Shonda Rhimesis known for her elite storytelling.

“I bought the house anyway.

And then I simply decided to assume the story would have a happy ending.”

Shonda Rhimes smiling

The rest of the home however, got a serious makeover.

Rhimes admits that renovating this house wasn’t easy, but ensures readers that it was definitely worth it.

“We have been on a journey,” she tells Architectural Digest.

Shonda Rhimes smiling on red carpet

“Weaving our way into the story of this house has been the trip of a lifetime.

This formerly wrong and ugly house and I, we are family now.

We are home.”