Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen have completed at least eight full house remodels in the last decade. They met in 1988 and discovered a design partnership early, combining Amanda's London upbringing and lessons from her talent-agent father with Corbin's carpentry skills learned from his godfather. They favor sensitive, cost-conscious overhauls, planning spaces together while Corbin handles hands-on work and Amanda selects colors, furnishings, and details. They remove walls for flow, embrace restore-recycle-reuse principles, and often live in renovated homes before moving on. Projects span Los Angeles, the Hudson Valley, and a permanent family home in the South of France.
"The couple met in 1988 as actors and early in their relationship, when Amanda recommended a new look for Corbin's bachelor pad, they discovered a surprise calling as design collaborators. Amanda grew up in London where she learned how to overhaul houses from her talent agent father, and Corbin became a skilled carpenter under his godfather's tutelage in the years before making it in Hollywood. The two love giving houses sensitive, cost-conscious makeovers; living in them for a bit; and then moving on."
"They plan the spaces together, Corbin takes on a lot of the actual hands-on work, and Amanda orchestrates the finishing details, from color palettes to furnishings and coat hooks. They see walls and think about removing them: they like their rooms to flow. But little goes to waste in their projects-they were early adopters of the "restore, recycle, reuse" approach."
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