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    Clea Benson and her husband, John Schuster, spend every weekend at their cabin on the northern edge of Joshua Tree National Park.

    Travel & Experiences

    Staking claim to a new bohemia

    Way beyond Palm Springs’ Modernist metroplex, a new tribe of expatriate Angelenos is pushing into the scrub, boulders and reimagined shacks of the high desert.
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    Outdoor rooms can be as decorative and intimate as anything indoors. Gail Dodge Altman and Charles Boswell kick back in a tin-roofed backyard retreat in their Hollywood home. The room is framed by Spanish colonial arches and furnished with farmhouse antiques, architectural elements and religious icons from Guatemala. “It’s mostly a space for entertaining,” they say, “though our son likes to escape the house and hang out here.”

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    An inner sanctum, out under the sky

    What better place to unwind than a sanctuary that’s an extension of your home? With our weather, the possibilities are boundless. These rooms feature antiques, furniture -- even the kitchen sink.
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    Adam Isaacs admits he fell for this Century City condo because it fit his couch. But this is not any couch: It’s a sculpture-sofa by recent Pritzker winner Zaha Hadid. White Mexican pavers create a stage for the Hadid sofa and cymbal-like brass sculptures by jeweler Robert Lee Morris.

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    Catching a new wave

    Once again, rattan and wicker grace rooms, indoors and out. Gentle breezes stir banana leaf prints. If you’re not in L.A., you can at least pretend you are.
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    Interior designer Jeffrey Alan Marks uses color sparingly, punctuating the soothing parchment-toned walls of his West Hollywood home with vivid hues. Bored with neutrals, he says, people “want the emotional charge that color gives.”

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    A brush with the bold

    Designers use colors in radically different ways. Some choose brilliant shades and decorate fearlessly. Others make a splash by showing restraint. You can follow their lead and do it too.
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    After years of false starts, downtown L.A. shows every sign of being in the midst of a major boom. We’re talking $1-million penthouses, innovative design and neighborhoods filled with everyone from artists to investment bankers.

    Real Estate

    Reinventing itself

    The waiting is over. The center of the city is bursting with new lofts and luxury apartments, drawing new residents who are bringing it alive with promise.
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