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11/05/2026

Biophilic architecture, Part 2.

A home has two carbon costs: the daily cost of living in it, and the one-time cost of building it. At Paraíso de las Rocas Antiguas, we paid attention to both.

We built with salvaged lumber and locally sourced materials. We dug into the hillside only as far as needed to secure the house. And we designed the home around its old oak trees, so that being inside feels like being in a forest.

Part 3 moves inside, to how nature shapes the interiors.

Full tour on our YouTube channel, link in bio.

11/04/2026

Biophilic architecture, Part 1.

At Paraíso de las Rocas Antiguas, our Mount Washington ADU, the goal was to bring the natural world into the homeowner’s daily life without disturbing the land it sits on.

We dug into the hillside only as far as needed to secure the house. We built with salvaged lumber and locally sourced materials to reduce the home’s one-time carbon cost of construction. And we designed the home around its old oak trees, so that being inside feels like being in a forest.

Part 2 moves inside, to how nature shapes the interiors.

11/03/2026

11/03/2026

A quarter inch can change everything. The ceramic tile for this kitchen backsplash came in at 16 and a quarter inches instead of 16 and Alfonso came to the design team to work it out together.

What followed was a real conversation. The quarter round molding, the border frame, a band added to pull all the pieces into alignment, and cabinetry that shifts just enough to make it all land perfectly. Heather lays out the tiles here so you can see exactly how it comes together.

This is the part of the process most people never see. The quarter inch decisions that make a finished kitchen feel like it was always meant to look this way.

10/30/2026

A bathroom remodel in the upper residence of a West Los Angeles Spanish Revival and every detail earns its place here.

Carrara marble fish scale tile covering the shower walls. Marble hex floors, a built in shower bench and niche carved out of the same stone and lavender walls that make the whole space feel like a breath.

Clean. Chic. Calm. The kind of bathroom that changes how your morning feels.

10/29/2026

What you are seeing here is the work of skilled and talented hands.

River rock walls built stone by stone.

Hand carved wood panels with organic patterns inspired by nature.

Hand carved mycelium on entry door

Cedar shingles laid by hand around curved window forms.

Hand painted stair case tile and remodeled architecture matching existing in a century old Spanish Colonial entry.

Hand carved kelp design headboard

A long dining table with natural grain running its full length. Craftsmanship is not a feature at Home Front Build it is the standard every project is held to.

10/28/2026

Here is something worth thinking about. The materials you surround yourself with every day are part of your wellness whether you realize it or not. H**p fabric is natural, hypoallergenic, breathable and soft in a way that synthetic materials cannot replicate. Drapery, pillows, throws, bed sheets, clothing, covers, shades etc. Every application bringing something cleaner and more intentional into your home.

This is wellness by design. Not in the grand gestures but in the details you live with every single day.

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10/26/2026

First look at Highland. An ADU in Windsor Square, Los Angeles that lives and breathes with its surroundings. Living roof, cedar exterior and glass that blurs every line between inside and out. Fresh off the photo shoot and it is as beautiful in person as it looks right here. More to come.

10/23/2026

This is how Rachel closes the story of Paraiso de Rocas Antiguas and it says everything. River rocks conjuring an older farmhouse that might have stood on this hillside long ago. A kelp pattern created for fabric that Rachel loved so much it became a hand carved headboard made by an artisan. Steve approaching every single decision as part of one unified philosophy where nothing exists in isolation and everything fits together.

Home Front Build is a team that loves to create new styles according to your vision with knowledgeable builders and smart designers.

This home nestled under old oak trees feels so much a part of the neighborhood and the environment that Rachel calls it artwork and we are so proud of this one. Paraiso de Roca Antigua is exactly what Home Front Build is and exactly what home should feel like.

10/22/2026

The house was designed around the old oak trees. Not despite them but around them. And what you are seeing here is what that decision looks like from the inside.

A window that makes you feel like you are standing in a forest. A lower level that feels like an underwater space, cool, refreshing and shaded on the hottest LA summer day. An upper level that captures California sunshine through yellows in the drapery and furniture that glow like the hillside outside. And lighting inspired by fungus spores and mushrooms.

Because Rachel is an artist whose work is rooted in biology and science and Steve got very excited about fungus. River rocks woven into the architecture as a nod to the Southern California foothill tradition of bringing the natural landscape inside. This is what happens when a client and an architect speak the same language. Every detail is a conversation and every decision a reflection of how this family sees the natural world.