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It was an outside pizza pie oven at a friend ’s house that inspire Oscar - nominated film music director R.J. Cutler to add one of his own to the garden behind his 1920s Spanish Colonial revival meeting house in the Hollywood Hills . He commissioned Lory Johansson — ofJust Joh , a Los Angeles - based design studio — who had already handled the home ’s interior overhaul . Johansson has design out-of-door area for Richard Branson ’s exclusiveNecker Islandin the Caribbean , but this was her first out-of-door project for a secret blank . She took a 20 - by-30 - foot former parking area along the street and transubstantiate it into an outdoor dining area , complete with an cubic decimetre - form kitchen , dining pavilion and measure area , all enclosed by a stucco wall painted terra cotta reddish to cope with the house ’s roof roofing tile . The centerpiece is a 16 - foot - long trestle table made from Indonesian teak with long , Mrs. Henry Wood benches that seat up to 20 , anchored by a cozy open fireplace . A metal arbour and Roman shade overhead along with jumbo Burmese Australian honeysuckle ( Lonicera hildebrandiana ) in pots complete the area ’s Spanish - compound looking at . The kitchen accommodate well with the rest of Cutler ’s lush garden , which features a strolling lawn for badminton and croquet , a secret garden with a koi pool and a swim pool surrounded by potted lime and lemon plants .
Q : What were your customer ’s objectives ?
A : R.J. had gone to a protagonist ’s party in Venice and came back and said : “ Hey ! I want an out-of-door pizza oven . ” We had been speak about expanding the garden to include a dining area where the parking country was . He was fine to give up that additional parking and seize that outer space as an outdoor kitchen . We designed the kitchen so he could interact with all the people sitting in the outside living elbow room , which is adjacent to the cooking area . He lights the pizza oven almost every Sunday so while he ’s cooking , he can confab and interact with Guest .
Q : What are the kitchen ’s chief features ?
A : The kitchen has a very unassailable connection to the firm and outside living room . The master feature is the usance - designedEarthStonepizza oven . We corrupt it already made , and it looks almost like an igloo made out of cinderblocks . We take to dress it with a smooth finale plasterwork and make it appear as if it were growing out of the wall .
Q : Were there any issue / factors that help inform the position of the kitchen ?
A : We want it to be faithful to the main mansion kitchen and pantryman ’s pantry ( which guest chefs can use ) . We were rosy that the endure current of air comes from the swim puddle side , so all of the pizza pie - oven smoke goes away from the yard .
Q : Were there any challenge with space or instalment ? If so , how did you solve them ?
A : The house is located on a really narrow street , so we want a crane to lift the pizza oven over the existing wall . We had already cook the foundation so it could just be dropped into place . Miraculous !
Q : Which steel of appliances did you use ?
A : EarthStonepizza oven , Vikinggas grill , two Sub - Zero glass - door refrigerators , Blancostainless - blade sink with faucet , and a garbage disposal .
Q : How does the outside kitchen relate to the overall garden and star sign ?
A : We painted the wall to match the roof tile , and all of the handmade , teal cushions that line the banquette match the trimming of the house . We took details from the existing walls on the property and used them to inform the aim of all the new , red bulwark . We also used concrete with an exposed aggregate and a warm , not a cold gray colour , to match the garden ’s old concrete . That was a really nice touch sensation .
Q : Were there any other furnishings / décor used to complete the infinite ?
A : Shadescape umbrellas , a teak board dining tabular array from Indonesia with bench seats , and a banquette build into the new stucco wall . An herb garden beneath the patio Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was planted for grilling spiciness , and we found mint for mojitos in two spots flanking the staircase that goes into the star sign . The countertops are granite and were install with overhead string luminance and Task firing .
For more information on Lory Johansson ’s oeuvre , visitjustjoh.com .
