Actress-turned-professional Epicurean Valerie Bertinelli listed her Hollywood Hills perch this summer. The three-bed, .26-acre property hit the open market at the end of July with an asking price of $2.549 million. A 2,529 sq. ft. ranch that went up in 1962, the single-level house’s façade is enriched by the use of masonry retaining walls, landscaping and an industrial-inspired balustrade.

Inside the home, the picture-perfect main living space boasts a vaulted ceiling and a freestanding accent wall in dark grey masonry that contains a peninsula fireplace and a niche shelf or two besides. In the all-important kitchen, stainless, blue-green cabinetry, floating shelves and a black-and-white tile floor form a pleasingly eclectic amalgam.

A pool is the main draw outside, although a couple of particularly fine elder palms command the eye above the vine-covered pergola cabana adjacent, and a fire pit stands by to warm the cockles on cool nights.