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Weekly Wrap-Up: Welcome to my house, sponsored by ...

By Craig Nakano
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The trend: Entrepreneurial (and green-minded) home owners are getting companies to provide kitchen appliances, bathroom fixtures, solar panels and more at significant discounts -- or even for free. Read how they scored the freebies, or see the result: We have photo galleries of Tom Schey’s modern manse in Venice and the green, Moroccan-flavored remodel of Chris Paine, the filmmaker behind ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ Plus the answer to the inevitable question: Can I get free stuff too?

Home tour: Peek inside a midcentury Palm Springs house updated for a new era.

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Hot Property: Esa-Pekka Salonen, ‘Weeds’ creator Jenji Kohan, Viper Room owner Harry Morton and more.

Man of the House: A ‘Bachelorette’ party? Almost as silly as the parents on Facebook.

-- Craig Nakano

Photos, top row: Tom Schey and his house photographed by Ringo Chu / For The Times. Bottom row: Chris Paine, photo courtesy of Marrakesh House, and his living and sitting rooms, photographed by Maya Myers.
L.A. at Home
Craig Nakano

Craig Nakano is the assistant managing editor for Entertainment and Arts. He joined The Times as an assistant travel editor, later served as home editor and most recently was the fine arts editor, leading a team whose accolades included a Pulitzer Prize and an Online Journalism Award. A California native, he worked at the Desert Sun of Palm Springs and at the San Francisco Chronicle after graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He lives in Long Beach with his husband and son.

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