We recently spotted (and admired) the interiors of the Glassell Park Boathouse, a detached guest house in Glassell Park, Los Angeles, on photographer Jessica Comingore?s site, The Elysian Edit. When she first saw the property, owner Lisa Cole was able to see the potential in the abandoned 1920s Craftsman outbuilding, a former car repair garage. ?It?s probably the main reason we bought the house,? she says. Cole and her husband renovated the space in January, naming it the Boathouse for its proximity to the LA River. They removed the drywall to expose brick walls, polished the concrete floors, and designed a custom kitchen and bath with particle board and plumbing pipe faucets. Join us for a tour here, and go to Airbnb. for rental information.
Photography courtesy of Jessica Comingore of the Elysian Edit.
Above: The interior walls were repainted in Benjamin Moore’s Decorator?s White. The folding lounge chairs are vintage midcentury chairs that Lisa found at the Rosebowl Flea Market. The ceiling fan is a MinkaAire Translucent Ceiling Fan.

Above: Lisa had the original 12-foot shop workbench stripped and repurposed as a side table in a new location along the side wall. An old mechanic?s well?now used as storage?is at the center of the floor, covered with a large jute rug. Lisa designed the coffee table and commissioned a woodworker from Etsy to make the sawhorse supports (they?re made from Douglas fir salvaged from a 1910 Packard building in Seattle) and had ...