The Washington, D.C., home of celebrity chef and Francophile Julia Child surfaced on the open market recently. The custard-yellow house is priced at $3.5 million, and features a pink-tiled hammam, a bright living area, and a kitchen with Viking stainless. It didn’t take long to attract interest; it is currently in contingent status.

The townhouse residence is perched at the end of a row, giving it a more spacious feel from its back patio. It dates to 1870, although its most recent owner has sensitively updated it. The house—which is, in a delicious bit of fate, located on Olive St.—begins with a vibrant blue front door that opens to a parlor with a brick fireplace accent wall.

Updates include the staircase — a single-stringer design that mixes glossy black paint and hardwood to warm up the industrial chilliness — but a piece of the Child-era kitchen wall remains as a testament to the 3,275 sq. ft. home’s most famous resident.