"The couple met in 1988 as actors and early in their relationship, when Amanda recommended a new look for Corbin's bachelor pad, they discovered a surprise calling as design collaborators. Amanda grew up in London where she learned how to overhaul houses from her talent agent father, and Corbin became a skilled carpenter under his godfather's tutelage in the years before making it in Hollywood. The two love giving houses sensitive, cost-conscious makeovers; living in them for a bit; and then moving on."
"They plan the spaces together, Corbin takes on a lot of the actual hands-on work, and Amanda orchestrates the finishing details, from color palettes to furnishings and coat hooks. They see walls and think about removing them: they like their rooms to flow. But little goes to waste in their projects-they were early adopters of the "restore, recycle, reuse" approach."
Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen have completed at least eight full house remodels in the last decade. They met in 1988 and discovered a design partnership early, combining Amanda's London upbringing and lessons from her talent-agent father with Corbin's carpentry skills learned from his godfather. They favor sensitive, cost-conscious overhauls, planning spaces together while Corbin handles hands-on work and Amanda selects colors, furnishings, and details. They remove walls for flow, embrace restore-recycle-reuse principles, and often live in renovated homes before moving on. Projects span Los Angeles, the Hudson Valley, and a permanent family home in the South of France.
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