06/09/2026
🛠️ Tile by tile, niche by niche, Ivana Bransom of GLB Properties is resurrecting the 1930s gems of old LA.
🕰️ As one-third of GLB Properties, she’s spent years bringing early 20th-century LA apartments back from the beige, working around what survives rather than starting from scratch. Her rule: once an original detail is gone, it’s gone.
Case in point — the bathrooms.
“Bathrooms are probably my favorite part of our buildings because people were so much more playful with them. The colors, the borders, the little decorative tiles, the shapes — there was so much personality packed into a relatively small room. Today people can be afraid of color and afraid of taking risks, but these bathrooms remind you that a home doesn’t have to be neutral to be beautiful or timeless.”
Take a look at some of our favourite projects from GLB properties and head to the link in bio to read more about what goes into preserving these historic homes🏡