grown children who recently consciously uncoupled from his wife, asked Kate Lester to reimagine his newly purchased, 4,000-square-foot contemporary in Manhattan Beach, she was wary. “I don’t do streamlined boxes for bachelors,” she says. “White leather sofas aren’t my jam.” Rather, the designer, whose studio/shop is located in Hermosa Beach, built her practice by working with young families seeking coastal Cali cool. The homeowner, however, offered a convincing comeback: “He
