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"The $5,000 Solution\u2014West\nMatthew White Undertakes a One-of-a-Kind Redesign of a Southern California Cottage\nGiven a budget of $5,000, Matthew White and his associate Aubrey James accepted the challenge to design Glen Pearson\u2019s 1920s cottage in Pasadena, California. Pearson\u2019s crimson living room was cramped, but his two Eames chairs provided White with a place to start.\nPearson, left, and White examine a sofa fabric.\n\u201CMy goal for the living room was to create a space that was clean and elegant\u2014like a perfectly tailored suit,\u201D White says. He and Pearson found the sofa at a thrift store and its fabric at Michael Levine in Los Angeles (213-622- 6259). The reproduction ancient Egyptian head is from the Metropolitan Museum store in Pasadena (626-793-8618). The Plexiglas table was custom-made; the magazine rack is from Crate &amp;amp; Barrel (www.crateandbarrel.com).\nWhite discovered a pair of midcentury glass lamps at the Pasadena Antiques Center (626-449-7706).\nCarpet remnants inspired the rug, custom- sewn at Linoleum City in Hollywood (323-469-0063). Its broad stripe, coupled with a mirrored wall and end tables, visually expands the room.\nThe breakfast area lacked character.\n\u201CThe key was to tie it in with the warm yellow tones of the kitchen tiles,\u201D explains White, who painted the wall pattern himself. Pearson found the Saarinen-esque table base discarded on the roadside. The bench fabric is from Michael Levine.\n\u201CNot a lot was done to the office,\u201D White says.\n\u201CThe walls were already a pleasing spring green. We reorganized the shelves and desk (a great way to transform a space with no money!).\u201D The chair is a thrift store find; the bamboo window shade is from Pier 1 Imports (www.pier1.com).\nThe bedroom was \u201Ca weak, pale hue,\u201D says White. \u201CWe chose to give it some punch.\u201D\nWith Graham\u2019s artwork in place, White\u2019s concept for the fabric-covered headboard was fully realized.\nWhite designed a ceiling-height headboard for Pearson\u2019s bed, commissioning it from artist Clare Graham, center, who made paint-by-number mosaic panels in his Los Angeles studio (323-663-3426).\nPearson\u2019s newly saffron bedroom \u201Chas drama,\u201D notes White. Simple pendant light fixtures were purchased from West Elm (www.westelm.com). The carafe is from Crate &amp;amp; Barrel."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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