Tucked into the Hollywood Hills, the fully curated home has been furnished with high-end, collectible furniture, art, objects and accessories, designed to appeal to design lovers looking for a one-of-a-kind turnkey experience, luxurious staycation or retreat in Los Angeles.

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From Piet Hein bar stools and Meller chairs in the dining areas to Bengt Ruda lounge chairs and Rove Concepts' Isabella armchair and loveseat in the living room, every furnishing has been painstakingly curated to enhance the home's sleek, contemporary aesthetic.

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Additional modern touches include Alvar Aalto's charming 901 tea trolley to serve as a bar cart for stylish entertaining, a Blu Dot Stash desk, and a leather and steel PK20 easy chair designed by Poul Kjaerholm — every item a minimalist's dream. The contemporary comforts continue in the bedrooms, where guests can expect Parachute sheet sets and waffle robes, among other fine trappings.

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An equally ideal space for intimate gatherings or a private retreat, the 2,700-square-foot property boasts three en-suite bedrooms in addition to its expansive living room and kitchen area. Standout features include the wine cellar, fire pit and Japanese soaking tub. A spiral stair winds its way to the second-floor loft.

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Adding to the singular design experience, the project has partnered with a unique curatorial art service by Tappan Collective to style the art in the home. Founded in 2012 by Chelsea Neman Nassib — named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2018 in the Art & Style category — Tappan partners with up-and-coming and established artists to make a number of their works available exclusively through the collective. The company's mission is to showcase emerging artists and forge relationships between them and collectors.

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Notable Tappan Collective artists include Jonni Cheatwood, Gia Coppola and Satsuki Shibuya; and the company has collaborated with brands such as Jenni Kayne, Madewell, Sweetgreen and Vince. For new and seasoned collectors alike, Tappan proffers photography, paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and mixed media on a subscription basis, or art aficionados can acquire individual pieces.

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Among Tappan Collective's fans are actor Jonah Hill, CBS meteorologist Jackie Johnson McBride, MeUndies founder Jonathan Shokrian, blogger and style maven Aimee Song, Garrett Leight California Optical's namesake and founder, entrepreneur and Fashion Toast blogger Rumi Neely and Wit & Delight founder Kate Arends.

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Tappan's artistic delights round out an already aesthetically pleasing experience at the property, perched on a hilltop with incredible views across Mulholland Drive to Greater Los Angeles and the surrounding Hollywood Hills. Imagine you and your friends, drinks in hand, on the home's expansive terrace, watching the sun set over the City of Angels.

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A luxury home where you can shop, and a luxury shop you can call home, the residence affords guests the ability to purchase everything through Outpost for the ultimate convenience. The minimum rental term is one month at a rate of $20,000 per month. In addition to the Hollywood Hills property, the company plans to add a Beverly Hills edition in early 2019.

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No matter how you look at it, the collectible furnishings, fine accents, and unique art by Tappan Collective make Outpost an ideal choice for any discerning individual in search of a tastefully decorated home away from home in LA.

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The pale blue residence was built in 1935 and acquired by Serena Williams in 2006 for a little more than $6.6 million. The home was her private retreat on the West Coast for a decade before she listed it at nearly $12 million in October 2017 — one month after the birth of her first child with husband Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit. The home was re-listed earlier this year for closer to $10 million.

Other properties Serena Williams has invested in over the years — her newly acquired home in Beverly Hills and two residences in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (she purchased one of the Florida properties with her sister, Venus Williams) — are located on smaller lots in tighter neighborhoods.

But the Bel Air home is unique in that it affords perhaps a touch more privacy, resting on a sprawling 2.7 acres set off a quiet residential road that rambles up into the foothills, with more space between neighbors and lots of vegetation to obscure views. The home itself is hidden behind high hedges and other landscaping, and the entire area boasts mature trees, as one would expect in and around Stone Canyon. 

On one of the largest lots in the canyon area, the home includes 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms in addition to a statement-making semicircular living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, private balconies off some of the bedrooms, a spacious master bath with a claw-foot soaking tub, private salon and very stately grounds.

One can't help but imagine the rest and relaxation that the home may have offered over a decade's worth of Serena Williams' career struggles, controversies, fashion statements, endorsements and victories.

Around the same time Serena Williams put the Bel Air home on the market, she and Ohanian purchased a Spanish-style contemporary home with 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms on a quarter acre in Beverly Hills for $6.7 million. A stone's throw from Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon Park, the new manse is actually more removed from the bustle of Los Angeles, situated further up into the hills. But the smaller parcels and more tightly arranged neighborhood don't proffer the same room to breathe, so to speak, that the Bel Air home did.

No doubt the busy tennis ace's life will still involve world travel and solo and family time in Florida as well as Paris — Williams is fluent in French and has long kept an apartment there — and other far-flung destinations. But when she's in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills will now be home.

Now that she's bidding the Bel Air property adieu, perhaps her recent acquisition of the Beverly Hills property — which may put her in more regular contact with her neighbors — is a sign that Williams, along with Ohanian, sought a residence with a touch more of a community atmosphere to it than her previous homes.

And there's no doubt that for this tennis ace, who's already proven herself to be more than capable in terms of her career, marriage and motherhood, being a star neighbor as well will surely be as easy as game, set, match.

The Bel Air home, located at 1201 Stone Canyon Road, is listed with Greg Piechota with Kase Real Estate.

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