Pro tip:

Mismatched vintage nightstands echo each other, giving a more Bohemian vibe than identical twin tables.

One big challenge lurked in the kitchen: replacing an iconic— but missing— atomic- era range hood that resembles a mermaid tail. The style can be found throughout the Park Imperial South complex, but a previous owner had taken this one out. “I wasn’t sure how to get another one, or to get a blueprint of it and try to have a new one fabricated,” says Ossie. But the original architect, Barry Berkus, had also done Palm Springs’ Merito Manor neighborhood, and Ossie happened to find someone there selling an original hood. “It was the same hood, but in terrible condition.” A body shop helped get it back in fighting shape, and the enamel, a robin’segg blue, provided inspiration for the rest of the home’s color palette. Throughout, it’s a sunny lemon and robin’s- egg blue color scheme that calls to mind a Slim Aarons’ poolside daydream.

Now, says Ossie, “You feel such happiness when you walk into this house.” We couldn’t agree more.