Shonda Rhimes Sells Hancock Park Home for Just Over $7.166 Million

Shonda Rhimes just sold one of her four Hancock Park homes for $7.166 million, just short of 10 years after she purchased it from indie rocker Beck for $5.6 million. The 1920s traditional-style, 8,300-square-foot home sits on a generous half-acre lot and features six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.

The exterior of the home is stately if slightly plain, with tall cypress trees and hedges creating a lush fortress around the front of the home. Inside, the abode has a formal entryway with hand-stenciled hardwood floors and a set of French doors situated directly opposite the main entrance, offering a peek into the manicured backyard.

The interiors feature original detailing like coffered ceilings, crown molding, and plenty of French doors. The formal living room is anchored by a classic fireplace; the cozy library has another wood-burning fireplace, plus a private terrace. Elsewhere on the ground floor is a a lavish chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the formal dining room, which is attached to the chef’s kitchen.

Upstairs, the bedrooms all feature dark hardwood floors and soft-colored walls, the bathrooms boast glass-lined baths or showers, oversized mirrors, and the occasional skylight. The master suite is impressive, with dual baths, two walk-in closets, and a sitting area ideal for screening films and TV shows, if the installed ceiling projector is any indication. The master suite also has its own attached study, though the Los Angeles Times reports that Rhimes mostly pens her screenplays in a bedroom that she had converted into a home office. Out back is a large swimming pool and a cabana with its own sitting area and bar setup.

Rhimes and her three children currently spend most of their time at her other Hancock Park home, which she opened up to Architectural Digest earlier this year. That 8,400-square-foot abode was originally designed by Elmer Grey, the architect behind the Beverly Hills hotel, but had been made over in a way that the TV producer declared “ugly" and "wrong.” Five years and a whole lot of work later, however, she transformed it into a home that that is “as functional as [it is] beautiful.” Last December, Rhimes expanded her real-estate portfolio to the East Coast with the purchase of a Park Avenue penthouse in NYC for $11.75 million.

Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest