Home Front Build will participate in the next season of This Old House! For the first time, This Old House has chosen a project house in Los Angeles. Our work with the homeowners began on the property in September, and the show will begin airing in January 2011.

Featuring a 1500 square foot Spanish Revival in Silver Lake, the show will follow the progress of a two-story, 750 square foot renovation and addition designed by Home Front to accomodate the owner's growing family. A larger kitchen, family room, additional baths and bedrooms will be included in the project, as well as integration of period details like Art Deco light fixtures and arched doorways.

Steve Pallrand will be posting updates on the project from the frontlines right here on our site, so please check back to find out more about the latest news on this very first and special season of This Old House in Los Angeles. Updates will be posted simultaneously on our Facebook page, and we've also started a newsletter, so if you'd like to stay up to date that way, please subscribe here.

Here are a few "before" pictures to get a sense of the project.

Silver Lake was completely under development in the 1930s, when the project home was first under construction. It's a hilly neighborhood, tucked in northwest of downtown and east of Hollywood. Disney built his first major studio in Silver Lake in the 30s at about the same time this home was built. Modernist Architect Richard Neutra built his own home here, and in the area you'll find some of the best examples of Modernist homes in the world. The project house is Spanish Revival, a style at its heyday in California in the 30s and the most prevalent in the area.

The couple who owns the home have lived in it for a number of years, but with a growing family, it was time to expand. Lots of delicious period details- check out the fireplace and handmade ceramic tiles...these elements will stay and be integrated into the design of the home in its new incarnation. Arched doorway appears here and elsewhere in the house.

And insert renovation right about....here.