Longtime friends and creative professionals Lea Giaquinto Levine and CETTA Design Studio founder Jillian Puglisi Lipow bring their artistic collaboration to life through the recent expansion of Lea’s home. Homeowner and designer alike infused the project with their passion and expert eye, resulting in a space shaped by friendship and a shared creative vision. Their aligned sensibilities and effortless approach are evident in every intentional choice. Form follows function throughout, creating a home that feels both beautifully livable and perfectly balanced between ease and luxury.
Guided by a reverence for enduring materials and thoughtful craftsmanship, the home draws on the relaxed elegance of California Mediterranean architecture. Light moves freely through generous spaces, resting on warm woods, natural stone, and softly veined marbles, where materiality speaks quietly and every detail is considered.
As the home evolved to support daily life, additions including a secondary chef’s kitchen, mudroom, and first-floor primary suite were seamlessly integrated. Each serves a practical purpose while remaining timeless through craftsmanship and materiality, where function and feeling exist in quiet harmony.
The result is a home that feels expansive without excess and refined without rigidity, an honest expression of modern Mediterranean living shaped by trust, collaboration, and the beauty of natural simplicity.
the home draws on the relaxed elegance of California Mediterranean architecture.