Tour an Interior Designer’s Ultra-Cool Malibu Farmhouse

It’s hard to imagine that the Malibu home of interior designer Vanessa Alexander of Alexander Design and her husband Steven, a partner at talent agency ICM, could have ever been described as “classic Georgian” meets “unauthentic Tuscan” meets “Balinese.” But that is exactly how she relays it. “Now I would describe it as a Tuscan farmhouse,” she says, after a total gut renovation, which involved taking down walls, adding skylights, replacing every surface, adding new windows and doors, changing the floor plan dramatically, and bringing in more than a dozen 100-year-old olive trees.

Blackman Cruz NYC Complete Destination Sign ($5500)

“Paris Opera” by Bill Henson (price upon request)

Alder & Co. Waffle Linen Throw ($250)

Lindsey Adelman Branching Chandelier ($17,500 and up)

Bourgeous Boheme Atelier Font Albe Candle Wall Sconce (price upon request)

Obsolete Iron Vapor Tight Explosion Proof Pendant ($1950)

BDDW Market Shelf (price upon request)

Maison de Vacances Metallized Vice Versa Pillow ($175)

“Startled Birds 2” by Matthew Porter (price upon request)

Hollywood at Home Indian Bed Cover ($1295)

“Smoke Sulfur” by Sam Francis (price upon request)

Apparatus Studio Vanity Sconce ($1120)