Inside the Malibu Home Where Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber Raised Kaia and Presley Gerber — Photos

Long before their children stepped into the spotlight, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber were building a family life in Malibu, where a weekend escape gradually became something much more permanent.

The couple eventually made the beach their full-time home, creating a place around the way they wanted to live and raise their children. Years later, Cindy's memories of that period - and photos from inside the property - offer a revealing look at the family life they built there.

Cindy and Rande married in 1998 at the Ocean Club in Nassau, according to People. The Baha Men performed at the wedding. Their family soon grew. Son Presley Walker Gerber was born on July 2, 1999, followed by daughter Kaia Jordan Gerber on September 3, 2001.

Years before either child entered modeling, they were already familiar with the attention surrounding their famous mother. According to Today, Presley recalled what happened when strangers recognized Cindy.

"It was definitely the attention, like when people would walk by and you're like, 'Oh my God, that's Cindy Crawford.' I was like, 'Yeah, yeah. I think. I'm pretty sure it is,'" he said.

Both siblings eventually followed Cindy into modeling, turning a profession they had grown up around into careers of their own. Presley also appeared in an updated version of his mother's famous Pepsi Super Bowl commercial, creating a direct link between his work and one of Cindy's best-known campaigns.

Despite sharing an industry with their mother, Kaia and Presley said Cindy did not take control of their careers. "You are so not a stage mom," Kaia told her mother. "Not at all," Presley added.

What Kaia Said About Life Behind the Famous Name

The family's public profile did not mean everything happened in public. In the final year of his life, however, Presley spoke candidly about his mental health and addiction struggles.

In a November 2025 Instagram post, Presley said he had taken a break from social media to focus on his mental health and planned to return feeling stronger and more focused.

He also discussed Mental Health Mondays, a series he created to encourage people to talk openly about struggles they might otherwise keep private. Presley said he was proud that the project had reached and helped others and hoped to keep those conversations going.

A few months later, in March 2026, Presley shared another Instagram post about undergoing an ibogaine "flood dose" as part of his efforts to address his addiction struggles.

Alongside a video taken before the treatment, Presley described himself as "absolutely terrified." He said letting go of control had been difficult, but that he had confronted what he had been avoiding.

"I faced what I had been running from, and somewhere in all of it, i started finding my way back to myself," he wrote.

Presley expressed hope that he would not have to repeat the experience. "Praying it's the last time I have to come back," he wrote.

Cindy publicly supported her son in the comments. "You are a warrior! Walked thru the fire to find yourself! So proud! 🙏" she wrote.

By August 2026, Kaia was also speaking about Presley's openness. In a Vogue interview, she contrasted her brother's willingness to discuss his struggles with the privacy their parents had maintained for much of their lives. She said:

"My parents for most of our lives were very, very private and didn’t share anything—and now we have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, ‘I’m gonna be very human for everyone.’ There’s only so much you can hide from the world. And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you’re ashamed of them."

Kaia also discussed Presley's decade-long struggle with drug addiction and how it shaped the role she assumed within the family.

"When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone," she said. "I think that's also why I started to self-identify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing."

Presley died at age 27 the following month.

Santa Monica Police Department officers responded to a report of a possible overdose in the 1000 block of Berkeley Street at about 9:35 a.m. on September 20, 2026. Officers found an adult man who was deceased, and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified him as Presley.

Police said detectives were investigating the death as a suspected overdose and that there was no indication of foul play at the time. The official cause and manner of death remained for the medical examiner to determine, and the investigation was ongoing.

Cindy's publicist later gave CNN a brief statement on behalf of the family: "The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time." The family's story looked very different years earlier.

Before the Kids Grew Up, Malibu Was Home

In a 2006 ELLE Decor feature, Presley was 6 while Kaia was 4. Cindy and Rande had first settled in her Manhattan apartment and later moved to her Los Angeles house. Rande's Malibu bachelor pad became their weekend retreat before they decided to live at the beach full-time.

