Junior Women Host 25th Home Tour

The Pacific Palisades Junior Women’s Club (PPJWC) will showcase three homes with memorable features that range from Asian textiles and a home-spa to French provincial details on the 25th annual Holiday Home Tour. Local florists and designers have decorated all three homes.   The self-guided event takes place this Sunday November 14, from 11a.m to 4 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person, $25 for seniors over age 60. Visit www.ppjwc.com or go to the Holiday Boutique the day of the tour, located at the Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real. The boutique will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and feature gift items by 30 local artisans and craftsmen, with house wares, clothing, jewelry and specialty foods among the offerings.   All the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to nonprofit groups in the Palisades. Through the years, the PPJWC has made substantial contributions to local public schools, the Palisades Recreation Center, the branch library, the Palisades-Malibu YMCA and many other organizations.

CUMBRE ALTA

The iron gate at the street opens onto a long, winding driveway that brings an air of mystery and romance to this Mediterranean-inspired property in the Highlands. The house was recently remodeled to include all the amenities of a five-star hotel, with travertine floors, a day spa in the master bathroom and a gym with fitness equipment as well as an entertainment system. Views from the second floor take in miles of ocean, ships and sailboats, as well as Catalina Island. The owners make full use of indoor-outdoor living. The dining room French doors open onto a patio. An outdoor living room features its own fireplace. The back yard is a tropical garden with an ‘infinity’ pool, gazebo and outdoor shower and changing room. Home is a luxury hotel.

767 VIA DE LA PAZ

A fa’ade of golden ochre with pale green shutters, a rose trellis arching over the walkway and a black metal table and chairs on a terrace suggest a gracious Mediterranean home. Inside, oversize crown moldings accentuate the proportions of the rooms. Wide-plank wooden flooring and wrought-iron lighting fixtures add a proven’al feeling. In the kitchen, copper pots add to the homey d’cor, with a tile design inspired by a patchwork quilt. Beside the kitchen, a family room features a fireplace of river rock set in concrete with a wood-beam mantle. Intimate furnishings throughout add to the Old World charm.

200 TOYOPA

  The exterior of this house on the Huntington Palisades bluff is pale grey stone that relates to the shimmer of the ocean in the background. Inside, the d’cor calls to mind travels of sea captains who return home with treasures from around the world. Art works from India, textiles from Turkey and Greece and a window valance that incorporates an antique Sri Lankan woodcarving capture the homeowners’ love of artisanal work from distant places. A second-floor family room features walls painted with scenes of a terraced garden under a night sky, inspired by views from an Indian palace. A striped dhurrie rug completes the mood. Other special features include a silver-leaf ceiling in the dining room and lush potted trees that bring the outdoors inside.