Ellen Pompeo highlighted her impeccable taste and relaxed vibe in a new video tour of her home.
The 53-year-old television star looked over the moon as she walked Architectural Digest through her stunning beach home in Malibu in a video released Wednesday.
The actress, who announced earlier this month that she was leaving Grey’s Anatomy after 19 seasons on the hit medical drama, highlighted the seaside house’s elegant marble fixtures and vintage furniture in the clip.
‘Welcome to my house at the beach!’ she gushed as she opened a door leading out to her pool.
Home sweet home: Ellen Pompeo gave her fans a tour of her Malibu beach house in a new Architectural Digest video posted on Wednesday
Grand entrance: ‘Welcome to my house at the beach!’ gushed the 53-year-old star as she opened a door leading out to her pool
Ellen was dressed in a casual-chic ensemble with a gray blazer featuring wide lapels and sleeves that she rolled up to her elbows, ’80s style.
She paired the jacket with loose-fitting matching slacks, and she lightened up the look with a simple white blouse.
The blond beauty also wore a long dangling gold quilted necklace with a tassel hanging from it.
‘So I worked on this house together with my longtime friend and interior design partner-in-crime Martyn Lawrence Bullard,’ she told the publication. ‘We get into lots of trouble together and have a load of fun.’
Old school: Ellen was dressed in a casual-chic ensemble with a gray blazer featuring wide lapels and sleeves that she rolled up to her elbows, ’80s style
It takes two: ‘So I worked on this house together with my longtime friend and interior design partner-in-crime Martyn Lawrence Bullard,’ she told the publication. ‘We get into lots of trouble together and have a load of fun’
Centerpiece: She started in the living room, which had floor-to-ceiling windows for abundant natural light. One of the highlights was a vintage DeSede leather sofa from the 1960s, ‘which has very unusual patchwork leather.’
She started in the living room, which had floor-to-ceiling windows for abundant natural light.
One of the highlights was a vintage DeSede leather sofa from the 1960s, ‘which has very unusual patchwork leather.’
Ellen explained that the sofa inspired the rest of the decor in the room, which had a similarly ’60s-tinged modern look.
The other highlight of the room was her black-and-gray book matched marble wall and shelves.
The striking look is created by slicing a slab of marble in half into two thinner pieces, which can now be lined up next to each other with the marble’s veins in mirror image.
‘It’s so dramatic and it sets the perfect tone for everything, and it really is art itself,’ Ellen gushed about the stone work.
The living room also featured a striking bar cart that was ‘so period’ and ‘cool.’
Salvaged: She said her children eat at the hexagonal dining table, which was originally a cutting table in Yves Saint Laurent’s studio, while the chairs were vintage ’60s items from Sweden
Tiny: Ellen then showed off her modest kitchen and revealed that her family and guests are only allowed to get as close to it as the bar stools on the other side of the counter, as she doesn’t like anyone else in the kitchen when she is cooking
Alone time: ‘This is my space!’ she said emphatically before laughing. She noted that the additional marble framing the window into the kitchen reminded her of the ocean with its undulating pattern
The same marble was used for a bar area by the kitchen, as well as for stands throughout the home.
She said her children eat at the hexagonal dining table, which was originally a cutting table in Yves Saint Laurent’s studio, while the chairs were vintage ’60s items from Sweden.
Ellen then showed off her modest kitchen and revealed that her family and guests are only allowed to get as close to it as the bar stools on the other side of the counter, as she doesn’t like anyone else in the kitchen when she is cooking.
‘This is my space!’ she said emphatically before laughing.
She noted that the additional marble framing the window into the kitchen reminded her of the ocean with its undulating pattern.
Lovely: The formal dining room table, which was built by Bullard, was surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows on third sides and was just down from the children’s table
Mix and match: Ellen pointed out its built-in lazy Susan for easy sharing, and she noted that round globes of the chandelier, which were newly made but had the same ’60s feel of many of the vintage items
Striking: Inside the master bedroom, the actress highlighted the black, white and gray slabs of marble on the wall behind it
Art inspires life: She said the marble was inspired by Luca Guadagnino’s Tilda Swinton–starring arthouse drama I Am Love (2009, pictured)
The formal dining room table, which was built by Bullard, was surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows on third sides and was just down from the children’s table.
Ellen pointed out its built-in lazy Susan for easy sharing, and she noted that round globes of the chandelier, which were newly made but had the same ’60s feel of many of the vintage items.