Building a home there gave the couple their first chance to create a place together. "This is the first place we've done together," Cindy told the publication. "This is our married house." The project took five years of planning, construction and decorating. Perched above the Pacific, the property sloped toward a private beach.

For its guiding idea, the couple looked to their own vacations. "We wanted to live like we were at a resort, so we tried to think of everything we love about our beach vacations," Cindy said.

That idea extended beyond the home's appearance. Pocket doors connected the principal rooms to the decks, while an infinity pool made outdoor life part of the family's daily routine. With Presley and Kaia still young, Cindy described how often they took advantage of it.

"We feel like we're on a perpetual vacation," she said. "Our kids are in the pool five times a week. We live outdoors as much as in, and it's always casual—we are a no-coaster household."

The House Was Designed Around the Pacific

The family's routine reinforced the sense of living at a retreat. Cindy worked from home, Rande had an office nearby, and she said she rarely drove into Los Angeles more than twice a week.

The property also included a fully equipped gym, screening room, and basement "club" for entertaining. Yet its defining feature remained the setting outside.

Architect Oscar Shamamian designed the house, which Cindy compared to "a sugar plantation in the tropics." Colonial and Caribbean influences met dark wood, light plaster walls, and stone floors. The relatively intimate rooms provided a contrast to the vast ocean views.

That relationship with the Pacific began at the double-height entry, where the view extended through the house toward the sea and sky. Even that space evolved during the design process. Cindy said the couple had the house feng shui'd and learned that the good coming inside was flowing straight out the other side.

A round table from her New York apartment was placed in the hall. The broader interiors required another kind of compromise because Cindy and Rande had different tastes.

"Rande is edgy, modern, and Armaniesque, and I prefer a cozier, more romantic feeling," Cindy said. "He hates the traditional Oriental rugs I love, and would have just carpeted the whole place."

Finding common ground pushed them beyond their usual preferences. "We each had to step out of our safety zones and find something we both liked," she said.

Interior designer Michael S. Smith, an old friend of Cindy's, helped reconcile those approaches. "The house is a hybrid," Smith said. "Cindy's need for warmth and comfort permeates the place, but Rande's need for drama and sequence makes it memorable."

The Simple Palette Hid Layers of Detail

That compromise became clearer in the individual rooms. The living room featured custom teak sofas upholstered in Jim Thompson Thai Silk IV, Charles Jacobsen tables, and a Herb Ritts photograph of Cindy above the fireplace.

A Kay floor lamp by Christophe Delcourt for Ralph Pucci, Evreux pendants by Vaughan, and bamboo matting from Patterson Flynn & Martin completed the space.

Instead of relying heavily on pattern, Smith used texture and architectural details. The stone fireplace featured recessed squares, shuttered doors concealed the bar, and carved moldings appeared in the primary bathroom.

Elsewhere, a white-gold-leaf dining room ceiling, bamboo shades, Venetian plaster, textured fabrics, earthy ceiling colors, and Moroccan rugs added layers to the restrained palette. Curtains could turn a sunny room into a more enclosed, tent-like space.

For Smith, the restraint was only the first impression. "It may seem like a one-note idea of a wood-and-white," he said, "but it's not. It's complex and sophisticated. You're forced into taking a second look." He described the cumulative effect in simpler terms: "The house is bigger than the sum of its parts."

The finished interiors brought Cindy and Rande's different tastes together. Years later, however, Cindy's favorite room stood out for a different reason.

One Room Kept Bringing the Family Together

In a 2019 interview with Architectural Digest, Cindy still described Malibu as their main home and said she and Rande had owned it for 15 years. Asked about her favorite room, she chose the kitchen/family room.

"Where we live in Malibu, that's our main house, we have a kitchen/family room, and no matter what, that's where everyone wants to be," Cindy said. "Because if you're hungry, there's food there, there's a TV. We have a super comfy sofa, and two chairs with swivels."

For Cindy, its appeal ultimately came down to the family. "What I love about that room is it just brings everyone together," she said. By then, Presley and Kaia were no longer the small children seen in the earlier photographs. Their changing lives were beginning to pull the family beyond Malibu.

