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    An L.A. Restaurateur and a Hollywood Actress Reimagined This $3.5 Million Lake Arrowhead Home

    Lake Arrowhead has no shortage of cozy cabins and woodsy retreats, but a freshly rehabbed home in the exclusive, guard-gated community of Rainbow Point is setting a different tone—one that blends contemporary, big-city polish with rugged mountain charm. Dani Rosenthal of Wheeler Steffen Sotheby’s International Realty holds the $3.5 million listing.

    The creative minds behind the project? Hospitality entrepreneur Beau Laughlin—known for shaping stylish L.A. eateries like Sawyer, Kettle Black, and Pinky’s—and his wife, actress Lindsey Gort, whose credits include The Carrie Diaries and Lucifer. Laughlin also has a design-build company, Framework, founded back in 2018. Along with Gort, they have since made a name for themselves in the residential arena, and together, the design-savvy couple has transformed the 4,380-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-bathroom mountain house in Lake Arrowhead into a serene, high-style sanctuary.   

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    The ample kitchen stuns with curved corners, green cabinetry, Taj Mahal marble, and a La Cornue range.

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    “We wanted the home to feel elevated but grounded—to reflect the beauty of the lake without overpowering it,” says Laughlin. That vision plays out in the soaring 22-foot wood-beamed ceilings, dramatic angular windows, floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, and custom walnut millwork that nods to the surrounding forest. The kitchen is a showstopper with sage green cabinetry, Taj Mahal marble counters and backsplashes, a La Cornue range, and handcrafted lighting by Gallery L7 and Ravenhill Studio. A massive T-shaped island with curved corners centers the space, flanked by fluted glass cabinets and open walnut shelving.

    Elsewhere, you’ll find dual primary suites—one with a custom walnut bed, natural stone fireplace, and spa-worthy ensuite; the other offering lake views from a bespoke white oak bed. A cozy den with a wood-burning fireplace and wet bar opens to a secluded backyard with a hot tub, perfect for winding down after a day on the water. There’s also a fitness/yoga area, a sauna-style bath, a fully custom laundry room, and an EV charger, plus access to Rainbow Point’s private dock on Meadow Bay.

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    The primary bedroom has a stone fireplace and lake views.

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    This isn’t the couple’s first joint residential project. In 2023, they put a $5.1 million price on their custom Palm Springs home, a striking, solar-powered desert retreat with a saltwater pool, San Jacinto Mountain views, and eco-conscious upgrades throughout.  

    “This home showcases a rare caliber of intentional design and sophisticated craftsmanship for Lake Arrowhead,” says Rosenthal. “It’s a game-changer for what luxury living can look like in the mountains.” 

    Click here to see more photos of the Lake Arrowhead home. 

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    Abby Montanez

    Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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    Singer Leona Lewis Just Listed Her L.A. Home With Sweeping Views for $4 Million

    A little more than four years after British singer and songwriter Leona Lewis scooped up a Spanish-style villa with picturesque views framing the entire Los Angeles Basin, the X Factor winner best known for the 2007 hit Bleeding Love has decided to part ways with her home in the steep hills high above Studio City, asking a speck under $4 million. Benjamin Stewart-Kruger of Carolwood Estates holds the listing.

    Previously owned by controversial YouTube celebrity Shane Dawson, who put the place on the market in 2019 after he and husband Ryland Adams bought a mansion farther out in the suburbs, it sold in May of that year for $2 million to fashion exec Maria Tomei Borromeo. She proceeded to completely renovate the spread before flipping it to Lewis and her choreographer-turned-entrepreneur husband Dennis Jauch in 2021 for $2.6 million.

    The living room features panoramic views framed by a glass curtain wall.

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    Originally built in the early 1950s and thoughtfully enhanced by Lewis during her tenure, the creamy stucco and terracotta-roof structure is hidden away behind a lengthy gated driveway. Inside, three bedrooms and four baths are spread across almost 2,300 square feet of multi-level living space boasting a mix of stone and wide-plank French oak floors, arched doorways, and whitewashed wood-beam ceilings dotted with skylights. Walls of glass also offer up a look at the sweeping vistas across the San Fernando Valley from almost every vantage point.

