This past weekend, we went Behind The Hedges with our longtime friend, designer, and storyteller Malcolm James Kutner, at his home in Ojai—a place that feels less like a destination and more like a sanctuary of the soul.

Perched on the Montecito bluff, Bellosguardo has spent decades as one of the most mysterious estates on the California coast, its gates closed, its story paused in time.

Harriet Moody is a renowned figure in Montecito’s architectural world.