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26 DIGS.NET | 11.13.2020 S W E E T D I G S | 1 74 4 R E E D V A L E L A N E M A R K E T Hugging the turnaround, the house immediately telegraphs its warm welcome. While it sports a formal entryway, the home's lower-level public rooms are fully open to the front via generous French doors. ey're also open to the back, flooding the interior with light and under- lining the easy rhythm of indoor and outdoor living that is one of the hallmarks of Southern California life. e expansive front veranda is just one of the many areas that offers the option of safe entertaining during these chaotic times. In fact, all of the downstairs rooms enjoy this same luxury: a generous living room with a fireplace that provides warmth on chillier nights (and, nearby, a stone-cooled wine cellar that is equally accessible to both the dining and living rooms); the book- shelf-lined den, a cozy spot for watching a favorite show or curling up with the latest bestseller; a breakfast room with generous multi-paned skylight; and formal dining room. Creatives will appreciate the home's separate studio. Its wall of windows offers the coveted northern expo- sure that artists crave while built-in drafting drawers and an expansive storage room ensure that tools and supplies are close at hand. e kitchen enables even beginners to flex the full extent of their burgeoning talents. A professional cooktop supports the largest and most awkward of pots; plenty of stone and butcher block surfaces make kitchen prep—and clean-up—a breeze; a central island invites an audience to gather round; and a commercial Traulsen refrigerator offers plenty of storage space. Fruit and produce trees, including tanger- ine, lemon, orange and avocado, keep the home well-supplied, while a stand-alone space just above the house can be used as a chicken coop for those who savor the luxury of newly-laid eggs (it would also make a perfect temporary school house). Just outside, an outdoor kitchen welcomes grill masters to show off their skills. Of course, no true Los Angeles home is complete without a pool. is one is at once picturesque, straddled by two trellises that can support flowering vines and, at 55 feet, long enough to accommodate serious swimmers (a nearby housekeeper's room, which opens up to this area, has been commandeered to serve as a gym and changing room). A few steps up from the pool a small aerie is the ideal setting for a spa space. Alternatively, with its inspiring view, the consummate writer's room. e home's private rooms dance across the second story with French windows fram- ing views of both mountains and sea. ere is a master bedroom wing, complete with a separate dressing room and a shower that opens to the backyard; two Jack-and-Jill bedrooms and a guest room that includes a regal clawfoot bathtub that looks out over the pool and the mountains and its own separate entrance, offering visitors the luxury of anonymity that makes long stays possible. In fact, the entire home, with its beautiful choreography of interior and exterior spaces and public and private rooms, ensures that everyone will easily find a favor- ite spot for rest and relaxation, play and work, togetherness and solitude. A peaceful retreat burnished by the timeless glamour of Old Holly- wood, with rich architectural pedigree, this home sets a scene only dreamed. Until, of course, the dream is realized.