Interior Design in Costa Mesa
Serving 92626 · 92627 and Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana
Interior design in Costa Mesa's older housing is usually a spatial problem rather than a decorative one. These are compact houses with rooms that were drawn as separate boxes. The gains come from how those boxes connect, where light gets in, and where storage can be built rather than furnished.
Making a small post-war house feel bigger
Connection over decoration
Widening an opening, borrowing light between rooms or squaring off an awkward circulation route changes daily life in a small house more than any material palette.
Built-in before bought-in
In a compact plan, storage designed into the structure recovers floor area that freestanding furniture consumes. It is the least glamorous line in a design and often the most valuable.
Written by Onn Cohen-Meguri, founder and designer at Design Onn Point. Onn has spent 20+ years designing and building in Los Angeles. CSLB #1133368.
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