Rachel Shillander refers to her studio as an 'oyster house,' noting its unappealing exterior and beautiful interior. She prefers the understated charm of the San Fernando Valley over more popular creative areas like Venice and Silver Lake. Shillander has a background in architecture and residential construction management, having studied in Tucson and Copenhagen. Her home, representing mid-1950s architecture, serves as a sanctuary for her creative work. Material possessions recently reclaimed from storage have led her to a deeper self-assessment.
While her peers are more likely to settle in post-bohemian hubs conventionally associated with LA's creative ecosystem, Shillander's comfort zone is this under-the-radar, rough-around-the-edges pocket a few miles away from where she grew up.
This cozy capsule of mid-1950s normcore charm has proven to be a stabilizing anchor to mine what she calls 'the generational aesthetic.' Shillander, who has developed expertise in residential construction management, studied architecture in Tucson and Copenhagen.
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