    Standing out is a fireside living room lined with folding steel-framed doors spilling outside. A dining area adjoins a green-hued kitchen spotlighted by marble countertops, a glass-tiled backsplash, a farmhouse sink, and high-end stainless appliances, while a cozy den has a winding staircase that heads up to a treehouse-like primary suite sporting a corner fireplace, a walk-in closet, and a bath equipped with a Victoria + Albert soaking tub.

    An updated kitchen with mint-green cabinetry and a tiled backsplash connects to a breakfast nook.

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    The undeniable star of the show is the recently redesigned grounds, which are laced with fruit trees and drought-tolerant plants and host an enclosed courtyard holding a saltwater pool and an inset spa surrounded by a Saltillo-tiled terrace, plus a fire pit, an outdoor kitchen, and multiple seating areas. A detached two-car garage on the nearly third-acre premises that Lewis used as a recording studio could easily be converted into an office or a gym.

    Born and raised in London, the Grammy-nominated performer first achieved national acclaim in 2006 after winning the third season of the TV talent show X Factor. She subsequently released the hit single Bleeding Love and went on to record the official I See You theme song for the sci-fi film Avatar. Aside from her music career, she has also dabbled in acting and co-owns two vegan coffee shops in L.A.

    Click here for more photos of the Studio City residence.

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    Emma Stone Seeks $26.5 Million for Her Unfinished Austin Estate

    Emma Stone’s Texas-sized dream home has hit the market before she’s even had a chance to move in. The Oscar-winning actress and her producer-director husband Dave McCary have just put their sprawling, not-quite-finished estate in Austin’s tony Tarrytown neighborhood, one of the city’s most exclusive enclaves, up for grabs at a cool $26.5 million. 

    Purchased back in 2021, the couple had big plans for the 1.25-acre spread, bringing in the award-winning firm Cuppett Kilpatrick to reimagine the historic estate. Fast-forward to today, and the couple’s plans have changed. While finishing touches are still in progress (it’s scheduled for completion this summer), the installed updates already make it one of the most compelling homes on the Austin market.

    Tucked into a leafy, oak-shaded street just a half mile from Lady Bird Lake’s Walsh Boat Landing, the compound comprises a stately four-bedroom main residence built of Georgian-style masonry, a garage topped by a screening room and entertaining space, and a fully appointed two-bedroom guesthouse—because in Texas, bigger really is better. 

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    The kitchen has unvarnished oak floors and glossy tile backsplashes embellished with a floral design.

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    Inside, it’s all about timeless elegance. Think herringbone oak and brick floors, creamy marble fireplace surrounds, arched doorways, and custom millwork so intricate it took a year to install in the screening room alone. The interiors offer both grand and gracious spaces for large-scale entertaining and cozy corners for quiet evenings in. A paneled library, sun-filled solarium, and playroom add charm and versatility, while a screened breezeway spills out to the pool.

    The landscape is equally lush, with everything from fairy and cutting gardens to wide swaths of lawn and water features that lend to the feeling of being ensconced in a bucolic country retreat but in the heart of ATX. 

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    A sculptural soaking tub and pink mosaic flooring take center stage in a burgundy-tiled bathroom.

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    Why sell now, before they’ve even had a chance to put their shoes in the closet? According to Eric Moreland of Moreland Properties/Forbes Global Properties, who holds the listing together with colleague Diane Humphreys, the couple’s East Coast business ventures have grown since they began the renovation, making a permanent move to Texas less practical, he explained to the Wall Street Journal. That said, their design choices here reflect an eye for legacy. “This is a home that will stand the test of time,” Moreland added. 

    Stone certainly has a sharp eye for real estate. Last year she sold her L.A. home for $4.3 million, $2 million more than she paid five years earlier, and in 2022 she took in a million-dollar profit on the sale of a Malibu residence that went for just over $4.4 million. While Stone and McCary may be heading back to New York, where she still owns a $3.6 million apartment she picked up back in 2018, they’ve left behind a Texas treasure for the right buyer willing to pick up where they left off in Austin.  

