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Ellen Pompeo and her Hollywood home are featured in the May/June Veranda feature story and editorial. I assume that Ellen is probably putting this property up for sale, which is a common enough thing in the celebrity world: they use these home-design magazines to promote their real estate just before they put it on sale. Or maybe Ellen just wants us to look at her house because she’s proud of it. That could totally be it too.

You can see Veranda’s editorial here. She worked with interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard to renovate and decorate the 1930s Hollywood home. She’s apparently a huge fan of Moroccan tiles and Moroccan design. Some quotes from the piece:

On why she sets a table with black and white colors: “I love black and white. It’s like a metaphor for life – you get darkness but you get so much light.”

On dinner party guests: “…that’s really what I’m after when I entertain. I love original spirits, people who bring life to the table.”

On why she favors Moroccan style to entertain: “I’ve always gravitated to Moroccan style. It’s cozy, and exotic and sexy. The pierced lights, the intricate tilework and patterns that each tell a story. I love how it instantly sets a mood.”

[From Veranda]

I love many elements of Moroccan design too – the tile work, the colors – but I feel like Ellen and her designer maybe aren’t taking the right things away from Moroccan design? The outdoor/porch table design is cute, but her kitchen is awful! It’s like half-clinical and halfway ill-functioning. Not to mention ugly. No disrespect to peeps who like a black-and-white palette, but don’t call this mess Moroccan. Moroccan style would have so many natural colors, fabrics and textures. It would have more blue too.

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Photos courtesy of David Tsay for Veranda, sent from promotional Veranda email. Additional photo courtesy of WENN.
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