Cindy said she and Rande had bought a Beverly Hills house the previous year because their children increasingly wanted to be in town. "Malibu's great when they're little, but they're starting to be like, 'It's so boring here, we wanna be in town,'" she said.

The midcentury modern property also became another design project. Cindy said some period furniture was too low or uncomfortable, so the couple often made their own upholstery.

Rande was particularly attentive to cushion density and seat depth because he was taller. By then, Cindy said, they knew the dimensions they preferred and could adapt the body style around them.

The children's changing needs marked a new stage for the family. But the couple's original Malibu house had been planned with more than their immediate household in mind.

Cindy and Rande Wanted the Kids' Friends There, Too

From the beginning, the couple wanted their home to be somewhere their children's friends would choose to spend time. "Rande wants our house to be the place where everyone, including our kids' friends, wants to come," Cindy said in the 2006 feature.

That philosophy extended to entertaining. Drinks were served around the fire pit on the deck, while dinner moved indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. "If not, we move to the dining room. But we always end up out by the fire," Cindy said. Their goal was simple. "We want people to feel like they don't want to leave," she said.

Cindy and Rande later pursued another family-centered idea at a lake cottage outside Toronto. In the 2019 interview, Cindy said both parents had spent summers around lakes while growing up. Rande went to summer camp, while she vacationed with her family.

They wanted their own children to have a similar experience. The couple aimed for what Cindy called an almost "log cabin camp vibe," with an aesthetic she described as "very Ralph Lauren."

The Canadian cottage was one of three homes Cindy said the couple had at the time, along with their main Malibu residence and a Beverly Hills property.

Their Other Malibu Homes Were Separate Properties

Cindy and Rande also owned other properties in Malibu over the years. Those homes were separate from the longtime family residence featured in the 2006 story.

One of those other homes appeared in Vogue's "73 Questions." According to Vogue Australia, the couple bought the Malibu mansion for $68 million in 2015.

Built in 1994 and later renovated, the two-story house sat on three acres along the coast. It had four bedrooms and five bathrooms, with ocean views from almost every room.High ceilings, a wraparound balcony, and sliding doors opened the house to its coastal setting.

Whites, creams, and teak shaped the interiors. Cindy, Rande, Kaia, and Presley had used the property as a home since buying it in 2015. After putting the mansion on the market about two years earlier, Cindy and Rande reportedly sold it for $61 million in 2018.

The publication also described the couple as "notorious house flippers." It reported that they bought and sold another Malibu property in 2015, making an $18 million profit, and later purchased a home in the Trousdale area of Los Angeles.

Another Malibu deal surfaced in 2020. TMZ reported that Cindy and Rande had agreed to sell a nearby property to a European couple for $6.5 million. The outlet specifically noted that it was not the home where the couple lived.

The buyers later asked to cancel the deal as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted their plans. Cindy and Rande agreed and returned their deposit, according to the report.

Inside the Malibu Home Where the Kids Grew Up

The older images offer a record of the years when Presley and Kaia were still children at home. One shows Cindy sitting with a young Kaia near the pool amid lush landscaping.

Others reveal the infinity pool facing the Pacific, the ocean-oriented entry, and the warm, wood-accented interiors.

Her comments over the years fill in what photographs alone cannot: children who used the pool throughout the week, friends welcomed into the house, evenings around the fire, and a kitchen/family room that became a natural gathering place.

Kaia's later reflections add another dimension. She described parents who guarded their privacy and spoke candidly about how Presley's struggles shaped her own role within the family.

Following Presley's death in September 2026, those archival images preserve a chapter that has ended - one in which both children were young and much of their daily life unfolded at home by the Pacific.

Looking back on the work of creating that home, Cindy acknowledged the compromises behind it. "We all nudged, pushed, fought, and inspired each other," she said.

For Cindy, the result ultimately came down to what the house gave their family. "And the house is so much better for our family because of it," she said.