HAPPILY EVER AFTER

LORI HART doesn’t have to imagine the home office of her dreams - she’s living in it. “It really looks like a fairy tale,” says the 45-year old cosmetic entrepreneur of the four story Marina del Rey, California house she moved into last April. “People go crazy for it. They walk in and go, ‘Oh my God, you have your own day spa.’

What’s so special about Hart’s digs? Well, there’s the spaciousness factor - the entire bottom floor (approximately 750 square feet) is devoted to Hart’s eponymous business. Not especially impressed with extra breathing room? OK, behold instead the marble entryway, spiral staircase, crystal chandeliers, and artist-painted murals adorning the walls. “You feel like you are in Italy,” says Hart of the latter. “The artwork (depicting) scenery, trees, and water is beautiful.”

And beautiful, fittingly enough is what Lori hopes to make her clients feel through her anti aging treatments. Having run her cosmetic company for more than a decade, Hart offers facial toning, oxygen therapy, mineral-based makeup and the like. It’s a pampering experience – all the more so now that Hart has the luxurious surroundings to soak it up in.

I want (clients) to feel like they are not in LA, to feel like they are someplace else so they can cleanse their minds,” explains Hart, who estimates her decorating expenses at more than $10,000.

And where better to cleanse the mind than in a fairy tale setting? If this story sounds a little too Disney-esque, however, better not read this next part: Hart’s nickname when growing up was none other than Snow White. “I looked just like her,” explains Hart, who’s enjoying her happily-ever-after version of home based entrepreneurship. Just don’t offer her any apples.