Just off a winding cliffside lane in Malibu’s tony Big Rock neighborhood, a white wooden gate just off the drive of a low-slung midcentury modern home recalls the access point to some fictional realm—the wardrobe doors to Narnia or Alice’s entrance to Wonderland. This gate, in fact, opens to reveal a picture-postcard view of thriving coastal hedges and native trees, above which the majestic Pacific Ocean stretches out past city lights and Catalina Island toward the horizon.
