Tour Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams’s Eclectic Spani
Apr 15, 2023 19:50:40 GMT
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Post by sputnik on Apr 15, 2023 19:50:40 GMT
i like this a lot. and the house feels lived in. and i love how much they appreciate that the house is historic and by a famous california architect and respect it and want to maintain the integrity of it. that rustic cabin wall in the dining room has to go though, seems out of place.
Tour Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams’s Eclectic Spanish Colonial Revival Home
The actors aimed to honor the legacy of their 1920s Los Angeles residence
By Rachel Wallace
Photography by Seth Caplan
Styled by Paige Wassel
April 13, 2023
Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams don’t see themselves as simply the owners of their Spanish Colonial Revival home in Los Angeles. “I think we've learned what it means to become the shepherds of a house,” Adams reflects. The actors—he’s best known for his role on Suits, in which he played Meghan Markle’s character’s love interest, while Bellisario starred on the popular teen drama Pretty Little Liars—fell in love with the residence while in the midst of planning their 2016 wedding and moved in right after their honeymoon. “We weren’t in the market,” says Adams, but after popping into an open house one day, he knew the house would be theirs. “We were like, this is a dream place. It’s super special.”
The 1924 residence was designed by one of the lions of the golden age of California architecture—Wallace Neff. Its white stucco exterior, colorfully tiled main staircase, and wrought-iron details are all calling cards of Neff’s numerous Spanish-influenced homes, though he dabbled in many aesthetics over his six decade–plus career, and has even been credited with creating California style more generally. Silent film stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford commissioned him to build their iconic “Pickfair” estate, while stylish stars like Diane Keaton, Reese Witherspoon, and Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have all lived in Neff-designed abodes. The architect’s work was also frequently covered in the early days of Architectural Digest. Four black-and-white images of Adams and Bellisario’s home even appeared in a 1920s issue, which provided helpful context as the pair embarked on their decorating journey.
Upon moving in, the couple incorporated elements from their previous home, but after a few years they realized that they needed outside help to make the house feel cohesive. “We were getting a little bit older, and we were getting the sense that we were forcing our style onto this very beautiful [historic] house,” says Adams. They called upon designer Rosa Beltran, who got to work just as the couple prepared to welcome their second daughter, Elliot, who will turn two in May. (Their older daughter, Aurora, is now four.)
Beltran spearheaded a few key renovations with the goal of honoring Neff’s intentions as much as possible. A chimney element was added to the fireplace in the living room for grandeur. (Prior to this, the couple’s designer friends Kaitlin McHugh and Lulu Brud had helped them raise the fireplace off the ground.) Renaissance Design Studio was brought in to add vintage-looking French doors and sidelights to augment the indoor-outdoor feel. The kitchen, renovated by the previous owner, received a coat of dark green paint on its cabinets. And, inspired by the one interior photo of the home published in the 1920s issue of AD, recessed shelving was added below the living room balcony.
“The goal was to make it feel how Neff and the team of artisans who had worked on the home in the beginning would have wanted it to feel, and also to make it really comfortable and useful for a modern-day family,” Beltran explains. For Adams and Bellisario, it was important to honor the house’s bones while not being too precious. That meant letting their kids play freely in the family room and keeping personally meaningful art around, even if it isn’t perfectly in line with the style of the home.
A bulk of the transformation took place outside, where the yard was in a state of disrepair. Sean Femrite of Environmental Design Studio added a curved staircase, built-in seating, a firepit, and a seating area near the pool that the family now enjoys often. Hopefully the two large olive trees they added to the back yard (via crane) will remain firmly planted for many years to come. But if they are ever unearthed, a mark of Adams and Bellisario’s time as the stewards of this century-spanning home will be waiting underneath: “When we planted the trees,” says Bellisario, “we buried a time capsule deep below them.”
Actors Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams moved into their Wallace Neff–designed Los Angeles home soon after their 2016 wedding. A few years later they redecorated it with the goal of honoring the house’s history.
