Author: Amy Higgins
Batchelder Tile Restoration
The Lane Building, a badly damaged, Batchelder tile from 1923, downtown Los Angeles, just underwent renovation. It’s unique lobby has a distinct curved archway under the stairs. Spectra Company.... Read More
Vintage Advertisement, Long Beach
The Insurance Exchange Building on the Long Beach, CA Promenade has restored its wall ads to look more original and crisp. Carolyn Lehne, from KC Restoration used color analysis to determine the origi... Read More
Pickwick Books, Hollywood
Former Pickwick Bookstore on Hollywood Blvd., now a Taco Bell. KC Restoration brought back the missing facade pieces. Interior archway was painted black on one side, when store was previously cut in t... Read More
Villa Riviera, Long Beach, CA
Under the direction and design of Owner/Builder Jennifer Allyn, the overlooked penthouse was transformed into a showplace. Purchased in 2020 from previous owners of 40 years. The Great Room which sits... Read More
Annenberg Beach House Pool
Working under the direction of Carolyn Lehne at KC Restoration, We touched up the decorative, undersea, tile border at the bottom of the pool in Santa Monica. Originally the pool of the Hearst Mansion... Read More
Title Insurance, Spring St.
1928, the Title Insurance and Trust Company opened their headquarters in this Art Deco-style building. For six months, a team of 5 artisans painted the missing beams and ceilings that seismic retrofit... Read More
Veteran’s Memorial Hall, Eureka, CA
8, half moons in the cupola had heavy water damage and needed to be restored. I made a pounce pattern of the stenciled design to repeat over the missing areas. This project was under the direction of ... Read More
Lost City of Demille
I’ve been a part of the excavation and partial reconstruction of the enormous plaster sphinxes from the 1923, Cecil B. DeMille, Ten Commandments, on display in at the Dunes Center Museum.... Read More