Junior Women Host 20th Annual Home Tour

The Pacific Palisades Junior Women’s Club will present its 20th Annual Holiday Home Tour on Sunday, November 13 when three distinctive private homes in the Palisades will be open for viewing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Holiday Boutique, taking place at the Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real, features 54 vendors selling holiday items, home accessories, clothing, jewelry and more. Returning this year is the Junior’s Estate Sale, with many great finds’from unusual antiques to modern pieces’all donated by members of the club. Monrose Catering will sell refreshments at the Boutique Caf’, and valet parking is available for a nominal fee. Tickets, $35 ($25 for seniors 60 years and older), are available for purchase online at www.PPJWC.com or by phone at 285-3218, as well as at each of the homes on the day of the tour. Pre-purchased tickets may be picked up on November 13 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Boutique. Shuttle service is mandatory for the Evans Road property; patrons may park at Will Rogers free of charge. Proceeds from the Home Tour and Holiday Boutique are awarded to local nonprofit organizations in Pacific Palisades. In the past five years, PPJWC has donated over $415,000 to various groups. The club invites all nonprofit groups serving the Palisades community to participate in our grant application program. For more information, visit www.PPJWC.com. 500 Toyopa The resident of this contemporary property is a spa owner who couldn’t stop bringing work home. Home tour visitors will experience 6,200 square feet of balance, peace and harmony, all achieved through Feng Shui and other principles. Trickling sounds from a pond create a tranquil mood in the front yard. Once in the foyer, the owners’ love of art and antiques becomes apparent. Clearly, the world is her marketplace. Walk down the front hallway noting the elegant comfort of the media room and the bamboo floors. A few steps more and tourgoers enter a world bursting with sensual color. The hand-finished paint on the living room walls evokes a warm, exotic mood. Elaborate silk pillows call out for travelers happy to recount their adventures. A trio of Moorish chandeliers light the evening and a wall of glass doors perfects the illusion of indoor/outdoor living. Across the lawn, the first floor guest room features an antique opium bed and several other Asian antiques. The lush linens of this room make even the weariest nomad feel at rest. Honed granite counters, Murano glass lighting and a blue glass back splash return the visitor to a contemporary feel in the kitchen. Doors lead outside to the exterior teak wood decks surrounded by a lush Asian-inspired landscape. Peer over the cascading waterfall for a peek at the swimming pool and spa below. Explore the second floor of the home and find two bedroom suites, a home spa complete with massage table and sauna, and the master suite where an outdoor canopy lounge sparks thoughts of an endless summer. Returning downstairs, take one last look at Nirvana in the Huntington. 14209 Evans Road Purchased from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after he was elected, this sleeping beauty has awakened in her splendor. The 11,000-square-foot home and 2.5-acre property capture the dreams of any luxury fantasy with a hotel-like pool, spa, tennis court, gym, library, wine cellar, worker apartments and estate grounds complete with petting zoo. Passing through a tunnel of regal California oak trees, the city noise disappears and visitors hear only the creek below. The home, positioned across a bridge, sits behind massive wood and wrought iron gates. Inside the gates, the entry pavilion is paved with marble, reflecting the owners’ desire to restore this home to traditional grandeur. Stepping into the home, guests first see the formal living room where the eye-catching carpet, handwoven in India especially for this room, displays an intricate design. Art and artifacts abound throughout the home, all bounty from the owners’ many adventures abroad. The fully upholstered powder room is laced with 14-karat gold accents and a mirror made for the room in Murano, Italy. The wine cellar’s intricate iron door was handmade in Mexico. Upstairs, the master suite is defined by a striking, sunken, octagonal design surrounded by balconies. The floors of the balconies are part of the 6,000 square feet of marble used throughout the property. His and hers fully appointed bathrooms connect to the bedroom with his leading to an office overlooking the staircase, and hers to a grand bath with dual closets. Also on the second floor is the lady’s office just off the children’s wing. She can fax that last document to the East Coast while gazing at the duck pond, petting zoo and rambling lawn. Beyond the hand-painted children’s rooms, guest and nanny accommodations, the back staircase leads to a playroom and adjoining service apartment. Through the hallway, the gourmet kitchen includes china service storage for 200. As guests leave this home, they can look back and imagine the two-story glass gym and yoga studio to be constructed later this year. Evans Road brings wonderland to life. 17771 Calle de Palermo Nestled in a quiet guard-gated community in the Palisades Highlands, this Tuscan villa is the pinnacle of convenient modern living melded with Old World opulence. Occupying over 7,000 square feet of living space, the 21 rooms are hand-tooled down to the reproduction Louis XIV vent grills. Exotic woods are used throughout, from the solid mahogany library and billiard room to the Brazilian cherry floors and the distressed Italian ironwood. Venetian plaster gives the walls a marble finish that complements the imported stone and hand-painted tiles. Hidden within the antiqued walls are all the conveniences of modern living: a wireless Internet system, a 13-unit television network, surround sound and a security system. Entering through imposing distressed-cypress doors into a foyer with a magnificent stone staircase, visitors first note the Italian-glass lighting and an immense painting by Marco Ferrero of Eze, France, one of many paintings by this artist owned by the residents. Travertine columns line the formal dining room which faces the adjacent, rotunda living room. Continue up the grand staircase noting the unique iron appliqu’ across the ceiling. Proceed to the whimsical, design award-winning children’s bedrooms, guest suites, playroom, library and master suite. The master bedroom and bath are appointed with honed marble and detailed mosaic. The boudoir opens to a balcony overlooking the park-like grounds. Next, sneak down the back staircase to the gourmet kitchen, wine closet, breakfast area, family room and billiard room. No detail has been overlooked in this showcase home. Walking outside, one sees why this house is an entertainer’s delight with outdoor patio seating, televisions and heating. Partygoers often sit at the granite table/fire pit and or enjoy the outdoor bar and barbecue, pool, spa and sports court. The mountain vistas complete the owners’ bliss; a piece of heaven in the Highlands.