After looking at the old AD photos of the home with Adams and Bellisario, “[We] felt like there needed to be recessed shelving with some beautiful arches that echo all of the arches throughout the house,” says designer Rosa Beltran of the addition to the main living room.
Pieces from Beltran’s furniture line, Clad Home, including the sofa, custom bouclé ottoman, and oversized green velvet chair, were interspersed with vintage finds—like Danish leather armchairs and an antique reclaimed elm side table from Mix Furniture—in order to create a dynamic interior, Beltran explains. “If everything was all matchy-matchy or all of one era or all one style, there’s no tension. It’s not interesting.”
The large, double-height living room “called for a really special piece” in the center, says Beltran. She had a chandelier custom-made out of recycled glass vases, which provides a lighter look than the original wrought-iron light fixture. On the floor, a large Turkish rug helps pull things together.
The dining room table was custom-made to fit the space and was left for Adams and Bellisario by the previous owners. They added chairs from HD Buttercup that they already owned, and Adams installed the wood accent wall himself.
“I just think we broke through the barrier of being afraid of color,” says Adams of their decision to take the kitchen cabinets from white to Benjamin Moore’s Under the Sea. The pendant lights are from West Elm.
The couple haven’t been able to verify if the stained glass details are original to the home, but the colorful windows were there when they moved in. The light switches throughout the house seem to be original as well.
“The [joint] kitchen and family room feels like the beating heart of the house,” says Adams. Their daughters often play among the Clad Home sofa, coffee table, Loloi rug, and Anthropologie console. It was important to the couple that the kids feel like it is their home too. “We want them to walk into a room and feel compelled to be creative.”
House of Hackney wallpaper adds moody drama to the powder room, along with a vintage vanity and sink, Regina Andrew sconces, and a Rejuvenation mirror.
In the main bedroom, a Crate and Barrel bed was customized by adding a headboard cushion with leather straps. The light fixture is Lawson-Fenning.
Many of the window treatments throughout the home were custom, including in the main bedroom. “The trick is hanging them as high as you can at the height of the ceiling, not low right over the doors and windows,” says Beltran.
Adams and Bellisario got engaged in 2014. Back then, their filming schedules meant the relationship was long-distance. “He would take to leaving me lots of notes on my mirror in my lipstick,” she says. Adams recently wrote a message on one of the Rejuvenation mirrors in the primary bathroom as a callback, and they have yet to wipe it away, as a nod to their old ritual. The sconces are Kelly Wearstler.
The main bathroom is light and bright, with a vintage Turkish rug and a Clad Home ottoman offering a place to lounge under a ceiling light by Hinkley.
The bathroom vanity was custom-built by a friend of the couple, Satbir Khalsa, while the chair is from IKEA and the hanging mirror is from Dekor.
Their shared office is “the hub for getting stuff done,” says Adams. It is also a place to display the many mementos of which they are so fond, like vintage cameras and a tintype family portrait by their friend, artist Lindsey Ross. All the wood shelves were custom-made for the space by another pal, Satbir Khalsa.
“Usually an office sits away, removed from the [rest of the] house. But when you walk into our home, it’s right there, which is why we wanted it to be colorful [and]playful. We wanted it to feel energetic and open,” says Adams. The leather couch is from Article, the rug was purchased on a trip to Morocco, and the coffee table is Altavista Lane.
The entire backyard was overhauled by Sean Femrite of Environmental Design Studio. The stairs and built-in bench seating were added to increase the flow of the space. “What I think Wallace Neff did really well was curves and lines,” Adams says. “Outside, it was all lines—there was no organic curvature anywhere. So Sean added the curvature of that staircase, which created a perfect round pocket for the firepit, which I thought was a brilliant move.”
This outdoor seating area next to the pool was added under Adams and Bellisario’s ownership. It’s appointed with a vintage Moroccan light fixture and cushions from Peter Dunham Textiles and Teak Warehouse chairs. “There was only one way to access the pool when we got out there,” says Bellisario of the initial layout. The backyard redesign added more pathways that feel natural.
Adams and Bellisario share two daughters, Aurora, four, and Elliot, almost two.
