The Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway’s and her husband, jewelry designer Adam Shulman’s, rural California home has a fascinating backstory, as one could reasonably anticipate. If not, we’d be disappointed.

The home was destroyed by fire in 1917 and rebuilt. There is a mention of Anderson and David Bowie throwing a yearly New Year’s Eve party there in the fake genesis story as well.

The extremely collaborative process of renovating her historic home, which was created by architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, creators of the San Marino home of Henry and Arabella Huntington and other notable Southern California landmarks…

We looked at a lot of historical Swiss material because we were working with a Californian idea of a Swiss chalet that was constructed as a hunting lodge and a winter retreat, the author says. While adding fresh layers of color, texture, and furnishings from various eras that reflect the home’s evolution over time and the warm, giving spirit of Annie and Adam, we tried to maintain the sweetness that made the house so special.

The spacious music room, which was initially intended to serve as a dance hall for young people from the neighborhood, is where that layering exercise comes to life with great drɑmɑ. The festive area, which is crowned with a disco ball from a Turkish spa from the early 20th century, has a piano, of course, a sparkling Yves Klein Monogold table, and a variety of comfortable seating for Hathaway and Shulman’s numerous visitors.

The kitchen opens directly onto a dreamy breakfast room that is decorated with a scenic wallpaper that is set into the board-and-batten architectural details and a set of sharp modern chairs by the midcentury Italian designer Carlo di Carli for a touch of continental élan. In this room and the rest of the house, Shulman describes the atmosphere in one word: “Gemütlich.”

The scale of the rooms, the peculiar circular floor plan, and the home’s subtle connections to the landscape, according to Hathaway and Shulman, are what truly make their house magical, despite all the vivacious details and eccentric juxtapositions of modern and vintage furnishings.