Ellen Pompeo Shows Off Malibu Dream Home She 'Manifested' Owning Years After First Seeing It

Mar. 15, 2025

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Ellen Pompeois showing off her dream home that she “manifested” owning.

Afterscaling back her role as Meredith Greyon ABC’s hit medical dramaGrey’s Anatomy,Pompeo is able to spend more time at her Malibu, Calif., haven, which she shares with husbandChris Iveryand their three children: daughters Stella Luna and Sienna May, and son Eli Christopher.

“I am entering a very exciting phase of my life, if I do say so myself,” she tellsArchitectural Digestin an interview for its January 2023 cover story. “I’m starting on a new show for Hulu in March, but right now I have a lot of free time.”

Reflecting on how the house became her home, Pompeo tells the outlet, “I like to say I manifested this house.”

Pompeo first saw the home when it was listed for sale years ago, but says she “couldn’t afford” to buy it at the time. “But I didn’t tell anyone that,” she says.

She admired it from afar and when it was finally listed again in 2013, she bought it.

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Boasting views of the Pacific Ocean, the home boasts 3,000 square feet of living space after renovations, and features a front and center courtyard.

Celebrity-favorite interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, who Pompeo calls her “partner in crime”, explains that though they modernized the house, they were intent on maintaining its character.

“We didn’t change its flow or footprint,” he toldArchitectural Digest, conceding, “it did require updates.”

After their changes, the home’s exterior features teak panels and black metal windows and doors that create the illusion of disappearing when opened. Noting that the previous terrazzo floors were “too slippery,” Bullard says he exchanged them for solid concrete.

Pompeo also opens up about her own decorating ethos, sharing, “Some people want a sterile home that makes them feel like they’re at a spa. But I love design that tells a story.”

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She wanted the decor to have a lush, seventies vibe. Think, “Big Lincoln Continentals, giant fur coats, thigh-high boots,” she jokes.

Black Agatha marble from Brazil lines the walls of the living room, dining room, and primary suite.

“The book match marble is really striking,” Pompeo says of the design, which uses a split piece of stone installed end to end to create a mirror image of the pattern. “It’s so dramatic and it sets the perfect tone for everything. It really is art in itself.

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The family’s footprint will soon expand, as Pompeo and Ivery recently bought the house behind this property as well.

Boasts Bullard, “It will give Ellen a true Malibu estate.”

To read the full story and see more photos visitarchdigest.comor pick up the latest issue ofArchitectural Digest.

source: people.com