I recently showed a house at 1015 Amber Lane, right down the street from Reese's Ojai Spanish style celebrity home now for sale. Both homes are built with amazing architectural design.
Steeped in history, tradition & celebrity. Libbey Ranch, originally designed i
n 1923 by Wallace Neff as stables for glassware magnate Edward Libbey, the "founding father" of Ojai, a bucolic village a short drive north of Los Angeles. Once home to Harold Ramis and celebrity designer Kathryn M. Ireland, and now owned by Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon. Featured in Vogue, House Beautiful and Elle D~~cor, this historic, 7-acre, character-laden ranch features century-old hardware, fireplaces, arches, turrets, original stonework, plank floors & Spanish tiles. The 4bd, 3~~ba main house... has a soaring beamed-ceiling lvg rm (w/a massive stone fp), a large & bright country kitchen opening to a large dng rm, and a library w/fp. Pool, barn, horse stables, 3 guest cottages, carriage house, organic garden, acres of pasture & picturesque landscape designed by landscape starchitect, Jay Griffith. Perfect for those seeking a kinder, gentler time away from urbanity, on a part or full-time basis.
THE LEGENDARY FORD ESTATE, 1929, BY PAUL REVERE WILLIAMS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AND FINELY DETAILED ESTATE, BUILT AROUND A CENTER COURTYARD IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE. THE 16 ROOM RESIDENCE IS IRREPLACEABLE, EMPHASIZING THE FINEST IN UNCOMPROMISING ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, QUALITY AND MATERIALS. A MONUMENTAL/HISTORIC 4 YEAR RESTORATION W/ KEVIN A. CLARK, RECENTLY COMPLETED, INCORPORATING MODERN CONVENIENCES. THIS LANDMARK ESTATE'S PUBLIC ROOMS & OUTDOOR SPACES WERE DESIGNED FOR GRAND ENTERTAINING AND LARGE-SCALE FAMILY LIVING WITH GENEROUSLY PROPORTIONED RECEPTION GALLERY & LIVING ROOM, MAHOGANY PANELED LIBRARY, BUTLER'S PANTRY, STATELY DINING & BREAKFAST ROOMS. THE METICULOUSLY LANDSCAPED GROUNDS ARE COMPLETE WITH POOL, FOUNTAINS, FORMAL ROSE GARDEN, MATURE OAKS & TANGERINE ORCHARD. LOCATED ON A CUL-DE-SAC, ADJACENT TO THE WORLD-CLASS OJAI VALLEY INN & SPA, THIS EXTREMELY PRIVATE, GATED ESTATE ON MORE THAN 3 ACRES, EMBODIES TRUE S. CALIFORNIA INDOOR/OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE AT ITS BEST