With its curved walls and 1940s mural by an Oscar-winning designer, this home pays homage to the early days of Tinseltown
Low light makes you focus. It forces you to look closer, hear better. We are a few minutes into a tour of the Kenans’ Hollywood home when London-born director Gil Kenan stops. “Who’s barking? It’s not our guys,” he says, referring to their two dogs. “That’s not usual,” adds his wife, artist Eliza Kenan. “There are a lot of coyotes in the hills right now.”
We are standing in their dimly lit bedroom in Los Angeles’ Bronson Canyon, not far below the Hollywood sign and from where Hollywood ends. It’s a warm evening, and while the rest of the city is reaching for the last of the day’s rays, we’re shaded by hills. The house was built upside down, with the bedrooms below the living area. “It’s cave-like, and that works for us,” Eliza says.
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