Designer Penelope Bianchi tells me she has listed her "Provençal farmhouse" in Santa Barbara for $5.95 million. If it looks familiar, it may be because it was featured in the September 2010 issue of House Beautiful. It's only about 15 ... Keep Reading
Archives for April 2011
For Sale: Bill Murray’s Hollywood Mansion from “Zombieland”
Bill Murray's Hollywood mansion in the horror-comedy movie Zombieland is on the market for $19.9 million. It's not really Bill Murray's house, of course, and it's not really in Hollywood. It sits on over 2 acres in Atlanta, Georgia, and ... Keep Reading
The Truth About “Designed to Sell” on HGTV
I got an interesting e-mail from a reader whose house was featured on one of the final episodes of HGTV's once-popular show "Designed to Sell." She asked to remain anonymous but thought we'd like to hear how things went behind the ... Keep Reading
The Beach House from Joan Crawford’s “Mildred Pierce”
With all the attention that the new HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" has been getting, I thought it would be fun to revisit the original from 1945. I hadn't seen it since I was a teenager and all I really remembered about it was Joan ... Keep Reading