another eccentric audigier house to tour

The über-eccentric French-born designer Christian Audigier is moving on the real estate market again. Earlier this summer his fabu-lous Beverly Hills pad with the Rolls-Royce freebie came into market, and this time it’s his little mountain hideaway in Topanga near LA. The 3+ acre 1930 celebrity hotspot is priced nearly 5 million lower than the Hollywood home, and therefore at $3.3 M it’s almost seems like a bargain in comparison! In addition to the three-bedroom ranch-styled house the property has also four guesthouses and a chapel that has been transformed into an entertainment area. (I’m thinking the latter could be this low-quality photo of a bizarre-looking beamed room with tons of chandeliers hanging low… (What is it with realtors not being able to snap quality pictures – with digital cameras they should be able to afford several snaps of each room and it least one should by logic be of good quality…).

This house, like the previous one has a bit of everything – there is the saddle, fur covers and horn lamps in the bedroom, formal dining space, even the delectable eco-ball made from driftwood in the living room (the one I’ve been coveting for a while!). It seems that the underlying design idea would be the colour of the walls as that is the constant clue found in the rooms of the main house – that soft mix of baby blue and turquoise, which would be perfect for a beach hut, but quite far from the traditional Mexican/ranch tones of burned reds and browns… I am also wondering where he managed to get all those skulls on the wall; inspired by old western movies my every visit to desert-like environment I am looking for one, but have never seen any…

Anyway, I love the property as a whole and especially the gardens of the house – mountain greenery, vineyard, pool area, that very Tommy Hilfiger/Ralph Lauren styled blue and white seating area – and all those quest houses (wonder what I would do with them all, some sort of bed and breakfast or use them for weekend retreat hire maybe? But one thing would be sure – I would change the main interior colour of the house. I’m thinking of some earthlier tones as this house is on the mountains and of typical ranch style…

Christian Audigier Topanga hideaway