4213 Glenmuir Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90065

"The Pink Castle," c. 1922. This sprawling French-inspired Storybook compound, built over four years by pioneering special effects artist Paul Sprunck in collaboration with architect Arthur Cass Munson, is an ode to Hollywood's boomtown era. Exquisitely restored over 30 years, the estate features a main house with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and multiple flex spaces (1,885 sq ft), a detached art studio/guest suite (442 sq ft), and a lower-level studio/guest suite (517 sq ft) on an oversized 8,000+ sq ft lot. The main living room features 18' high ceilings, original and rebuilt lath and frosting-like plaster walls, dense hand-carved beams, and a sculptural staircase rising to a landing ideal for reading or mixing cocktails for guests below. The upper bedroom, with exposed wood ceilings, a hidden loft and sweeping vistas, feels lifted from a fairytale. Through the thick arched doorways of an office/napping room, you enter a second grand living area with a stone fireplace, cathedral ceiling,...