“We were like, Thank God! Maybe now we can get William to build us a house!” recalls Kevin. (“We almost closed a deal to buy one, but it fell through,” says Kevin.) Finally, in 2018, the couple found an ideal property with a deep, flat lot in Brentwood. Over the next few years, they periodically checked in with him to see if any of the houses he had built were coming up for sale. The couple originally approached Hefner about remodeling their existing home in Beverly Hills, a project he turned down due to its scope. “We 1,000 percent stalked him,” adds Kevin. “His homes feel beautiful and timeless,” notes Nahal. The more they looked, the more they realized they were drawn to the work of one architect in particular: Los Angeles–based William Hefner. “We loved the same kind of serene, modern houses,” says Nahal, a dietitian. “No disrespect intended,” laughs Kevin, an attorney, “but we did not want a home that looked like our parents’!” The houses they admired tended to have clean lines, natural wood, neutral palettes, and plenty of breathing room.
In the family room, a sectional sofa by Twist Custom in a Jab Anstoetz bouclé surrounds a plaster cocktail table from Collected By. Nahal and Kevin say they had little interest in retreading the type of furnishings they both grew up with-a look they affectionately describe as “very ornate,” “very Louis XVI,” “very gold-accented,” and “very bring-it-from-Iran.” Later, as a married couple feathering their nest together, the two realized yet another important commonality. They were introduced by mutual friends during their senior year of college (he was at UCLA, she was at USC), and, says Nahal, “we’ve basically been together ever since.” Both born in Iran, as young children they immigrated with their respective families to Los Angeles, where they grew up in the area’s Persian American Jewish community. Married couple Kevin and Nahal Danesh admit that for them, this is absolutely the case. How many of us swore to ourselves that when we grew up, we wouldn’t furnish our houses the same way our parents did? Call it a declaration of decorating independence-the inalienable right of each new generation to reject chintz, midcentury modern, or whatever furniture Mom and Dad picked out back in the day.
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