Other choices were purely aesthetic for instance, they wanted to strip the paint off the beams in the living room, while maintaining the wood’s original grain. “ isn’t original, but it looks like it’s been here since 1930,” Aniello says. The fireplace had to be rebuilt for safety reasons, so they called on local craftsman Mike Casas, aka “ the Plaster Master,”who used the structure and lines of the bottom of the stairwell’s Juliet balcony to inform his design.
While the house was in good shape, it needed some updating and, as they were moving from a smaller place, they needed plenty of new pieces. “That was a big undertaking,” Downs says. They directed the renovation and furnished the entire house themselves. “It’s our Hollywood dream house,” Downs says. While its previous owners entertained multiple offers, they were charmed by Downs and Aniello’s passion for the place. So it took more than three years and 150 viewings to pin down their 1930s Andalusian-style gem. “My one true need was a bathtub,” Aniello says.īut they were searching in Los Angeles’s red-hot housing market, where the “finds” have foundation issues and the dreamboats go to all-cash contests. A large living room where they could entertain friends. A quiet location, but not tucked too far up on windy streets. It seemed possible: a historic home with lots of light. Downs and Lucia Aniello already knew what they were looking for. When they started scouring for a potential new home, comedians Paul W. “We got it for a fricking steal,” Aniello finishes. Then when we got in the car and saw it was a Cassina, we were like-,” Downs says. “We weren’t sure it was actually a signed piece. “It was in a pile, with stuff on top of it and underneath it,” Aniello says. They found the vintage Mario Bellini for Cassina leather loveseat at a Pasadena antique store. And then, all of a sudden, Caitlin came into my life, and that was joyous and it took a turn there.”Ī Juliet balcony adds charm to the stairwell, while a vintage ’70s C-print rests atop a 17th-century chest on stand. It started out as a party house, and then I straightened my act out and it became a healing house. I even got married on the property, so it just represents a lot of changes throughout my life. “I was able to start as a bachelor and, then, marriage and the kid. “This place is more ‘me’ than any other house that I’ve lived in, starting with the bones of it, which are grounded and old-school,” says Stamos. Stamos purchased the two-bedroom pad in 2005, and the house has, since, transformed with him for over a decade. The residence that John Stamos shares with his wife, Caitlin, and son, Billy, has style-but it also has soul. It’s where we like to watch TV.” Photo: Ye Rin Mok Stamos shares: “That white chaise has been there for forever. Here, in the main room, the twosome likes to cuddle on the custom chaise (from Chris Barrett Design). John and Caitlin Stamos have established this nest for themselves and their son, Billy, in Los Angeles’s Beverly Hills.