A poolside dining terrace, alive with potted kumquats and mandarins
A Chinese fretwork fresco by artist Haleh Atabeigi climbs the entrance hall.
FROM TIME TO TIME, Renvy Graves Pittman turns up horseshoes in her garden, relics from the days when mountain trails traversed the original Bel Air estate in the Santa Monica foothills of Los Angeles. “It was country; there were dirt roads out here," she says.
Built by Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury of Pasadena in 1929, the house was one of the few in Alphonzo Bell's new settlement designed in the Mediterranean Revival style. Cars, which were becoming increasingly popular, made access easier, and Bel Air became a fashionable neighborhood, attracting just the kind of “movie people” the puritanical Mr. Bell had been keen to keep out of his “community of Gentlemen's Estates”; indeed Pittman's house has been home to Tony Curtis, Sonny and Cher, and even Larry Flynt.
Pittman on the home's main loggia, where Italian faux-marbled obelisks (Antonio's Bella Casa) flank a 19th-century sunburst mirror. Convex globe lanterns, Jamb. Console, Dennis & Leen
RIGHT: An olive tree shades the pool terrace, furnished with a stone table and wrought-iron chairs (both by Michael Taylor). Cushion fabric, Perennials
この記事は Veranda の May - June 2022 / Volume 36 Issue 3 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です ? サインイン
この記事は Veranda の May - June 2022 / Volume 36 Issue 3 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です? サインイン
Social Study
In the Chicago suburbs, a convivial family home is reimagined with intoxicating color, wild florals, and a sweeping two-story library-secret doors included.
Building DRAMA
IN A STORIED UPPER EAST SIDE APARTMENT, CHAIRISH COFOUNDER ANNA BROCKWAY TURNS UP THE HEAT WITH HIGH-VOLTAGE COLOR AND AN ULTRACHIC VINTAGE HAUL.
STORYTELLERS in Residence
Interior designer Stephanie Sabbe pens a new chapter for a Nashville author's guesthouse, creating a writer's cabin with muses stretching over centuries.
ELECTRIC REGENCY
Glamour, symmetry, and a bookish emerald study: In Richmond, Suzanne Kasler and Carter Skinner usher in a new era of bravado for so-called neutrals.
A Bold REWRITE
Designer Guy Oliver changes the narrative of a late 19th-century London townhouse to showcase exquisite art and literature and exude an ageless sense of comfort.
Handwriting HISTORY
WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW IMMERSIVE MUSEUM IN GERMANY, MONTBLANC CELEBRATES THE ART OF PENMANSHIP ACROSS TIME AND CULTURE.
ONCE UPON AN ODYSSEY
While sailing the Antarctic, a writer makes a thrilling discovery: an EXTRAORDINARY SHIP'S LIBRARY assembled with an explorer's heart.
The Drintmakers WORKSHOP
Venetian studio BOTTEGA DEL TINTORETTO conjures the creative spirit of its namesake Italian Renaissance painter, one hand-bound book at a time.
GOOD on PAPER
Using traditional Philippine techniques and recycled magazines and newsprint, Lori Weitzner champions the powers of page and plant with wallcoverings crafted entirely by hand.
Etched in TIME
Patek Philippe's new rose gold Retrograde Perpetual Calendar draws upon the sweeping scrolls, foliage, and volutes of a classic antique pocket watch.