Inside the master bedroom, the actress highlighted the black, white and gray slabs of marble on the wall behind it, which she said were inspired by Luca Guadagnino’s Tilda Swinton–starring arthouse drama I Am Love (2009).
She noted that the bed was ‘extra big’ so that her three children could sleep together with her and husband Chris Ivery on the weekends or watch movies in the evening on the wall-mounted television.
Icy: The master bathroom was decorated with stunning white marble, though the tub doesn’t retain heat well
Nature: The bathroom led out to a patio with stylish William Jewell stone chairs
The master bathroom was decorated with stunning white marble, which led out to a patio with stylish William Jewell stone chairs.
Although she admitted that the sunken marble tub looked ‘cool,’ she didn’t ‘recommend it,’ as the marble was a poor retainer for heat.
However, the terry cloth bench across from the tub was cozy because it basically served as a large towel to sit on.
Gorgeous view: Ellen revealed that all of the designs outside in the backyard running up to the bluff were original to the house
Chilly: A trio of rickety-looking wooden chairs faced out onto the ocean. She joked that it was ‘freezing’ in Malibu at night time, especially right by the sea, so she had a fire pit installed with large sofas surrounding it
Seeing green: A green set of sofas on a higher tier featured a shade inspired by the noble Yucca trees just off to the side
Ellen revealed that all of the designs outside in the backyard running up to the bluff were original to the house.
A trio of rickety-looking wooden chairs faced out onto the ocean.
She joked that it was ‘freezing’ in Malibu at night time, especially right by the sea, so she had a fire pit installed with large sofas surrounding it.
A green set of sofas on a higher tier featured a shade inspired by the noble Yucca trees just off to the side.
She also laughed after admitting she sometimes banished her children to sit in the chairs by the cliff to watch the ocean to keep them from watching television.
Cute: Ellen looked proud as she unveiled the fun purple-and-green design of the children’s room, which featured four adjoining bunk beds and a set of stairs with drawers running up the middle
Sweet: The beds also had little round windows that made it easier for the kids to see and talk to each other from their beds, while a fourth bed was perfect for friends staying over
Icons: Ellen then took the tour into a white paneled guest room, which was decorated with black-and-white photos documenting important moments in Black history
Family: ‘Obviously, my children are Black, and it’s really important for me to have lots of representation in the artwork,’ she explained
Ellen looked proud as she unveiled the fun purple-and-green design of the children’s room, which featured four adjoining bunk beds and a set of stairs with drawers running up the middle.
The beds also had little round windows that made it easier for the kids to see and talk to each other from their beds, while a fourth bed was perfect for friends staying over.
She decorated the room with large bean bags and a wooden backgammon table.
Ellen then took the tour into a white paneled guest room, which was decorated with black-and-white photos documenting important moments in Black history.
‘Obviously, my children are Black, and it’s really important for me to have lots of representation in the artwork,’ she explained.
The pool: Then the tour headed out back to her pool, which she said was shallow in order to be ‘conscious’ of California’s history of drought in recent years
Vibrant: he completed her tour with a visit to the nearby guest house, which she started design with the palm frond wall paper, before adding in a bed with a red leather backstop and colorful bedding
Then the tour headed out back to her pool, which she said was shallow in order to be ‘conscious’ of California’s history of drought in recent years.
She said the music was always ‘blasting’ because friends loved to come over for a dip in the pool.
The space had a bar in one corner, which she said her husband liked to spend his time behind making piña coladas and margaritas for guests.
Ellen also shared that the home had to be rebuilt because of damage from the sea air, so she replaced many of the original walls with glass.
She completed her tour with a visit to the nearby guest house, which she started design with the palm frond wall paper, before adding in a bed with a red leather backstop and colorful bedding.
Moving on: Pompeo, who is believed to be worth $80 million and earns around $20 million per year from Grey’s Anatomy, announced she was leaving the show after 19 seasons earlier this month
Earlier in November, Ellen officially announced that she was leaving Grey’s Anatomy after its 19th season on the air.
Her lead stint on the iconic series made her one of the highest-paid stars in television.
According to Forbes, Ellen has been making around $550,000 per episode, plus $6 million per year in syndication payments, meaning she earns around $20 million per year just from Grey’s.
When factoring in profits from real estate and her sponsorship deals, she is believed to be worth around $80 million, according to Cosmopolitan.