{"id":281848,"date":"2026-04-23T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281848\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:52:07","slug":"rhobh-star-amanda-frances-shows-off-overhauls-to-huge-l-a-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281848\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018RHOBH\u2019 Star Amanda Frances Shows Off Overhauls to Huge L.A. Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/a>\u201d star Amanda Frances is the newest face on the beloved Bravo franchise, yet the massive Los Angeles mansion she resides in has long been featured on the series\u2014having previously served as the marital home of original cast members Kyle Richards<\/a> and Mauricio Umansky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frances, 40, bought the 6,250-square-foot Bel-Air<\/a> abode from the estranged couple in December 2021, four years before she made her debut on Season 15 of the series alongside Richards and an ensemble of other wealthy women, including Erika Jayne<\/a>, Dorit Kemsley<\/a>, Bozoma Saint John, Sutton Stracke<\/a>, and fellow newcomer Rachel Zoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The storied home also counts Stracke on its roster of “Real Housewives” residents. The reality TV star once rented the dwelling from Richards while her own house was undergoing a major remodel.<\/p>\n

Frances\u2019 real estate connection to her reality TV cast, she explains in the latest installment of Celebrity Sanctuary<\/a>, was foretelling, but coincidental. She did not personally know Richards and became familiar with the series veteran only in passing at their local luxury shopping center after the house changed hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would run into each other at the Glen Centre. I’d be like, \u2018Are you Kyle? I\u2019m Amanda. I bought your house,\u2019 and we\u2019d be like, \u2018Oh, yeah,\u2019 and then we would look at pictures of the house. That was kind of how we knew each other,\u201d recounts Frances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d star Amanda Frances is new to the beloved Bravo franchise, yet her Bel-Air, CA, mansion is a familiar sight on the show, having previously served as the home of co-stars Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky.Phylicia J. L. Munn\/BravoFrances completely gutted the 6,250-square-foot abode after buying it from Richards and Umansky in December 2021.Amanda FrancesThe crystals Frances purchased during a $10,000 shopping spree are now on display in her domain as sentimental physical manifestations of goals she\u2019s achieved.Amanda Frances<\/p>\n

Once the Sand Springs, OK<\/a>, native officially became part of the Bravo universe, she was introduced as a self-made\u2014and self-assured\u2014entrepreneur and financial coach<\/a> who unapologetically blends spirituality with business.<\/p>\n

In one much-talked-about scene, the author of \u201cRich as F*ck: More Money Than You Know What To Do With\u201d admits she once dropped $10,000 on crystals to decorate a past property. The self-proclaimed \u201cMoney Queen\u201d says the expensive treasures are now on display in her current domain as sentimental physical manifestations of all the goals she\u2019s achieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’ve all stayed with me,\u201d she muses. \u201cThere’s this giant rose quartz in my closet, and there’s a big crystal in the family room that’s supposed to be symbolic of family. I remember buying that for my family when I didn’t have a family yet, so I would say the crystals that are placed around the house that I’ve had since before the house, every time I see them, I remember that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, Frances shares the sprawling eight-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom space with the family she always wished for, having paid $6.1 million to purchase the dwelling from Richards and Umansky.<\/p>\n

Though the new housewife just revealed that she married Eddie Tsivislavsky in September 2025 in a private civil ceremony at a courthouse in Laguna Hills, CA<\/a>, the pair have been partners and co-parents for years, raising his two children from a previous relationship, Liam and Shoshana, and the two they share, Canaan and Delilah.<\/p>\n

The family moved into their L.A. home base in July 2023 following a top-to-bottom transformation. While they continue to split their time between the City of Angels and Newport Beach, CA<\/a>, it\u2019s the vibes of the primary bedroom in the Bel-Air home that truly put the housewife at ease. <\/p>\n

In this edition of Celebrity Sanctuary, Frances sheds light on the renovation journey that materialized her vision of a dream home and dream life.<\/p>\n

The new housewife just announced she married Eddie Tsivislavsky in September 2025 in a private civil ceremony at a courthouse in Laguna Hills, CA.Instagram\/Amanda FrancesFrances shares the sprawling eight-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom space with the family she had always wished for.Wendy Yalom The family moved into their L.A. home base in July 2023 following a top-to-bottom transformation.Amanda Frances<\/p>\n

We were going around looking at, like, $10 million and $15 million homes, and one thing we were talking to each other about is that the homes we liked the most, people had really put their stamp on. They had customized it to themselves, and you could feel that.<\/p>\n

Eddie was like, \u201cWhy are we going to spend all this money on a house when we can take one that needs work and give it our stamp?\u201d And I was like, \u201cAs much as I don’t want to do another renovation, I think you’re right.\u201d<\/p>\n

