Oh, if walls could talk...
The fetching, Spanish-y looking 4 bedroom, 3 bath home where Marilyn Monroe lived, was listed this month for $3,595,000. When she bought the home herself in 1962, she paid a reported $90,000.
It's not the first time this historic (haunted?) home has hit the market; it's changed hands several times since the icon herself died in it. And accordingly, its look has changed as well. Here's a shot from Marilyn's day, via the LA Times.
Less like a 50's night club and more like a typical Southern California home now, the staging at least seems to hearken back to the home's original feel, since Marilyn is said to have traveled to Mexico, purchasing furnishings and rugs for this place when she owned it.
Refreshingly, unlike the expected mega-mansion we'd expect from a celebrity of this stature (or any stature, frankly), the dimensions aren't gargantuan and subsequent owners have not felt the need-- at great expense to the environment, their neighbors' views, and their own bank accounts-- to expand the home past its 2,624 square feet. The bulk of this property is in the lot itself (over 23,000 square feet), including a very Hollywood-esque swimming pool along side which one can easily picture Marilyn, spilling out of a white one piece.
Sadly, Marilyn poolside is not included with the sale, though no doubt fans can buy that bathing suit somewhere, EBay or Sotheby's or some such. That plus bleached platinum hair and one might mistake oneself for the lady herself. For surely, such fantasy is part of this property's asking price.
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