A hilltop compound in Los Angeles has been thoughtfully reimagined as a live-work retreat by designer and developer Kathryn McCullough and her husband, musician and creative entrepreneur Andrew Bulbrook.
The couple purchased the Mount Washington property in 2021 for $1.3 million, drawn less to what was there than to what it could become. At the time, the site held two disconnected structures—a 1940s farmhouse and a midcentury home from the 1960s. Rather than clear the lot, they…