“We spend a lot of time in the backyard, especially during the summer,” says Adams. Teak Warehouse chairs.
A hot top looks over the pool.
A look at the full pool and its nearby lounge chairs.
Tour Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams’s Eclectic Spanish Colonial Revival Home
The actors aimed to honor the legacy of their 1920s Los Angeles residence
By Rachel Wallace
Photography by Seth Caplan
Styled by Paige Wassel
April 13, 2023
Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams don’t see themselves as simply the owners of their Spanish Colonial Revival home in Los Angeles. “I think we've learned what it means to become the shepherds of a house,” Adams reflects. The actors—he’s best known for his role on Suits, in which he played Meghan Markle’s character’s love interest, while Bellisario starred on the popular teen drama Pretty Little Liars—fell in love with the residence while in the midst of planning their 2016 wedding and moved in right after their honeymoon. “We weren’t in the market,” says Adams, but after popping into an open house one day, he knew the house would be theirs. “We were like, this is a dream place. It’s super special.”
The 1924 residence was designed by one of the lions of the golden age of California architecture—Wallace Neff. Its white stucco exterior, colorfully tiled main staircase, and wrought-iron details are all calling cards of Neff’s numerous Spanish-influenced homes, though he dabbled in many aesthetics over his six decade–plus career, and has even been credited with creating California style more generally. Silent film stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford commissioned him to build their iconic “Pickfair” estate, while stylish stars like Diane Keaton, Reese Witherspoon, and Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have all lived in Neff-designed abodes. The architect’s work was also frequently covered in the early days of Architectural Digest. Four black-and-white images of Adams and Bellisario’s home even appeared in a 1920s issue, which provided helpful context as the pair embarked on their decorating journey.
Upon moving in, the couple incorporated elements from their previous home, but after a few years they realized that they needed outside help to make the house feel cohesive. “We were getting a little bit older, and we were getting the sense that we were forcing our style onto this very beautiful [historic] house,” says Adams. They called upon designer Rosa Beltran, who got to work just as the couple prepared to welcome their second daughter, Elliot, who will turn two in May. (Their older daughter, Aurora, is now four.)
Beltran spearheaded a few key renovations with the goal of honoring Neff’s intentions as much as possible. A chimney element was added to the fireplace in the living room for grandeur. (Prior to this, the couple’s designer friends Kaitlin McHugh and Lulu Brud had helped them raise the fireplace off the ground.) Renaissance Design Studio was brought in to add vintage-looking French doors and sidelights to augment the indoor-outdoor feel. The kitchen, renovated by the previous owner, received a coat of dark green paint on its cabinets. And, inspired by the one interior photo of the home published in the 1920s issue of AD, recessed shelving was added below the living room balcony.
“The goal was to make it feel how Neff and the team of artisans who had worked on the home in the beginning would have wanted it to feel, and also to make it really comfortable and useful for a modern-day family,” Beltran explains. For Adams and Bellisario, it was important to honor the house’s bones while not being too precious. That meant letting their kids play freely in the family room and keeping personally meaningful art around, even if it isn’t perfectly in line with the style of the home.
A bulk of the transformation took place outside, where the yard was in a state of disrepair. Sean Femrite of Environmental Design Studio added a curved staircase, built-in seating, a firepit, and a seating area near the pool that the family now enjoys often. Hopefully the two large olive trees they added to the back yard (via crane) will remain firmly planted for many years to come. But if they are ever unearthed, a mark of Adams and Bellisario’s time as the stewards of this century-spanning home will be waiting underneath: “When we planted the trees,” says Bellisario, “we buried a time capsule deep below them.”
Actors Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams moved into their Wallace Neff–designed Los Angeles home soon after their 2016 wedding. A few years later they redecorated it with the goal of honoring the house’s history.
After looking at the old AD photos of the home with Adams and Bellisario, “[We] felt like there needed to be recessed shelving with some beautiful arches that echo all of the arches throughout the house,” says designer Rosa Beltran of the addition to the main living room.
