La La Land

IT’S NOT OFTEN YOU COME ACROSS a rental home where the owner is happy for you to rip out carpet, hang wallpaper and put nails in the walls.

There is one thing that might help get them over the line though – and that’s if the tenant happens to be interior designer Caroline Legrand. “I was looking for a very ‘LA’ mid-century-style house, not too big and surrounded by nature,” Caroline recalls. “Once I found it, I signed the lease and completely redesigned the whole place in just four weeks.”