    Click here to see more photos of the Texas estate. 

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    Abby Montanez

    Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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    Julia Roberts’s Former Hawaii Hideaway Can Be Yours for $30 Million

    Always wanted to live out your very own Pretty Woman fantasy—albeit one that involves idling away your days at a tropical beachfront retreat in Hawaii as opposed to a posh Beverly Hills hotel? You’re in luck, because a blissful estate that Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts once called home has just popped up for sale on Kauai’s magical North Shore in the remote town of Hā‘ena, asking a dash under $30 million. Neal Norman of Hawaii Life holds the listing.

    With a main home and a guest cottage offering up a total of four bedrooms and four baths in nearly 3,150 square feet, the secluded residence has plenty of room for any like-minded dreamer to eat, pray, love, and more while enjoying some particularly stunning ocean and mountain views. Famously owned by the Oscar-winning actress and her longtime cinematographer husband Danny Moder for more than a decade, records show the ranch-style property was last sold to an entity linked to a Miami-based LLC in 2020 for around $20 million.

    A spacious great room spills out to a covered lanai with picturesque views of the Pacific.

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    Tucked away off a private road on three contiguous parcels that total 8.3 acres and offer 400 feet of ocean frontage on pristine Limahuli Beach, the three-bedroom, three-bath primary dwelling was built in 1970. Remodeled during Roberts’s tenure by the San Francisco architecture firm Walker Warner, it comes complete with rustic hardwood floors, soaring exposed-beam ceilings bolstered by steel tie bars, wood-paneled walls, and vast expanses of glass, plus new solar panels.

    Upon entry, an open-concept great room features a living room, a dining area, and a kitchen boasting a butcher block-topped eat-in island that seats up to four for casual meals and an accompanying workstation. French doors lead out to a covered lanai. The primary bedroom sports a spa-like bath with a large oval soaking tub and access to an outdoor shower, and one of the guest bedrooms has been converted into a gym.

    An infinity pool overlooks the towering, cathedral-like green peak of Makana Mountain.

    Gelston Dwight

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    In addition to a detached one-bedroom, one-bath guest cottage, the alluring grounds also host a 490-square-foot infinity pool integrated into a wood sundeck, along with landscaped gardens, a running stream, and plenty of grassy spots suited to alfresco lounging and dining. An added bonus: The retreat is adjacent to protected land that includes Hā‘ena State Park and the National Tropical Botanical Garden.

    Roberts and Moder acquired the Limahuli Beach spread in June 2009 for $10 million, and they previously owned another Kauai property, a charming compound on Hanalei Bay they bought in late 2011 for $13.3 million and offloaded to Michael Fleiss, creator of ABC’s The Bachelor, in 2016 for $16.2 million.

    Click here for more photos of the Kauai residence.

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    Valentino Cofounder Giancarlo Giammetti Just Listed His Manhattan Penthouse for $17.5 Million

    Giancarlo Giammetti, co-founder of the venerable fashion house Valentino, is parting ways with his stylishly appointed penthouse just blocks from New York’s Central Park.

    Situated on the 54th floor of One Beacon Court, where Beyoncé once owned a place, the three-bedroom, three-bath spread was a collaboration between Giammetti and the renowned French interior designer Jacques Grange. The two worked together to compose an art-filled home that complemented the panoramic views visible through the aerie’s 40 floor-to-ceiling windows. While he’s lived in the penthouse for more than a decade, Giammetti is now listing it for $17.5 million with Allison Bandier Koffman and Juliette Janssens of Sotheby’s International Realty—East Side Manhattan Brokerage and Martha Kramer of Brown Harris Stevens.

    “It’s incredible how much I discover every time I approach the windows,” Giammetti told Architectural Digest back in 2013. “Unless it’s bad weather—then I’m in a gray cloud.” Due to the vast amounts of glass, Giammetti has used the home’s limited wall space to display works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 

    Leopard-print flooring adorns the primary bedroom.

