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Grand Tour of the Media Room, Kitchen and Living Room

In his grand finale here in Malibu Beach, Bob and our designer, Robyn, take us on a tour of the finished California-Spanish dream house. We look at the media room, kitchen, and living/dining areas. In the media room she went with an ode to west theme. In the Kitchen it is both elegant and informal with its circular wall. Old Brazilian hand carved dining table ties it together. In the living room She pulled together pieces from all over to replicate looks of the Adamson house and other areas of Southern California. She used unbleached twill fabric on the sofas and a leather trunk from South America as the coffee table.
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Grand Tour of the Media Room, Kitchen and Living Room

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" Where should -- come come come media room okay. Well it's great I love the colors and thank god yeah basically finished stand here from that -- putting in the finishing checkers and -- speaker system now what's your design team and here what were you thinking. Owed to the west can you see it. I did the walls -- to make it look old we did these old parchment shade but the colors the colors are fantastic great. Turkish old Turkish fabric plant this Navajo -- from the ultra suede yeah. And then we moved into these so droppings which I thought would be nice since -- that's Mexican yeah that's Mexican is that love."

" And beautiful and of course it's a -- small room and it's focused on the TV sectors -- really going to come here to watch big screen TV. And all these cabinets that were put in actually start out as the clear pine that this in the cornice which hasn't been distressed and and garnished yet. Nice job. -- you finished yet. Now we're just about -- Goodwill and a sound are we getting get out of the out of these little speaker going to get some incredible it's been well let's let's let's hear stuff that mistake with. I don't know as little speakers that it."

" Well let's talk about it coming. But -- million and a half of the -- all the world this stuff. That's coming out of what looks like you. Please okay here in the war so the other component is in between the joists down. That's exactly right and we've got this basically -- all the rooms around the house an outside -- we have speakers that is well. Can you control everything we can control the entire system right from the tree alone. And one of things will be different about this is you don't have to pointed right at the components will be in the same room as the components so it's not an infrared it's not infrared it to RF technology radio frequency -- means you can wander all throughout the house and control the system anywhere anymore."

" Can you control more than why if you want to here's a CD playing like we just did in one part of the house and hear the radio elsewhere would. Do that that's right."

" It's elegant and yet it seems informal and at the beach that's -- we're trying to do. This is great working with this curb the built in buffet here which is really useful and gorgeous. Yeah I have a little bit trouble finding something to hang on this curved wall but I discovered the little funky -- that I thought he could see the view of the ocean and the flowers."

" The colors everything's terrific you know. This this circular wrong when my favorite design features in the house -- the architect their roles in a fantastic job next house I love that. I love this these are old. Resilient hand carved pieces aren't they gorgeous very nice table very appropriate I think for Spanish California house. And it also the sense of some that'll be there forever -- And -- you've been here forever you've been working hard and I really want to thank you thank you Bob you've done a marvelous job of bringing his -- in -- in time even though we've had the worst weather in California history practically well we've got 35 data Raines thought really going to count doing well congratulations and -- thank you thanks. I can imagine getting worked under the kitchen we'll look at it this is really good thing that's beautiful. But what did you think about working with this beautiful Mexican ceramic like these -- all these bold colors."

" I want my great finish is so much is my pottery collection and this is a real stimulus you need to find all these American pieces from about. 1900 to 1940 the colors August worked right -- that -- bow or that cookie jar is McCoy excellent looking stuff."

" So the -- white. The wall -- well but then look at the other stenciling here that's magnificent."

" Gently pinch from the Adamson house in Malibu is that gorgeous very well done it looks like being there -- a long time while they -- ended down after they painted on an and they read the same parchment color over at that they've done -- the rest of the -- in this room."

" Robin have you been to every antique show and flea market in Southern California attic that's you know. Scored -- up here and the furniture really really does look cut the comfortable."

" What do you think yeah he's glad you're ten out of ten coming your swimsuit from the -- and -- like and sits look at this antique best Arabian Turkish rug very very nice."

" Very 89 goes so well. What's."

" What do we got super -- this is saying let there trunk from South America it's also quite old and I just love the honey color I thought it fit in terrific with a terracotta that you had you on the floor absolutely perfect."

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