Actress Mandy Moore and musician husband Taylor Goldsmith are showing off their newly restored home in the February 11th edition of Architectural Digest.
Bought in 2020, the couple was renovating the space until the Eaton fire came through their Altadena neighborhood.
With significant damage, the family had to come together and rebuild their home into something new.
Restoring the Home Pre-Fire
Moore had previously been documenting the progress of construction and renovations on their 1931 Spanish Colonial Revival since they bought it in 2020.
Calling it their dream family home, the couple added Gus (4), Ozzie (3), and Lou (1) to the mix. They were close to having their perfect family home in Altadena.
Eaton’s Destruction
However, things went south in January 2025, when Altadena was impacted by the Eaton fire. One of many fires in Los Angeles, the neighborhood where they lived was completely changed. While some homes were destroyed, others, like Moore’s, were not as bad off.
Talking to Architectural Digest, Moore and Goldsmith recalled the moment they went back into the community after the fires.
“I came here the day, like a few hours after, the fire passed through this area,” Goldsmith said. “The studio was on fire in the back, the garage was already burnt down. As the days went on, we realized our house made it.”
The main structure may have been still standing, but there was still lots of smoke damage to the home. Moore and Goldsmith had to throw away all the “soft goods,” such as rugs, furniture, and clothing, due to fire damage.
Forced out of their home, the family rented a home for nine months, but were determined to once again fix their dream house.
The Community of Altadena
The home isn’t the only thing Mandy Moore loves; it’s her community, too.
“I think what initially lured us to Altadena is the spirit of the community here,” she told AD. “Like overwhelmingly you just feel so proud to live here. And so proud to stake your claim here. Like we’re not leaving, we’re digging in deep. We’re rebuilding what we lost.”
She isn’t the only one in the community who feels this way, either. One of her neighbors, who also lost his home, expressed his happiness at their house surviving the fires.
“We were… I don’t want to cry. But our sweet neighbor said that if anybody’s house made it, he was glad it was ours, because we had been working on it for so long. … I think that speaks to what this community is.”
The New Family Abode
The restoration of the home took months, but with designer Sarah Sherman Samuel and architect Emily Farnham there to help, Moore and her family moved back into the home they loved so much this past September.
Describing their new home, Moore said: “I feel like it’s very intentionally softer and warmer and richer, and more colorful and playful.”
Goldsmith added, “We wanted this house to be more of a family home than our previous home. We knew we were coming into this one with children — we didn’t know how many at the time, but turns out it was three.”
Their favorite room? The “cozy” screening room that Goldsmith also uses as his library.
“Sneakily,” their favorite, the room is where the family watches movies together and hangs out on green lounge chairs, surrounded by Goldsmith’s prized book collection, featuring several first editions.