So when we found Kyle’s house, I was looking around, going, \u201cThis needs a lot of work.\u201d It [had] sat on the market for a long time because it needed a lot of work, and not everyone’s always up for that.<\/p>\n

And so, him being in construction and me very much enjoying design and being very particular, we really had to decide if we were up for the challenge. At the end of the day, it was a really good opportunity. We bought it for less than $1,000 per square foot, which doesn’t happen in Bel-Air.<\/p>\n

There’s five bedrooms upstairs and four [bathrooms] upstairs, and there’s three bedrooms downstairs and 4.5 bathrooms downstairs.<\/p>\n

I purchased it in December of 2021, and I stayed there for the very first time in July of 2023. There\u2019s a chunk of time that we weren’t living there yet.<\/p>\n

If Eddie hadn’t been so like, \u201cWe can do this,\u201d I would have said, \u201cNo, it’s too much work.\u201d It is so much work. Unless you’ve lived through it, you can’t understand what it is to gut a house.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We made it more modern, but it\u2019s definitely not a modern home by any means.<\/p>\n

I would summarize it by saying we did everything. Often, when people renovate, they don’t gut every single bathroom. They leave a couple and just go, \u201cOh, no one really cares if that bathroom in that guest room isn\u2019t updated.\u201d We didn’t do that. It didn’t even occur to me to do that.<\/p>\n

Every room got a complete makeover, which I don’t think is normal. If I could go back, I maybe would have left a couple of things alone, but from the laundry room to every closet, there isn’t even shelving or hardware or poles to hang clothes on that are the same. We updated everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I couldn’t have made Kyle’s house what I wanted it to be\u2014or what it needed to be\u2014without gutting some of the rooms, because it was built a long time ago and it was added on to two different times. So in some ways, the house felt a little hodge-podgy, and I felt like we needed to make it more streamlined without losing character, which was quite a task.<\/p>\n

The remodel made the home more modern, though Frances counters that “it\u2019s definitely not a modern home by any means.”Amanda FrancesFrances felt she couldn’t have made the home what she wanted it to be without gutting the place.Amanda FrancesFrances set out to make the home more “streamlined without losing character.”Amanda FrancesEvery room, including the guest bathroom, got a complete makeover.Amanda Frances<\/p>\n

Like in the [primary] bathroom, which is one of the rooms we gutted, it was uneven. The skylight was uneven, and the heaters of the bathroom and the speakers and the lights were all\u2014everything was unsymmetrical.<\/p>\n

I’m a Virgo, and something really funny that \u201cHousewives\u201d people like is when I showed Sutton around the house, because Sutton rented it from Kyle. She used to live there.<\/p>\n

When I showed Sutton the house, we went into the primary bedroom, and Sutton went, \u201cThank you for fixing those shelves. They drove me crazy every day\u201d because the TV wasn’t centered in the shelving and the built-ins that are on the wall across from the bed. Sutton was like, \u201cIt bothered me every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the first things I did when me and Eddie worked on that room was, I drew it for him on my phone: TV in the middle and even shelves on each side. And that’s not a bad thing. I think that’s a result of it being renovated and added on to multiple times by multiple people, and so it got messy. But it needed a lot of messiness for my taste and standards, honestly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kyle was so great about the house. Both Kyle and Sutton went on and on and on multiple times about what a beautiful job I did. I think the show kind of has me bragging about how we did this renovation without showing how much everyone loved it who had seen the house previously. I can tell you everyone loved it.<\/p>\n

I think sanctuary can probably mean a lot of things, but talking about the primary bedroom, the sanctuary would be that everyone\u2019s in there cuddling.<\/p>\n

Right now I’m at our house in Newport, so I’m here half the time. The half of the time that I’m in L.A., if I’m at home, probably 90% of the time I’m in the primary bedroom. Even if I’m working\u2014like this morning I was working, but Delilah’s head was physically lying on me while I was on the laptop.<\/p>\n

I would say it’s cuddly and cozy and warm and an intimate space, and just where everyone’s comfortable. It is away from the world. Even if I have work to do, if I’m in my bedroom, I usually plug my phone in in my closet.<\/p>\n

The primary bedroom, it feels good. It has good vibes. It is a place to relax and retreat, and it’s every single person in my family’s favorite room in the house. All my kids want to be there. Everyone says, \u201cLet’s go to Mama’s room.\u201d It’s just our space, which means I have, like, six people in my bed all the time.<\/p>\n

