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Home tour: Aaron Kramer’s handcrafted Santa Monica home

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Aaron Kramer has a simple credo: ‘Trash is the failure of imagination.’ The artist, who works with found objects and castoffs, applied that philosophy to the renovation and decoration of his Santa Monica home. Plunked between a 1930s movie-star mansion designed by Richard Neutra and a residence by contemporary architect Melinda Gray, Kramer’s 1936 house was, he said, ‘a mish-mash, a blend of Cape Cod cottage with a little Santa Fe flair and New York loft details.’ Working with Glynn Design Build, the Kramers blew out walls, opened up ceilings and filled their home with handmade wit.

Take a tour of this fresh and modern home suffused with Kramer’s art. And to see more of Kramer’s work, check out ‘Salvaged: Aaron Kramer and the Secret Life of Objects,’ running through Sept. 12 at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles.

-- David A. Keeps.

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