So once Sean closes his script and hangs up his wardrobe for the night, he’s ready to leave rehearsed dialogue and comedic timing behind for the laid-back, spontaneous life he enjoys with husband Scott Icenogle, a music producer and composer, in their Tudor-style home in Los Angeles’s Hancock Park neighborhood. “Its scheme and tone seemed too dark and serious,” says Scott of the deep colors and heavy plaids that swathed the rooms before the design redo commenced. “This house needed to be comfortable, cozy, and fun, not only for us, but for all the people who we love to be around us. We wanted the update to be contemporary and classic, not too modern, and not museum-like. I think we got it.” “The main objective was to brighten and lighten the look of the entire house,” Barrett says. “Sean and Scott didn’t intend for this project to endure major construction, but we did add some architectural elements. We also thought carefully about the original purpose of each room and assigned new functions to them as we saw fit so the house provided space for all of their needs.” “I wanted to take advantage of that daylight,” Sean says. “So many people have light-filled rooms that are reserved for night. That’s how the dining room was. We only saw it at night when it was dark and could never fully enjoy it with natural light.” The new billiards room, located between the living room and the patio, which is accessed through French doors, helps establish an easy flow through these public areas. The arrangement makes for carefree entertaining when friends gather for activities such as game night, a rollicking, recurring event that’s a nod to the Hollywood Game Night show Sean produces. Their guests often finish up the evening with an impromptu piano concert in the traditional living room, with either Scott or Sean at the keyboard (each can dazzle on the ivories). “Sean and Scott don’t take themselves too seriously,” says Barrett. “This is where they house the well-deserved awards, but it’s merely a representation of a good time in their lives, not up on pedestals.” Barrett added seating to the updated family room, all extra-comfortable for feature-film-length enjoyment, tripling the number of movie-watching guests that the room can accommodate. In addition to two sofas upholstered in light-blue wool, Barrett included a pair of spool chairs with embroidered linen cushions and two woven rope stools. They all surround an oak-top coffee table, generously oversized, that invites guests for that much-loved game night in addition to casual conversation. “We love to experience the reactions from friends and family who visit,” Scott says. “They always say how the design feels like a big, smiling ‘hello.’ We can’t ask for a better compliment than that.”
