LA backyard home is built-ins gem with solstice windows (Stonehenge-like)

Writer/director Wash Westmoreland wanted to turn his rundown garage behind his LA home into a home/studio that could fulfill many roles: rental apartment, writing cottage and full-size screening room. Architect John Colter left the facade of the garage intact to disguise it from the street, but once you step inside, the space expands Tardis-like into a light-filled multifunctional home. — 3:12: check the “summer solstice“ windows, which operate like the Paleolithic monument of Stonehenge, perfectly aligning with the sun’s movements during the solstice. Initially Westmoreland wanted a space to write, as well as for overnight guests and to rent it when he was out of town filming. “The thought was it was sort of a creative space that could also be a guest house that could also be where a friend could come and live, so that in the end is what happened,“ explains Westmoreland. For Wash’s friend Christhian Barron, also a writer/director, the backyard home is an ideal cr