Stylist Aaron Hom has styled rooms for Restoration Hardware and Design Within Reach, but some of his most personal work has happened at home\u2014and, usually in very small spaces. <\/p>\n
His latest project, a 1922 bungalow<\/a> in the Maxwell Park neighborhood in Oakland, CA<\/a>, is now on the market for $750,000.<\/p>\n In 2009, House Beautiful photographed Hom’s earlier Craftsman bungalow. He had furnished it with midcentury pieces and secondhand finds, making the compact home feel larger with his use of light, layout and easy access to the outdoors.<\/p>\n For the 870-square-foot, two-bedroom home, he has applied the same strategy on a larger scale. <\/p>\n “The interiors are beautifully designed, but then you step outside and the property just keeps unfolding,” says listing agent Jodi Nishimura of Kai Real Estate<\/a>.<\/p>\n The dining room, styled by Aaron HomAaron HomThe living room space just opposite the dining roomAaron HomThe home’s unique living spaces extend into the styled backyardOpen Homes Photography<\/p>\n Hom, who lived in a loft during the pandemic and wanted an outdoor space of his own, bought the house<\/a> in 2021. He looked at about 40 properties before settling on this one for its backyard. The facade gives little away, but once you’re past it, Hom says, “it’s a private world.”<\/p>\n The kitchen opens onto a large deck that Hom treats as an extra room for meals and gatherings, and there’s also a hot tub. Paths wind through drought-tolerant grasses, sunflowers, strawberries, persimmons and passion fruit to a sculpture garden patio and a 130-square-foot studio set up as an office. A vine-covered arbor rounds out the grounds.<\/p>\n