A '50s Era Los Angeles Home Makeover Brings the Drama

While many older Los Angeles County homes have succumbed to the wrecking ball, making way for modern replacements on their high-demand lots, interior designer Jessica Risko Smith's clients had other plans for their 1950s home tucked in Hidden Hills. "The neighborhood, adjacent to Calabasas, offers gate-guarded communities and is appealing to celebrities in the LA area," says Jessica. "The settings feel pastoral and have few sidewalks or streetlights, but offer deep setbacks, white three-rail fences, corrals, barns and natural, rustic equestrian trails."