"Where we live-the last avenue before Ocean Beach-feels like the fringe of the city," says Lena. Aside from a shared bohemian sensibility, it couldn't be more different from Brooklyn.
"After living in a very ornate brownstone I was ready to swing in the opposite direction to modern and minimal," she tells us. And yet, there's something distinctly familiar about the interiors.
"Leaving New York was hard. We agonized over the decision and worried for the first year that we had made a mistake. After buying our house, things clicked," says Lena.
"It took a full year to renovate. We didn't intend to do a gut renovation, but the house needed extensive earthquake upgrading, so we ended up stripping the entire house down to the studs."
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