I’m heading to California this weekend, which is making me reminisce on our 2024 tour of this Montecito spread, revamped by what we called a “design dream team.” The 1920s Spanish Colonial revival was decorated by ELLE Decor A-Listers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent. The couple, though married, rarely collaborates on interiors—but made an exception for these homeowners, their close friends Tracy James Robbins and Brian Robbins. The result is a mellow-toned, light and breezy 8,600-square-foot retreat that Brent called “über-elegant and refined.” Take a look inside below.
—Annie Goldsmith, senior editor
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A few short years ago, a household based anywhere outside Hollywood’s epicenter would have been inconceivable for Tracy James Robbins and Brian Robbins. But in 2021, the power couple (she oversees her fashion line, Tracy James Collection; he is the president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon) found themselves whiling away their strange, Zoom-filled days at a rented farmhouse in Montecito, California, their nine-year-old daughter, Stella, and Brian’s sons from his previous marriage, Miles and Justin, in tow.
An idyllic corner of Santa Barbara County wedged between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains and known as the American Riviera, Montecito claims Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Harry and Meghan among its residents. It also proved to be an ideal vantage point for Brian, prone to poring over real estate listings, to spot the 1928 Spanish Colonial Revival by renowned architect George Washington Smith that he and his family now call home.
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