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Ome Dezin Restores a Whitney R. Smith Home in the Hollywood Hills

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In The Colony, a tightly held enclave of the Hollywood Hills where mid-century houses survive in unusual numbers, a 1960 residence by Whitney R. Smith carries the quiet authority of a building that knew exactly what it wanted to be. Smith, a Case Study House architect and co-founder of Smith & Williams, belonged to the generation of Southern California modernists treated sawtooth ceilings and angular geometries as instruments for light, pulling it down into the volumes at measured intervals. The brief handed to Ome Dezin was less a renovation than a negotiation with that intelligence.

Modern two-story house with large glass windows and balcony overlooking a pool, featuring geometric rooflines and surrounded by plants.

The studio recognized early that the architecture would lead, and that the real discipline lay in restraint. Renovations through the 1980s and 1990s had blurred the home’s original logic, and the work became one of subtraction as much as addition. This required refining proportions, recovering flow, and resisting the temptation to over-design a house. The custom spiral staircase, the ceiling heights, and the structural rhythm were preserved rather than reinterpreted.

A modern interior features a glossy white spiral staircase with red inner steps and wooden treads, set on a polished wood floor.

A warm, grounded palette of rich woods, plaster, and tonal stone counterweights the sculptural drama of the architecture. The staircase, its curve resolving in a bold red underside, becomes the room’s highlight, a graphic gesture set against otherwise calm surfaces. An oversized pivot door opens into a double-height foyer where gallery proportions and the sawtooth ceiling deliver a deliberate flood of daylight.

A modern living room with dark wood paneling, a black sofa, nested beige tables, a vase of white calla lilies, and natural light coming through large windows.

Ome Dezin looked to Milan, and to Villa Necchi Campiglio in particular, Piero Portaluppi’s 1930s villa of lacquered surfaces, controlled luxury, and rooms that hold their composure under pressure. That sensibility surfaces in the color pairings and the low, structured furniture sourced from Dusty Deco, Made by Choice, NO GA, and Kallemo.

A minimalist bathroom with wood-paneled walls, a stone bathtub, a circular window, and a potted plant beside the tub.

A shared bath in the second wing commits fully to a lemony yellow, its copper accents and glass brick reading as period-correct mid-century optimism rather than pastiche. The primary suite, set under original high ceilings with a loft-like openness, trades color for a minimalist composure, its bathroom framing a clean view of the hills above the vanity. Graphic works from Creative Art Partners punctuate the calm at intervals.

A modern interior with a red spiral staircase, wooden floors, a sunken seating area, and glass block wall, with natural light entering from large windows.

Modern kitchen with wooden cabinets, large stone island, bar stools, and a window overlooking greenery. Natural light fills the room, highlighting minimalist decor and fruit on the counter.

A modern kitchen with stone countertops, dark wood cabinets, a vase of white flowers on the island, and fruit scattered on the counter.

A hallway with wooden flooring features three white floating shelves filled with books and decor, a potted tree, and soft ambient lighting.

A modern interior with a tan daybed, a low dark wooden table with a vase of flowers, a large potted plant, a woven wall hanging, and a floor lamp with a pleated shade.

A modern living room with dark wood paneling, a black sofa, nested beige tables, a vase of white calla lilies, and natural light coming through large windows.

A modern living room with a large potted tree, dark velvet sofas, a wooden coffee table, a textured rug, and two colorful portraits on the wall.

Dining area with a round black table, four wooden chairs, a modern pendant light, a fireplace, indoor plants, and large windows letting in natural light.

A minimalist bedroom with a single bed, brown geometric blanket, wood-paneled wall, small wall lamp, vase with flowers on a floating shelf, and abstract portrait above the bed.

A neatly made bed with a dark cover, a small wooden side table with books and a vase of flowers, a wall-mounted lamp, and a portrait painting on a cream-colored wall.

To learn more about the studio behind the design, visit omedezin.com.

Photography by Patrick Biller with styling by Lisa Rowe.

Leo Lei translates his passion for minimalism into his daily-updated blog Leibal. In addition, you can find uniquely designed minimalist objects and furniture at the Leibal Store.

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