Refining the Soul: House of Rolison’s Latest Historic Home Renovation

Some homes whisper their stories. Others, like this 1950s Spanish revival reimagined by House of Rolison, speak in paragraphs—bold yet intimate, dramatic yet grounded. When design principals Amanda Leigh and Taylor Hahn first stepped inside, what they found was a home with beautiful bones and a chaotic past. “It felt like a grand old soul that had been through a few rough makeovers,” they recalled. “The vibe was all over the place. We knew immediately we wanted to simplify, strip things back, and let the architecture breathe again.”
The result is a moody, collected residence that reads like a love letter to slow living and soulful design. At once cinematic and comforting, this five-bedroom, seven-bath home in Los Angeles feels less like a renovation and more like a reclamation. It’s a study in restraint, revival, and the art of letting good bones do the talking.

Photograph by Nils Timm.

At the core of House of Rolison’s design philosophy is a reverence for narrative—of place, of mate...