Exclusive | Diane Keaton had another successful decades-long career in renovating and flipping homes

In a career defined by reinvention, Diane Keaton wasn’t just the queen of romantic comedies or a style icon in menswear blazers — she was, quietly, one of Los Angeles’ most prolific home flippers.Over four decades, the Oscar-winning actress built a formidable secondary career restoring and selling historic and architecturally significant homes.With a sharp eye for detail and a reverence for classic design, Keaton transformed neglected properties into refined showcases — and often sold them to the Hollywood elite.The real estate community has long admired her architectural acumen.

“She’s developed a keen talent for home flipping, particularly when it came to the restoration of neglected or abandoned properties,” Realtor.com wrote earlier this year.That talent wasn’t a vanity project — it was a parallel legacy.Keaton’s most personal project — and perhaps her magnum opus — was the so-called “House That Pinterest Built.” Located in Sullivan Canyon, this sprawling 9,219-square-foot brick estate took 14 years to complete and was inspired by her childhood love of “The Three Little Pigs.”“Something’s right, because I love it,” she told Wine Spectator, calling the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence her “dream home.”Finished in 2017 and featured in her bestselling design book of the same name, the house includes a guesthouse, a pool, reclaimed architectural elements and interiors pulled from thousands of Pinterest pins — a habit encouraged by her longtime collaborator, Nancy Meyers.Keaton moved in with her two children and their golden retriever, Emma, after completion.

In March 2025, she listed the home for $28.9 million; by May it dropped to $27.5 million and was taken off the market just weeks before her death.In 2018, Keaton spotted a 1900s adobe home in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo district and offered the owners $1.5 million.After buying it, she elevated the four-bedroom, four-bathroom, 4,500-square-foot property with a dram...