Published on July 30, 2024
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Back in the early 1990s, a few years after her decade-long marriage to playwright Neil Simon had ended in divorce, Golden Globe-winning actress Marsha Mason packed up and left Hollywood and a movie career she never planned. The Goodbye Girl star went on to dole out around $1 million for a 247-acre estate in rural New Mexico and started a business specializing in organic medicinal herbs. Mason eventually wound up selling the place in early 2014 for $6.2 million and moved to the New York area to focus on theater work. But now Mason’s old farm has popped back up for sale at $16 million, with the listing held by Laurie Hilton of Sotheby’s International Realty-Santa Fe Brokerage.
Resting along the banks of the Rio Chama River, about 57 miles north of Santa Fe, Abiquiu Valley Farm features a 6,500-square-foot main home designed by noted architect Theodore Waddell, plus a 3500-square-foot guesthouse. There’s also a large special-events facility with a kitchen and two apartments and equestrian facilities boasting a 10-stall Morton barn and a sandy outdoor dressage area, as well as the state’s only Demeter-certified Biodynamic organic farm producing medicinal herbs, alfalfa, and other forage crops.
In addition to a central atrium, the primary dwelling is highlighted by a spacious great room with dual fireplaces; a handsome bookshelf-lined library; a formal dining room that connects to a gourmet kitchen; and a primary suite hosting tiled baths.
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The three-bedroom, five-bath guesthouse has a central courtyard, an open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area, and two separate casitas surrounded by gardens. A riverfront bosque and a fly-fishing pond also can be found amid the grounds, which overlook the scenic Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Colin Farrell’s Onetime L.A. Home Is Up for Grabs at $2.8 Million
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It’s been almost five years since Colin Farrell sold his home in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles for $1.3 million. Now the Irish actor’s charming Tudor Revival-style residence has once again popped up for sale, this time asking a speck under $2.8 million. The listing is held by Penelope Stipanovich of The Agency Beverly Hills and New York.
Known as “Treetop Lodge,” the restored 1920s structure is tucked away behind walls and gates and has four bedrooms and three baths in a little more than 2,700 square feet of multi-level living space displaying dark hardwood floors, high ceilings, arched doorways, stained glass, and steel casement windows.
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Other highlights include a living room sporting a brick wood-burning fireplace flanked by built-in shelving and a gourmet kitchen decked out with custom cabinetry, marble countertops, Wolf and Fisher & Paykel appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook offering up views of the iconic Hollywood Sign.
The primary suite has dual walk-in closets and a luxe bath spotlighted by a soaking tub, while a basement space currently serves as an artist’s studio and the oak-laced grounds host meandering pathways, a hot tub, and an oversized two-car garage.
Per Architectural Digest, Farrell currently maintains a $5.9 million estate in the Los Feliz neighborhood of L.A. that was once owned by Oscar-winning Hollywood film director Frank Lloyd, as well as a rustic cabin retreat in California’s scenic Mammoth Lakes community that he acquired for $1.3 million in spring 2023.
Quinta Brunson Buys and Sells in L.A.
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Now that she’s recently upgraded to a snazzy $7.9 million Hollywood Hills mansion that was once owned by DJ Calvin Harris, Quinta Brunson unsurprisingly has no need for her other more modest digs in the suburban San Fernando Valley community of Valley Village. So, the Abbott Elementary Star has unsurprisingly put the midcentury-modern abode she paid $1.5 million for back in late 2021 on the market.
Brunson is asking $1.65 million for the updated 1960s house, which weighs in at almost 2,200 square feet and has four bedrooms and three baths. A grassy lawn, redwood fence, and decorative two-car garage front the single-story structure, which is highlighted by a vaulted and sky-lit courtyard leading to double front doors.
Once inside, a spacious great room features the original floating fireplace and glass sliders leading outdoors, and an adjacent dining area connects to an eat-in kitchen with high-end stainless appliances. A separate wing holds a primary suite flaunting a bath with dual vanities and a glass-encased shower, with the landscaped grounds hosting a pool flanked by a sundeck and a pergola ideal for al fresco entertaining.
Brunson isn’t the only Abbott Elementary star that’s snagged new L.A. digs. While she was purchasing her Hollywood Hills retreat in July, fellow cast member Lisa Ann Walter was busy picking up Veep and Arrested Development actor Tony Hale’s “cozy, sit-by-the-fire refuge” in Studio City for $2.6 million.
Joel Madden, Nicole Richie are Selling Their Beverly Hills Estate
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Following in the footsteps of his Good Charlotte bandmate and twin brother Benji Madden—who with his actress wife Cameron Diaz just hoisted their sprawling Beverly Hills compound up for sale at $17.8 million—Joel Madden and his spouse Nicole Richie also have put their nearby 90210 spread in a celeb-studded gated community on the market for a tad under $13 million, or around $2.8 million more than they paid back in spring 2021.
Described in the listing as a “Taste of Paris meets Beverly Hills,” the four-bedroom, six-bath home offers 6,100 square feet of stylish Simo Design living space introduced via a double-height entry foyer displaying a curving staircase. From there, the fireside living and family rooms and eat-in kitchen all have doors that open to al fresco spaces.
Another family room could easily be converted into a screening room, while a glass-lined primary suite features a fireplace, a seating area, a gallery hallway, a walk-in closet, and a marble-clad bath warmed by yet another fireplace. There’s also not just one but two laundry rooms, along with an attached three-car garage and ocean-view grounds hosting a pool and spa.
Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin Put Venice Home on the Market for $5 Million
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Married actors Patricia Wettig and Ken Olin have officially listed their longtime home in L.A.’s seaside community of Venice for a smidge under $5 million. The couple—probably most known for their roles on the Golden Globe-winning TV series thirtysomething, which ran from 1987 to 1991—paid $4.5 million for the Scandinavian-inspired digs nearly five years ago.
Built in 2017 and designed by Hawaii-based Peter Vincent Architects, the sleek black and wood-accented structure rests on a gated corner parcel and has four bedrooms and an equal number of baths in 3,820 square feet of two-level living space. There’s also a detached two-car garage topped by a guest suite with a Murphy bed and bath.
On the main level, a family room is highlighted by a fireplace and floor-to-ceiling glass doors spilling out to lush grounds filled with a fountain-clad courtyard, a plunge pool, a fire pit, and a barbecue station. A dining area adjoins the chef’s kitchen, which is furnished with steel and glass cabinetry, an eat-in island, a pricey Lacanche range, and a wine fridge-equipped pantry, with a floating steel staircase heading to an upstairs primary retreat holding a spa-like bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a rainfall shower. More
