Ariel Winter Swaps Modern Farmhouses

COVID-19 quarantines have just about everyone antsy for a change of scenery. While most make due with a day trip up the coast or a stolen weekend in the desert, those with pockets deep enough can more momentously scratch that itch with a new house. Case in point: “Modern Family” star Ariel Winter, who has switched up her mid-pandemic residential circumstances with the slightly more than $2.8 million sale of a modern farmhouse-style home in L.A.’S Studio City community and the $3.5 million purchase of a somewhat larger (though not dissimilar) spread a short distance away. The 22-year-old Winter, who has grown up in front of TV viewing audiences from a mousy preteen to a bona fide bombshell, bought the house she’s selling about 3½ years ago for a smidgen less than $2.7 million. Obscured behind a tall hedge and equipped with a sophisticated security apparatus, the contemporary-minded traditional has five bedrooms and five and a half baths in close to 5,100 square feet. Lightfilled formal living and dining rooms are complemented by a great room that comprises a lounge area, dining space and gourmet kitchen with marble counters, stainless appliances and brass sink fixtures. The private backyard features a covered patio, built-in grill and swimming pool and spa. The listing was held by Matt Epstein of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices California Properties. The buyer was repped by Duk Hoon Chang at New Star Realty.