Love in Wood: Jean-Louis Boudreau, Josette Murphy and the fine art of redesigning a home rather than tearing it down

It all began, somewhat fatefully, one day in early 2004 at what would become a massive teardown site in the heart of El Segundo. Josette Murphy and Jean-Louis Boudreau had been neighbors for 10 years but they’d never met. She lived and worked in a 400 square-foot cottage on Grand Avenue. He had a woodworking and ge