FAMILY & HOME
Celebrity Homes
ELLEN DEGENERES
Ellen DeGeneres is well known for her endless energy , dancing up and down the aisles of her TV show studios , headlining numerous Hollywood award shows , and her frequent charity work and performances . In her spare time , she is by far the No . 1 celebrity home-flipper , leaving her competitors such as Jennifer Aniston , Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton in the leftover construction dust .
DeGeneres and her wife , Australian-American actress Portia de Rossi ’ s latest real estate offering and a predominant subject in DeGeneres ’ book , “ Home ,” is an expansive house and grounds on a Montecito , California , hill overlooking the ocean and mountains . Known as “ The Villa ,” it was designed by noted architect Wallace Frost after he returned from Italy . DeGeneres and de Rossi purchased The Villa in 2013 , and expanded the estate through the acquisition of two
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Photos by Jim Bartsch
42 GAZELLE STL