Inside patrick dempsey's mcdreamy malibu home

Patrick Dempsey and his wife Jillian snapped up a Malibu home five years ago. Designed by Frank Gehry, the property was home to a pair of spa entrepreneurs before the movie and former Grey's Anatomy star.

Since then, though, the couple have redecorated significatnly, turning the once-experimental building into a warm family home.

"We were looking for a little land and space, and a house with some architectural significance," Dempsey tells Architectural Digest. "The exterior’s simplicity appealed to me, and the inside felt very expansive and calming. Everywhere you looked there was something visually pleasing."

The couple share their home with three children, a bunch of chickens,  rabbits, goats, pigs, miniature donkeys, three dogs and an African tortoise. Oh yes, this home is McDreamy, all right.

For more photos of the home, view this month's edition of Architectural Digest.