Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski saw her modern-inflected postwar home into the rearview this month. The 1946-built three-bedroom was listed by Ratajkowski only a few weeks ago, asking $2.195 million. A small bidding fracas ensued; the dust settled on a contract inked at $2.458 million.

A predictable result, as the house is enormously appealing to the artistic eye, beguiling to the sort of creative that haunts Los Angeles and environs. Its atmosphere is its cachet; voicing midcentury effortlessly by way of decades of revision, it hints at an accidental cool. Details include a red brick fireplace with a floating hearth, series clerestories, and plank ceilings to compliment the walls.

Landscaping framing the home is just shy of overgrown, which brings a secluded feel and a sense of discovery to coming home.