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At Home with Tracey Bregman
Young and the Restless
Featured in Brentwood Magazine 2007
Tracey Bregman and husband, real estate developer Ron Recht have unique ideas when it comes to weekend getaways or dates. While many couples in LA like to hit the latest upscale restaurant, expect to find this power couple strolling through malls and shops in the Southland or making personal visit to artists and galleries.
“We love to shop and go to malls and see the architecture or go to Laguna and find pieces of furniture that strike a nerve with us,” said Bregman from her home in Malibu. “We may see something and pick it up and it won’t be used for year and years.”
This is the case with the Dennis & Lean all-rock crystal chandelier hanging in the couple’s home along with Holly Hunt light fixtures.
“I saw a picture of the chandelier about 20 years ago,” Bregman said. “I saved that picture in my desk because I knew the time would come when I’d want to have it in my home. Then when we were working here it just fit perfectly.”
“I don’t mind being patient,” Bregman said. “I would rather have to walk by an empty wall or empty room instead of having things in there just for the sake of filling the space.”
Bregman never hires interior designers. The star of The Young and the Restless has an evolving vision that she utilizes to design her homes to fit where she and her family are at that moment of time.
“My first home I did very modern with different shades of white throughout,” Bregman said. “It worked for time of my life, but I couldn’t do that today.”
Entering the Bregman’s bedroom is like a subtle step back in time.
“I wanted to get the feel of an updated 1930s stars dressing room,” Bregman explained. “I especially love the silver Nancy Corzine mirror over the fireplace.”
And when Bregman finished the extensive project, Malibu was hit torrential downpours leading to massive flooding on the first floor of the home.
“These workers had been on their hands and knees with these walnut floors hewing, hand distressing and hand staining,” Bregman said. “Then the first floor flooded and all of that had to be done again. We were up at 6 in the morning with every towel in house on the floors and we were able to save them.”
The ceilings, however, had to be torn out and re-worked.
“My friends were calling and telling me it had not rained like that in Malibu in 10 years,” Bregman said. “And it hasn’t rained like that since then.”
The re-contruction process took months, but as she walks through her home she believes the final product made it all worth while.
“It was quite an experience,” she said. “But now we have the home we wanted and people come here and feel comfortable. The kids and their friends play. It’s a place where people can kick off their shoes and relax.”
“It’s exactly what I wanted.”