Zooey Deschanel shares shocking before and after photos of childhood home destroyed in LA fire
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Zooey Deschanel shared stark before-and-after photos of her childhood home on Friday, now gone after the devastating LA fires. The New Girl star, 45, took to Instagram to post the emotional photos, joining a growing number of celebrities who have lost their homes in the devastation sweeping through the region.
![[She shared throwback photos of her family enjoying the property]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/06/94234853-14299055-She_shared_throwback_photos_of_her_family_enjoying_the_property-a-22_1737180624214.jpg)
The photos captured her Pacific Palisades home in its prime, showcasing its stunning 1920s Spanish Revival architecture, alongside another image of the same spot now reduced to nothing but ash and rubble. 'My childhood home. A marvel of 1920s Spanish Revival architecture,' Zooey began. 'Full of too many incredible memories to count,' Zooey captioned the post. 'It was one of the oldest homes in the Palisades and so spectacularly beautiful.'.
![[One photo including her sister Emily Deschanel, best known for her role on Bones]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/05/94234857-14299055-image-a-16_1737179404943.jpg)
'It wasn't a mansion, but it was cozy and lovely, unique, and perfect to me,' she continued. 'The Christmas dinners, Easter egg hunts, trick-or-treating, weddings, birthdays, baby showers… we celebrated the best moments of our lives there.'. She shared throwback photos of her family enjoying the property, including her sister Emily Deschanel, best known for her role on Bones.
![['It wasn't a mansion, but it was cozy and lovely, unique, and perfect to me,' she continued. 'The Christmas dinners, Easter egg hunts, trick-or-treating, weddings, birthdays, baby showers… we celebrated the best moments of our lives there'; (Jonathan Scott and Zooey in 2024)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/06/94234373-14299055-_It_wasn_t_a_mansion_but_it_was_cozy_and_lovely_unique_and_perfe-a-21_1737180624160.jpg)
Zooey Deschanel shared stark before-and-after photos of her childhood home on Friday, now gone after the devastating LA fires; (seen in April 2024). The photos captured her Pacific Palisades home in its prime, showcasing its stunning 1920s Spanish Revival architecture, alongside another image of the same spot now reduced to nothing but ash and rubble.
![[The LA blazes have collectively destroyed over 12,000 structures and scorched 60 square miles of land in just over a week; the Pacific Palisades pictured on January 7]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/06/94235155-14299055-image-a-23_1737182137832.jpg)
