Tour a Collected LA Home That Nails Gender-Neutral Style

The painted brick fireplace is the focal point of the living room. Flanking it are Circa Lighting sconces Lizzie chose for their nautical form and vintage look.

Rather than sticking to one particular decorating style, Lizzie focused on the overall feel of the house. "I really want people to feel comfortable," she says, "like they can sit anywhere: on the floor, on the couch, outside."

In her sunny living room, Lizzie puts her guests-first ethos to work. The facing slipcovered sofas create an instant conversation area. "We decided we didn't want a TV there," Lizzie says. "It's so great to have appetizers with people and face each other, instead of orienting the room around a TV." Lizzie instead reacted to the room's natural features. "It's so bright and breezy—I wanted to let the space be the space," she says. She opted for bright white sofas, a natural-fiber rug, and pillows that mimic the window details.

A glass coffee table and lucite side tables make for an airy feel, while graphic pillows mirror the architectural details of the windows.

Lizzie keeps it low-key on the mantel with a jockey print from a Claremont, CA, antiques shop and palm fronds snipped from the yard.

In the entry, Lizzie displays a Belgian map she picked up at the Rose Bowl Flea Market. Beneath it, a simple plywood table made by her husband.

Lizzie designed the dining room around a copper Tom Dixon pendant. Embracing a casual vibe, she picked Tolix chairs and a natural-fiber rug to round out the room.

A former writer for Bon Appétit, Lizzie loves to cook and entertain. "I'll get really deep into a theme," she says. "Last time I entertained it was British food. I made a meat pie." Dinner parties at Lizzie's are casual, fun affairs, so the vibe in the dining room is equally buoyant, with brightly colored art, 1960s Murano blue-glass sconces, and red fretwork chairs she scored on Craigslist. "The entries and main areas are really bright and white, so I brought in these fun and happy colors to liven it up," says Lizzie.

Her entertaining prowess extends to the bar, too. This summer Lizzie will be mixing up Biciclettas, a refreshing blend of dry white wine, Campari, and ice. "Bars are a homey space to me," says Lizzie. "Mine is a receptacle of weird things that sort of make sense here."

Lizzie and her husband have dubbed the house "Falling Fronds" and had a sign made to commemorate it that sits among other quirky extras.

Lizzie scored these Frédérique Lucien prints at her friend's Paris atelier. Among her prized finds is a Danish Modern credenza from the Rose Bowl Flea Market.

Lizzie's palette inspiration for the den came from the lobby of West Hollywood's Soho House.

With deep blue walls and a dark sofa, the den has a masculine tone that Lizzie balances with a white hide rug, a clear coffee table, and fresh flowers. "The style I celebrate is equal parts masculine and feminine," says Lizzie. "It's not a woman trying to be a man. It's celebrating all the parts of who you are. I think our house is gender neutral that way."

Lizzie experimented with paint colors until landing on that dark teal hue, a blend of two Farrow & Ball colors. "The rest of the house is so white, we really wanted to do something fun here." For the gallery-style walls Lizzie turned to vintage art. "I love things that have a historical context—some flags, old posters, things that have a little bit of data on them like years and dates. It feels more artifact than it does random."

An enviable collection of books is on display in the den. Lizzie favors tomes with a few tears for a sense of history.

A set up from the air mattress the couple used to have for visitors, the guest bedroom features a vintage suzani blanket and Atelier de Troupe sconces.

In their previous homes, Lizzie and Matthew had no dedicated space for overnight guests. Now that they have the room, Lizzie wants guests to feel they have everything they need. "After a certain point, an air mattress is not comfortable! I want guests to feel like they can spread out and have a home base."

In addition to blackout shades, cozy linens, and an en-suite bath, the guest room features a desk bedecked with hats, in case guests need shade from the LA sun. From the wall hanging Lizzie made to the "badly drawn" folk-art painting of Queen Elizabeth, the desk is full of details that showcase Lizzie's personality. "It looks old-fashioned, like you'd sit in the Campaign chair and write a letter in the desert or on safari. But you can actually utilize it—plug your phone in, sit down. It's not just to look at."

Lizzie suggests keeping a lidded box on the bedside table to store the odds and ends that can make the surface look messy. Here, her husband's glasses add a lived-in look.

Inspired by the Beatles lyrics "And in the end," Lizzie made the wall hanging over the desk with the French translation, "et à la fin."

As Lizzie prepares to launch her ecommerce site, her desk fills with merchandise she's considering, from vintage souvenir belts to fabric swatches from a small Maine designer.