Keaton puts stamp on Los Angeles renovation
LOS ANGELES — Serial home renovator Diane Keaton has put a Pacific Palisades house on the market at $6.995 million US.
The actress bought the property three years ago for $5.6 million and created a restful living space featuring subdued-tone interiors. Rustic accessories and dark wood floors give the 2009 house a classic, yet relaxed, ambience.
In a departure from her previous remodelling projects, which often involved older home restorations and attention to historic details, Keaton has redone a newer home and made extensive use of words and signs as artwork.
Giant street numbers draw the eye at the front door, a bathroom sports the words “Teen Town,” and massive decorative lettering adorns an outdoor wall.
A formal entry, living and dining rooms, a kitchen/family room, a wine room with more verbiage, a study, a home theatre, six bedrooms, six full bathrooms and two powder rooms are within three levels and 7,800 square feet of living space. The master suite has a patio and roof deck.
The nearly quarter-acre corner lot includes a lawn, a swimming pool and an outdoor living and dining area.
Keaton, 69, is in the holiday film Love the Coopers, due out this month. The Annie Hall Oscar winner is at work on the television miniseries The Young Pope and next year’s animated film Finding Dory.
Miller’s moving out
Olympic champion skier Bode Miller has listed his house in the Coto de Caza community of Orange County for sale at $4.999 million.
The 10-acre-plus estate has 360-degree views taking in the mountains, ocean and scenery.
The 8,000-square-foot Tuscan-inspired home sits at the end of a tree-lined driveway. Living spaces include an office, a library, a butler’s pantry, a wine room, upstairs and downstairs laundry rooms, five bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. There is a sixcar garage with a motor court.
The kitchen features high-end appliances including separate refrigerator and freezer, three ovens, three dishwashers, three sinks, two islands and a coffee station. It opens to the family room with sliding doors that access the backyard.
Miller, 38, was overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008. He has won six Winter Olympics medals including a gold for super combined in 2010 at the Vancouver Games.
Sale in the forecast
Dallas Raines, a familiar face on L.A.’s weather scene, has listed his house in Pasadena for sale at $3.498 million.
The hillside perch, with its panoramic views, has given the TV weatherman a great spot from which to access atmospheric conditions.
Set behind gates on more than an acre, the two-storey home was built in 2007. The entry hall opens to formal living and dining rooms. The kitchen features stainless-steel appliances, black granite counters and a bar. A breakfast room opens to a family room/den with a fireplace.
Three bedrooms and five bathrooms are within nearly 4,700 square feet of elegantly appointed interiors. The master suite contains a sitting area and a stone fireplace. A putting green, sports court, fire pit and swimming pool with a spa are among the outdoor amenities. There’s a pool house with a kitchenette, bathroom and bedroom.
Raines, chief meteorologist at KABC-TV Channel 7, bought the property in 2008 for $2.9 million, public records show.
O’Hara sold Irish property
Actress Maureen O’Hara sold her longtime home in County Cork, Ireland, for an estimated $1.8 million about a month before her recent death.
Two private islands are part of the 35-acre coastline property, known as Lugdine Park. In addition to the main house, there is a guest cottage and free-standing swimsuit changing rooms. Views take in Glengarriff Bay and the mountains beyond.
Although O’Hara was caught up in the charm of the local village, scenery and rural setting in selecting the home in 1970, her then-husband, Charles F. Blair Jr., saw the nearby water as a “perfect place to land a seaplane,” she was quoted as saying in the property brochure.