown) is $2.29 to $3.09 at House of Antique Hardware.
Accessories
Above: Like Golubovic, source a vintage kilim rug on Etsy such as this Turkish Kilim Hemp Rug for $2,448 at Eclectic Rug on Etsy.
Above: The Rectangular Washed Linen Pillowcase in Blister Beige is €39 at Merci in Paris.
Above: The Company Store Bolster Pillow Insert is $28 at the Company Store.,
Above: Golubovic took the Ikea daybed and had a white denim slipcover and bolster cover made (sourced from Ragfinder’s Fabric in Los Angeles); the Bull White Denim Fabric is $7.99 per yard at and Big Duck Canvas.
Above: The Mustard Yellow Herringbone Throw is $78.47 at the British Blanket Company.
Above: Artwork is framed in a light wood frame. Something similar is the Thin Wood Gallery Frame made of bamboo; $24 to $149 at West Elm.
Above L: The Ben Wolff #4 Flower Pot in Salmon/Beige is $47.50. Above R: A set of Three Ben Wolff Milton Pots in Salmon/Beige is $88.
Above: The Heath Ceramics Bud Vase, shown in olive, is $25 at Heath Ceramics.
Looking for more Los Angeles design inspiration? See our Steal This Look posts:
- Steal This Look: Designer Lauren Soloff’s Colorful LA Kitchen
- Steal This Look: Bohemian Mix in an LA Bedroom
- Steal This Look: A Low-Key Luxe Bath in Los Angeles
N.B.: This story originally appeared on February 26, 2019 and has been updated.