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    The front-corner unit, which has three different entrances for guests and staff, opens into a rectangular entry gallery. The corner living room opens up to the library and the dining room, with the full sweep of space measuring in at 77 feet long. Here, Grange covered the floor-to-ceiling columns that break up the windows with Indian mica, adding charcoal and brass tones to the airy expanse.

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    “I love rooms with a darker feeling,” Giammetti said. “New York is a city of light and views, but I wanted a compromise between that openness and my love of warmer, darker tones. I would describe the look of the apartment as chiaroscuro, with rich browns and gold accents.”

    The views from the 54th floor encompass Central Park and the Upper East Side.

    Yoo Jean Han

    The modern kitchen has been outfitted by the German manufacturer Poggenpohl, and there’s a breakfast room for more casual meals. The primary bedroom, with leopard print covering the floors, is paired with a marble-encrusted spa bath and a custom dressing room. The two additional bedrooms are located in a separate wing, and each has its own ensuite bathroom. A powder room and a laundry room complete the abode.

    The 83-year-old Giammetti met Valentino Garavani in 1960, and the two founded the Valentino label that same year. Giammetti left the company in 2007, but he’s remained close with Garavani, now in his 90s, and the two created the Valentino Garavani Foundation in 2017.

    Click here to see all the photos of the glamorous Manhattan aerie.

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    Tori Latham

    Tori Latham is a digital staff writer at Robb Report. She was previously a copy editor at The Atlantic, and has written for publications including The Cut and The Hollywood Reporter. When not…

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    William Randolph Hearst’s Mistress Called This N.Y.C. Duplex Home. Now It Can Be Yours for $26 Million.

    As the story goes, publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst and his longtime paramour Marion Davies initially met in the early 1900s when he saw the striking young blonde performing as part of the chorus line in the Ziegfeld Follies. Though he was more than twice her age and married at the time, they began a 34-year relationship that lasted until his death in 1951.

    Wielding his influence and substantial wealth, Hearst not only helped Davies become a popular actress known for her comedic wit, but he also scooped up a luxe New York City apartment hotel where he commissioned a swanky 11-room residence for her that he called “nothing less than a palace fit for a movie queen.” Now that Park Avenue pad has just popped up on the market for the first time in the 21st century at $26 million, with Michael Kotler of Douglas Elliman holding the listing.

    A handsome bookshelf-lined library/office with a view sits off the 45-foot-long great room.

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    Sited within the 42-story Ritz Tower residential co-op built in the mid-1920s by newspaper editor/real estate investor Arthur Brisbane and designed by noted architect Emery Roth, the 19th and 20th floor unit has four bedrooms and a matching number of baths in two levels of opulent living space outfitted with pegged oak floors, stained-glass windows, doors from an ancient monastery, and a wraparound terrace offering picturesque views of the Manhattan skyline and Central Park.

    A private elevator opens into a white marble entry foyer, which leads to a voluminous 45-foot-long great room boasting a hand-painted ceiling culled from a Venetian palace, as well as a Juliet balcony, a seating alcove warmed by a wood-burning fireplace, and access to the expansive terrace. A walnut-clad office/library on one side of the great room leads via a hallway to a powder room, a den/media room, and an en suite bedroom. A door on the other side connects to a formal dining room and a bright, white kitchen equipped with newer appliances and a breakfast nook, plus an adjoining laundry room.

    The formal dining room features stained-glass windows and a tented ceiling treatment.

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    Upstairs, a gallery hallway overlooking the great room below leads to a private wing hosting a primary bedroom sporting a wall of closets, as well as a spacious tiled bath with a built-in soaking tub and a separate shower. Two additional bedrooms in an opposite wing include one with its own bath and another with a large walk-in closet, and there’s also a second full bath and a pear wood-paneled den/study holding court in between.

    A whopping $20,381 monthly maintenance fee allows the new owner to take advantage of numerous hotel-like amenities that encompass a 24-hour doorman and concierge, housekeeping and room service, a conference room, and exercise facilities. An added bonus: Some of the furnishings are also included in the sale, including a century-old Agra carpet, Regency-era tables, and a 10-foot Vanderbilt clock.

    Click here for more photos of the Manhattan residence.

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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