Cottage Industry
A longtime fan of Santa Barbara, interior designer Madeline Stuart made her dream of having a weekend home here a reality
A longtime fan of Santa Barbara, interior designer Madeline Stuart made her dream of having a weekend home here a reality when she found a 1930s bungalow for sale in the hidden enclave of El Caserio, a storybook neighborhood near the Presidio. After buying the historic property, she transformed the one-bedroom cottage with lots of white paint and casual furnishings into a sophisticated yet simple Spanish-style retreat that serves as a welcome counterpoint to her weekday Hollywood Hills lifestyle. Says Stuart: “Within minutes of arrival, my anxieties have eased, my blood is no longer boiling, and I settle in for an all-too-short weekend of farmers market shopping, cooking, reading the New York Times, and engaging in slothlike behavior that wouldn’t be possible if I’d stayed in L.A.”
MADELINESTUART.COM – Jennifer Blaise Kramer
Madeline’s S.B. Must Do’s
Walking the beach with my husband, Steve Oney, and our Parson Russell terriers, Beatrice and Mr. Peabody.
Takeout from Lucky Penny, 805-284-0358, luckypennysb.com.
C’est Cheese, 805-965-0318, cestcheese.com, for Garrotxa cheese and marinated olives.
Helena Avenue Bakery, 805-880-3383, helenaavenuebakery.com, for sourdough and olive bread.
Brophy Bros., 805-966-4418, brophybros.com, for peel-and-eat shrimp.
Taqueria El Bajio, 805-884-1828, on Milpas for adobada tacos.
Driving Alameda Padre Serra just for the fun of it.