While renovating Aileen Getty’s Ojai home, a 1929 landmark hacienda by architect Paul Revere Williams, designer Micah Heimlich of Unheim sought to preserve many of the interior elements. “I made a number of changes that didn’t interfere with, or actually restored, features of the original design,” says Heimlich, who kept the decorative tiles framing the main entrance and the terracotta floors, all original to the home. While restoring the entry, Heimlich swapped in a light fixture by Roll & Hill for an artful update. Photo by Robert Ransom Text by Dickson Wong

For Aileen Getty’s Ojai home, built in 1929 by Paul Revere Williams, designer Micah Heimlich of Unheim thoughtfully reimagined the house for today. “I wanted to make it appear current while retaining the well-preserved detailing,” says Heimlich. He repainted the living room’s faux-wood ceilings with white as a nod to the home’s original plaster and to “modernize the historical house,” he says. A painting by Ugo Rondinone overlooks a massive sofa by Henge07, and the revolving bookcase is by Gianfranco Frattini. Photo by Robert Ransom Text by Dickson Wong

Crowning a four-story loft in Los Angeles’s Arts District, this bedroom by designer Micah Unheim captures his balanced approach to clean-lined, comfortable contemporary spaces. “It was truly about creating a cozy setting upstairs that was still honest to what the home is,” he says of the mix that includes 1960s plywood chairs, an antique Khotan rug, a mid-century French console and an Hermès throw. The color-charged artwork is the client’s, an art-world heiress. “We call it the happy painting,” says Unheim. Photo by Robert Ransom Text by Dickson Wong