Frances considers her primary bedroom to be her sanctuary.Amanda FrancesThe primary bedroom also happens to be the family’s favorite place to cuddle together.Amanda FrancesFrances points to the living room setup in front of the fireplace in her primary bedroom as a standout design feature.Amanda Frances<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an enclave right when you walk in, where the double doors are. So we took the wide-oak floors from the room and continued it up over the enclave. Then we wrapped the beams. There were already beams, but they had been painted white, so we wrapped them the same way as the floors, so they would look like probably how they originally looked.<\/p>\n

I love that beaded chandelier that’s in the center of the room, that black beaded chandelier. Then, right in front of the TV, we have that little living room setup. I love those two white chairs. Those chairs are so good with that coffee table, and it’s right in front of the fireplace. I love that the bed, the way I have the pillows and the extra blankets and a blanket thrown across the bottom, the whole thing feels very inviting to me.<\/p>\n

It’s an interesting process because I’m not a designer. I worked with designers, but probably not in a very traditional way. <\/p>\n

We hired a designer to do renderings of the kitchen and to do a rendering of the family room when we were unsure how something would look. We hired someone for renderings, and then later, I hired someone when I was doing a lot of sourcing of tchotchkes and different things for shelves. She would make me a list, like, \u201cWhich of these things do you want me to order?\u201d She definitely had a design role.<\/p>\n

I guess how I\u2019d have to describe it is I put on the hat of the lead designer.<\/p>\n

I was driving the vision, but I could not necessarily do it on my own. For my office downstairs, I proper hired a designer who’s in charge, because I just felt like if I did the whole house for my family, I’m going to let someone else be in charge of this room for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The office is coming along. We got rid of the super hot pink and went to a lime-washy pink, and the office is almost done. I’m so close to that room being done, and then after that, the only thing that’s left is the theater. I cannot believe we’re going to be done with this whole thing.<\/p>\n

People who come into my home, especially people who are a little bit more intuitive or sensitive to energy, they\u2019re always like, \u201cIt feels so good in here,\u201d because it does feel so good in there. But why does it feel good in there? Because your home is a reflection of you.<\/p>\n

While Frances hired design professionals to help with renderings and some small decor decisions, it was her vision that drove the project.Amanda FrancesNow that the interior of the home is nearly complete, Frances plans to redo the exterior siding, doors, and windows.Amanda FrancesFrances believes her home has good vibes because “being a calm and happy and regulated person is reflected” in her environment.Wendy Yalom<\/p>\n

As I said on the show many times, being a calm and happy and regulated person is reflected in all my spaces. I journal a lot. I meditate. It takes a lot of intention to be someone who doesn’t fly off the handle at every little thing, who is able to stay regulated at tense dinner table situations, or when all four of their kids are being wild.<\/p>\n

I like to remind myself\u2014and I was just saying this to some clients on a Zoom\u2014the things they’re saying on the internet only exist when you’re on the internet. I find it interesting to put the phone away and look at my life and go, \u201cThis is real.\u201d Projection on the internet, it isn’t real life. It feels like it is until you have really good habits and boundaries around it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I started saying, [I\u2019m a] \u201crepetitive unrealistic goal achiever,\u201d because I kept doing things that shouldn’t be possible. Like, \u201cYou’re going to start a life coaching business when people barely know what life coaching was, instead of going ahead and pursuing the therapy world that I was a part of because I got my master’s in counseling and it made sense to stay in that world, and I didn’t want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

I did it. And it worked. And it kept working. And as I kept expanding things and hitting goals and hitting financial goals, I just started calling myself and thinking [of] myself as an unrealistic goal achiever.<\/p>\n

Home renovation is the same way. To take on that undertaking, you have to believe you can do something that is literally very challenging. This is not an easy thing.<\/p>\n

The next thing we have to do is the outside of the house. We haven’t even touched the outside. We did the landscaping, the gardening, but all the windows, all the doors, the siding\u2014I think I’m going to go real crazy and do, like, a Nantucket, shake-style house\u2014and it’s going to transform. It’s going to be the last thing that it really needs.<\/p>\n

That’s a huge endeavor as far as what it\u2019s going to put my family through and the time and energy, and, \u201cAre we going to move out and be in Newport that entire time, or are we going to travel?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thankfully, these are all options, but it’s not easy on anyone to let people be in construction on their house every day, all day, until a project is done. So there’s that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And then we rent this house in Newport, so I need to buy here. That’s one of my other unrealistic goal achiever things. The reason that’s hard is because the part of Newport we live in, there aren’t houses big enough for the number of children I have. We want a very specific home, and it currently doesn’t exist, but [I\u2019m] believing that it’s going to have to exist.<\/p>\n

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