The first time AD100 designer Nate Berkus heard that Ray Romano wanted to hire him, it was through the comedian’s daughter. “I was like, ‘Is this real? Is this Everybody Loves Raymond and his wife, or is this a guy named Ray Romano who’s building a home in the desert?’”

It really was Ally Romano, emailing on behalf of her parents—Emmy-winning actor, writer, and producer Ray Romano and his wife of 36 years, Anna. They were building a new house in La Quinta, California, where they’d already been vacationing for over a decade after Ray, an avid golfer, visited with friends and fell in love with the desert.

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The family mainly resides in Los Angeles, but after the pandemic hit, “we spent a lot more time in La Quinta,” Anna explains. With their four adult children (in addition to Ally, 33, they have twins Gregory and Matthew, 30, and Joseph, 25) around more, Anna started to wonder if they might need more bedrooms at the family vacation home. Soon enough, she and Ray found themselves purchasing a lot. South Coast Architects served as the architecture firm on the project, while the contractor was Discovery Builders, and HSA Design Group completed the landscape architecture.

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Anna, a longtime fan of Berkus—who has starred on numerous TV shows, often alongside his husband, fellow AD100 designer Jeremiah Brent—asked Ally her opinion on hiring him. In a move very much exuding eldest-daughter energy, Ally got the ball rolling by sending the initial email. “Over the years, following him and seeing stuff he’s done, he just seemed like an easy person to work with,” Anna says.

The way Berkus tells it, the feeling was mutual. “They are, as a family, among the most down-to-earth people I have ever worked with. It was apparent to me that this was about creating a beautiful and comfortable family home, not for entertaining per se. It was going to be a gathering place for all of them to relax and unwind,” he says. Berkus worked with the Romanos on every detail of the build, helping to choose everything from materials to artwork. “We laughed the whole time,” Berkus says.

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