Pieces from Beltran’s furniture line, Clad Home, including the sofa, custom bouclé ottoman, and oversized green velvet chair, were interspersed with vintage finds—like Danish leather armchairs and an antique reclaimed elm side table from Mix Furniture—in order to create a dynamic interior, Beltran explains. “If everything was all matchy-matchy or all of one era or all one style, there’s no tension. It’s not interesting.”
The large, double-height living room “called for a really special piece” in the center, says Beltran. She had a chandelier custom-made out of recycled glass vases, which provides a lighter look than the original wrought-iron light fixture. On the floor, a large Turkish rug helps pull things together.
The dining room table was custom-made to fit the space and was left for Adams and Bellisario by the previous owners. They added chairs from HD Buttercup that they already owned, and Adams installed the wood accent wall himself.
“I just think we broke through the barrier of being afraid of color,” says Adams of their decision to take the kitchen cabinets from white to Benjamin Moore’s Under the Sea. The pendant lights are from West Elm.
The couple haven’t been able to verify if the stained glass details are original to the home, but the colorful windows were there when they moved in. The light switches throughout the house seem to be original as well.
“The [joint] kitchen and family room feels like the beating heart of the house,” says Adams. Their daughters often play among the Clad Home sofa, coffee table, Loloi rug, and Anthropologie console. It was important to the couple that the kids feel like it is their home too. “We want them to walk into a room and feel compelled to be creative.”
House of Hackney wallpaper adds moody drama to the powder room, along with a vintage vanity and sink, Regina Andrew sconces, and a Rejuvenation mirror.
In the main bedroom, a Crate and Barrel bed was customized by adding a headboard cushion with leather straps. The light fixture is Lawson-Fenning.
Many of the window treatments throughout the home were custom, including in the main bedroom. “The trick is hanging them as high as you can at the height of the ceiling, not low right over the doors and windows,” says Beltran.
Adams and Bellisario got engaged in 2014. Back then, their filming schedules meant the relationship was long-distance. “He would take to leaving me lots of notes on my mirror in my lipstick,” she says. Adams recently wrote a message on one of the Rejuvenation mirrors in the primary bathroom as a callback, and they have yet to wipe it away, as a nod to their old ritual. The sconces are Kelly Wearstler.
The main bathroom is light and bright, with a vintage Turkish rug and a Clad Home ottoman offering a place to lounge under a ceiling light by Hinkley.
The bathroom vanity was custom-built by a friend of the couple, Satbir Khalsa, while the chair is from IKEA and the hanging mirror is from Dekor.
Their shared office is “the hub for getting stuff done,” says Adams. It is also a place to display the many mementos of which they are so fond, like vintage cameras and a tintype family portrait by their friend, artist Lindsey Ross. All the wood shelves were custom-made for the space by another pal, Satbir Khalsa.
“Usually an office sits away, removed from the [rest of the] house. But when you walk into our home, it’s right there, which is why we wanted it to be colorful [and]playful. We wanted it to feel energetic and open,” says Adams. The leather couch is from Article, the rug was purchased on a trip to Morocco, and the coffee table is Altavista Lane.
The entire backyard was overhauled by Sean Femrite of Environmental Design Studio. The stairs and built-in bench seating were added to increase the flow of the space. “What I think Wallace Neff did really well was curves and lines,” Adams says. “Outside, it was all lines—there was no organic curvature anywhere. So Sean added the curvature of that staircase, which created a perfect round pocket for the firepit, which I thought was a brilliant move.”
This outdoor seating area next to the pool was added under Adams and Bellisario’s ownership. It’s appointed with a vintage Moroccan light fixture and cushions from Peter Dunham Textiles and Teak Warehouse chairs. “There was only one way to access the pool when we got out there,” says Bellisario of the initial layout. The backyard redesign added more pathways that feel natural.
Adams and Bellisario share two daughters, Aurora, four, and Elliot, almost two.
“We spend a lot of time in the backyard, especially during the summer,” says Adams. Teak Warehouse chairs.
A hot top looks over the pool.
A look at the full pool and its nearby lounge chairs.
