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LALA Reimagined

Beauty Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive – And Surviving LA’s Wildfires Has Shown Us What Truly Matters in a Home and Its Decor

Marble-topped bathroom vanity with two oval mirrors on the wall above it.

Interior designers Azar Fattahi and Lia McNairy, founders of the LA-based studio LALA Reimagined, have joined Homes & Gardens as Editors-at-Large for By Design. They’ll be sharing their insights on creating personality-filled interiors and the art of blending eclectic ideas into richly characterful schemes. See the rest of their articles here.

Last year, Los Angeles endured one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in its history. The city lived under a constant veil of tension – sirens echoing in the distance, the Watch Duty app alerting us to danger nearly every half hour, smoke lingering in the air, and that surreal, amber-tinted sky that makes the world feel slightly off its axis. One evening, a fire ignited suddenly along Mulholland, near Hollywood, and I found myself forced to evacuate with almost no warning.

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