Brentwood has no shortage of beautiful homes. What it has far less of is homes with a point of view — where the design philosophy is clear from the moment you arrive and holds all the way through to the last detail. 411 N Bowling Green Way, newly completed by designer Lidan Sfadia, is that kind of home. Set just north of Sunset Boulevard in one of the neighborhood’s most coveted pockets, it draws from old world artisanship — Moroccan clay walls, imported cobblestone, ancient olive trees, graceful arches — and lands somewhere entirely its own: a California home that feels like it has always been there.
Arrival sets the tone before you reach the door. A gated front yard and cobblestone driveway signal that what follows has been considered at every scale, and the interiors deliver on that promise without hesitation. Soaring ceilings, wide-plank oak floors, and natural stone surfaces create an atmosphere that is warm without being heavy, sophisticated without being cold. Oversized windows and disappearing glass doors frame the gardens beyond, and the light that moves through these rooms throughout the day is the kind that makes you understand why people build entire design philosophies around it.
The main level was designed around the way people actually use a home — not the way homes are typically staged for a sale. The family room with its gas fireplace opens directly to the backyard, the kitchen combines Wolf and Thermador appliances with bespoke cabinetry and a substantial seated island, and the sunlit dining room framed by an arched picture window is the kind of space that makes dinner feel like an occasion without requiring any effort. A media room with a wet bar and a private executive office or guest suite round out a floor plan that is as practical as it is beautiful.
Upstairs, four ensuite bedrooms each feel like their own considered world — custom closets, thoughtfully finished bathrooms, and the kind of quiet that the mature landscaping outside makes possible. The primary suite earns the word sanctuary: a fireplace, a private terrace wrapped in blooming jasmine, a boutique-caliber walk-in closet, and a limestone-clad bath with a soaking tub and glass-enclosed shower that together create a morning ritual worth looking forward to.
The backyard is where the home’s old world sensibility meets Southern California’s outdoor imperative head-on. Mature hedging creates a privacy that feels earned rather than installed. A pool and spa with an automatic cover anchor the space, a built-in outdoor kitchen handles everything from a casual weeknight to a full summer gathering, and the lawn that extends beyond invites the kind of unhurried afternoon that Los Angeles weather makes possible year-round but that most backyards somehow fail to encourage.
Beneath the handcrafted surfaces and Moroccan plaster, the home runs on Bonobos home automation, Lutron lighting, integrated surround sound, remote climate control, and solar — the full infrastructure of a modern California home wrapped in materials that have no interest in looking modern. That tension, between old world craft and contemporary capability, is the defining quality of Sfadia’s work here, and it is what keeps the home from feeling like a period exercise or a tech showcase. It is neither. It is something harder to achieve: a home that feels complete.
Moments from Brentwood Country Club, the Country Mart, and the coast, 411 N Bowling Green Way sits at the intersection of everything that makes the Westside worth the price of admission — and offers a design experience that most homes at any price point on this side of Los Angeles simply cannot match.
Represented by George Ouzounian, Gina Michelle, and Brandon Soufer of The Agency & Dave Berg and F. Ron Smith of Compass.
