Sneak a Look Inside Brooke Shields' Cozy Chalet-Style $7.4M Pacific Palisades Home

Former model and actress Brooke Shields recently sold a breathtaking home in southern California, allowing fans to take a virtual tour to explore it for themselves. Photos of Shields' former home were published by TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, revealing the incredible lifestyle she was able to lead [...]

Sneak a Look Inside Brooke Shields’ Cozy Chalet-Style $7.4M Pacific Palisades Home

Former model and actress Brooke Shields recently sold a breathtaking home in southern California, allowing fans to take a virtual tour to explore it for themselves. Photos of Shields’ former home were published by TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, revealing the incredible lifestyle she was able to lead inside. The home reportedly sold for $7.4 million.

Shields was born in 1965 and almost immediately began one of the most raucous entertainment careers of her generation. She got her first modeling gig at 11 months old and continued to work from there, gaining national notoriety at age 12 when she played a tragic child prostitute in the movie Pretty Baby. Shields would go on to star in some of the biggest mvoies and TV shows of the era, and her career is hard to sum up in a few titles. According to her IMDb page she is “best known” for The Blue Lagoon in 1980, Wanda Nevada in 1979 and The Midnight Meat Train in 2008. More recently she played River Fields on Jane the Virgin, Rita Glossner on The Middle and Sheila Porter on Law & Order: SVU.

Shields was born in New York City and did much of her early work there, but her house makes it clear that she has adapted well to the L.A. lifestyle. Located in the Pacific Palisade’s neighborhood, it boasts 5,300 square feet of total living space with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Shields reportedly purchased the house in the late 1990s for $3.3 million, so the resale value is not too shabby at all.

Shields and her husband, TV writer Chris Henchy, have reportedly moved back to New York for work, so the Palisades place was standing empty and unused. Now it’s in the hands of new owners, but we can take a look at it thanks to the sales photos. Scroll on for a tour of the mansion.

Grand Entrance

(Photo: Adrian Van Anz / TopTenRealEstateDeals.com)

Visitors at Shields’ former home must pass through the one-car gate to get access to the property. The house has a rustic look unique in L.A., and while the half-acre property is relatively private and secluded, it’s clear that the brick driveway was made to be big enough for guests.

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Entryway

From this side, the scope of this three-story house is already clear, while the practical construction starts to come into focus as well. This brick porch leads to an exterior staircase to take you up if you’re not heading into the first floor. As it’s not the side with a view, it doesn’t really invite one to sit and stay awhile.

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First Floor

Heading inside, the first floor is all towering beams painted white with double-height ceilings in some places. The hardwood floors are made of Douglas fir and the area is wide open for sitting around the fireplace, at the dining room table, or in the sunny windows. A baby grand piano helps fill the floor space.

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Wrap-Around Terrace

The porch from the entryway continues around the outside of the house, and on the other side, you can see a staggering view of the neighborhood and the other houses perched on hills.

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Kitchen

The first floor also includes a full chef’s kitchen with everything a dedicated cook could want within reach. More access to the terrace from here ensures proper ventilation and a breeze to beat the oven’s heat on a hot day.

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Gathering Areas

More amenities on the first floor include a media room, a wet bar and more seating areas. The house practically begs to be filled with friends and family.

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Library

Moving up to the second floor, you’ll find that the cathedral ceilings from the foyer stand over a home library with built-in shelves. There’s a desk to show where a workstation could go as well as a leather armchair to show where a quiet reading nook could go.

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Second-Floor Suite

On either side of this reading room are the second-floor bathroom and the accompanying bathroom, both of which are extravagant. These makeup part of the house’s main suite, though there is plenty more to see.

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Walk-in Closet & Sauna

The “closet” in this main bedroom is essentially a room all on its own. There’s enough space here for an A-lister to keep all their best formalwear and then some on hand. Meanwhile, beyond the main bathroom is a fully functioning sauna.

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Bedrooms

Again, there are five bedrooms in total in this house. Here’s a look at the ones scattered throughout the house beside the main suite up above.

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Laundry

A laundry room with a capacity for plenty of guests is tucked away at the back of the house, though it is tasteful enough that it need not have been hidden. There is also a huge storage area that was photographed with old posters of Shield on the walls for the full effect.

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Outdoors

Finally, this is the area below the terrace with a swimming pool, a hot tub and an outdoor shower for those warm L.A. afternoons.

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Looking Up

From the pool area, you can get an idea for the size of the house and the ways in which it seamlessly tied all these spaces together, creating a place that is at once perfect for hosting or just for wiling away the days at home.