Dishing on Design on The Craig and Robbie Hour
I just love me some Craig Olsen and Robbie Laughlin, hosts of the tres fabulous and colorful Craig and Robbie Hour. They got me to reveal all sorts of very personal, deep dark secrets I hadn’t thought about in years when I guested on their Global Voice Broadcasing network show, even though I was there to talk…
Being At Home In Hollywood Means Movie Magic Knocking on Your Door
If you’ve ever spent any time at home in Hollywood, or the Los Angeles area in general, you’ve doubtless run across a production crew shooting a movie/commercial/television episode. You can’t mistake them — huge production trucks, noisy generators, rows of port-a-potties, dressing room trailers, screens and camera paraphernalia, dollies, carts, card tables and people —…
Channing Tatum Buys a Home That’s Not XXL
I’m always impressed when an A-list actor exercises a little restraint in his or her star-studded life. Such is the case the Foxcatching Magic Mike, otherwise known as Channing Tatum, and his wife, actor/dancer Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Although they could doubtless afford something in the eight-figure range, they’ve settled into an immaculate Beverly Hills Cape Cod, for which…
Miley Cyrus Buys a Homey Equestrian Estate
The posh community of Hidden Hills just got one celebrity richer, as twirking pop-singer/actress Miley Cyrus just paid $5 million for a five-acre equestrian and vineyard property with a 6,500 square foot ranch-style house. While it’s certainly not the fanciest place in the neighborhood where numerous Kardashians and J-Lo reside, it is one of the largest parcels in an exclusive…
Bye Bye McDreamy: Patrick Dempsey Lists His Malibu Pied a Terre
And another one bites the dust. You can now count Patrick Dempsey and his wife, makeup artist Jillian Fink, among those celebrity couples who are splitting and selling off the real estate as the divorce settles. They’ve just listed their Malibu country estate with the Frank Gehry designed main house and the Air Stream guest…
BGBG Founder Max Azria Lists His Outrageously Posh Estate
My favorite mansion in one of L.A.’s favorite neighborhoods was just listed by my one of my favorite clothing purveyors. BCBG founder Max Azria and his brilliant wife Lubov, the company’s chief creative officer, both of whom have impeccable, au currant taste, have decided to sell their beloved Maison Du Soleil. The estate is located in elite Holmby Hills,…
Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas List Their Home in Hancock Park
It seems that as goes the marriage, so goes the real estate. Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, who filed for divorce last year, have recently listed their splendid Mediterranean Revival estate in Hancock Park for a princely sum: $16.1 million. I have to say this is an emotional one for me, not because the stars are splitting,…
Sandra Bullock Rents Her House Too!
You can now add Sandra Bullock to the list of celebs renting out their homes to the rank and file. Okay, maybe not the rank and file–I guess it’s more like the 1%, since she’s asking $18,500 per month for her three bedroom, three bath house in the Hollywood Hills. In the past few months, Jessica…
Kobe Bryant Sells Mansion (Finally!)
Kobe Bryant Sells Mansion: But has to drop the price by $1.5 million You win some, you lose some, even when you’re one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Injuries and other problems have plagued Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant on the court, and now less than ideal circumstances have arisen in his own…
Ultimate Celebrity Home: Pasadena Showcase House of Design 2015
Sometimes it’s a celebrity home because a star lived there, and sometimes the house itself is the celebrity. Such is the case with the Pasadena Showcase House of Design 2015, or of any other year, really. This is the Grande Dame of all design home events, and this year’s, an English Tudor with Craftsman influences, does…
