Our coverage of the three-day design conference that is CA Boom wraps up with the prefab vendor section of the conference floor, and while the usual suspects aka Steve Glenn's LivingHomeswere present, where was prefab stalwart Marmol Radziner? One interesting new entrants was the the itty-bitty Modern Shed and its quaint homemade sale sign in the window: "$15,000 with deck. Free Local Delivery." The web site for the Seattle-based company notes prices range from $7,740 for a 48-square-foot shed to $18,200 for a 10 by 12 studio. Prefab marvel or glorified spider hole? You be the judge.
· Modern Shed [Official site]
· CA Boom: Prefab Zone [CA Boom]
· CA Boom House Tours: Santa Monica's House of Sand[Curbed LA]
Another day, another house on the CA Boom tour. This two-bedroom house at 2606 Highland in Santa Monica, currently on the market for $3 million, was designed by lee + mundwiler architects. It's a difficult site -- on top of a hill on Ocean Park but next to a busy intersection. The architects were aiming to hone "material honesty & structural integrity" and "transform the urban disarray and noise into a serene dwelling environment." While the layout can be disconcerting at times, the house does feel removed from the traffic on Ocean Park. Our favorite feature (and future maintenance nightmare) is the view of the bottom of the pool from the garage. Yes, the garage. Other highlights include the levered skylights, casting shadow stripes across the hallway, and the floating stairs. Oh, and the view of the ocean from the roof deck isn't bad either.
· CA Boom House Tours: House of Sand [CA Boom]
Good news! For the third year in a row, we will be covering the CA Boom trade show, held this weekend at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. We'll be jumping on as many home tours as possible and taking free samples when available. Stay tuned all weekend long as we'll be posting photos. Please check out past coverage of CA Boom III (here, here, and here) and CA Boom IV (here, here, and here). And don't forget the CA Boom drinking game! Take a swig every time you see wires hanging out from the bottom of a flat screen.
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Good news! For the third year in a row, we will be covering the 
