Architect Grant Kirkpatrick’s Manhattan Beach home blurs line between indoors and out
Tucked on a packed street in Manhattan Beach, the home of Shaya and Grant Kirkpatrick is a smartly designed retreat that alternates between openness and enclosure — sunny and expansive spaces that connect to the outdoors, and more cozy, walled-in rooms that provide plenty of privacy. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
The dining area manages to accomplish both: to feel like an intimate family spot that opens up to nature but doesn’t feel overly exposed to the outside world.
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Grant, principal of KAA Design Group of Los Angeles, and Shaya, an interior designer, wanted an open plan with few visible structural supports. Here, the living area and breakfast bar flow freely into the yard. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
A mirror captures the reflection of the living room, where clerestory windows let in natural light but the solid wall below creates a sense of seclusion. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
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Another view of the living room, where sons Ryan, 11, and Jack, 14, hang out. The concrete floors and walls are complemented by the warm hue of the wood-paneled ceiling. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Allie Kirkpatrick in the kitchen. The long wood bench at the breakfast bar is a Chinese antique that her mom, Shaya, found at Berbere Imports in Culver City. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Kirkpatrick, 14, heads down from the second floor with the family dog, Lola. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Allie Kirkpatrick, 8, in her bedroom. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
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In the master bathroom, a glass door slides behind a wall, and the room extends onto a sun-filled balcony. It did take a little getting used to, Shaya says, but now I could spend all day there. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
In a moment that might spark jealousy among parents across the country, Jack Kirkpatrick, 14, tidies his room. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
A half-bath in the Kirkpatricks’ Manhattan Beach home. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Shaya Kirkpatrick works in the office, which opens to the front yard. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
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Grant and Shaya Kirkpatrick and dog Lola hang out in the backyard, complete with television and fireplace. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
The rear view of the house, with its backyard pavilion, wide opening to the living room and balcony to the master bath above.
For a look inside more Southern California design, click through our Homes of The Times gallery. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
