Those little extras add up
An indoor pool and spa kick things off, and surrounding columns frame poolside lounges, a massage room and sauna. The resort-like aesthetic flows into the spacious wine cellar, which has a wet bar.Apink and blue bowling alley provides a place for play..

It’s a Bob Hope double feature
The Toluca Lake home was designed for the Hopes in the English traditional style by architect Robert Finkelhor. In the mid-1950s, the couple wanted a more contemporary style and commissioned John Elgin Woolf to remodel and update the 1939 house..

Progress has changed its views
The city of Signal Hill takes its name from the promontory at its heart, a rise that juts 365 feet above the plains of the southern Los Angeles Basin. The commanding mountains-to-ocean views it offers led the Tongva to establish a camp at its peak from which to signal their kinsmen across the region and all the way out to Catalina Island.

Wild times are in its past
Within the updated 5,023- square-foot main house are a decorative-tiled entry hall, formal living and dining rooms, a library, Batchelder tiled fireplaces, a kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a breakfast room, a powder room and three en suite bedrooms. The music room adjacent to the entry has padded fabric walls and stained-glass windows.

Oddly calm and happy
Best known for her alter ego and YouTube character, Miranda Sings, Ballinger has designated half of the room as Miranda’s space. The area serves as the backdrop for her YouTube videos and features an entire wall and bookshelf adorned with eccentric fan art and gifts.

Cure for O.C.’s blahs
Iuse a lot of architectural stone and veneer products. My current favorite is one that looks like board-formed concrete, which is a really popular finish but quite expensive. It’s a great option for a modern look. And most people forget landscaping. It really softens the front of a home.