Sybil Buck, Model Turned Musician, Shows Her Home In Topanga Canyon (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

When I shot Lindsay Jones for SLU, despite being taken by her Guinevere locks and Mormon-meets-bohemian aesthetic, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with curiosity over who designed the 5,000-square-foot Neverland-like loft that Lindsay lives in. It was as much an expression of her imagination as her wardrobe. The architect of said space, filled with mysterious drawbridges, secret passageways, Christian iconography, broken mosaics and hidden rooms with bunk beds, is Sibyl, whose vision for the Brooklyn abode was about recreating a kindergarten for adults. She wanted something where one could come and develop, appreciate their individuality and creativity and grow past the linear thinking of cubicles and other stifling, grown-up dwellings. Keep reading below. This was originally posted on StyleLikeU.com

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A seeker of friction as a means to evolve as a person, Sibyl abandoned her huge modeling career early and while doors were still flying open in order to build her experimental living space and embark on a new challenge as a musician and mother, both of which have been the most humbling of her careers. Hell-bent on "one eighties" like her mom, who left an office job at fifty to be a potter, Sibyl left her urban paradise for the idyllic Topanga canyon. There, the wandering walkways greeted her when she arrived - she didn't have to build them - and they lead to outdoor bathtubs and long wooden stairways to nowhere. The pierced punk rock hippie who skateboarded to castings in Paris is now all hippie that fashioned a jacket made from a sleeping bag and prefers comfy clothes with big camouflage pockets to carry her phone while hiking in the "fluffy clouds" of the mountains.

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Sibyl says,"I just want to be able to do everything I needed to be able to do with my body and still look like I got dressed in the morning." Earthy, but not without an edge, Sibyl's cut off her overalls, padded the bottom of her high-waisted shorts and values her handmade 19th-century style work boots. Her current communal mirror to herself is the father of her daughter, her daughter Puma and the silence of nature. The path is yet another challenge, and just right.

If you love Sibyl, you may also like Sam Quartin, Jenny Shimizu and Carly Mark.

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[mydecoUS]

07:47 AM on 02/16/2011

Shame the house is not shown as much as Sybil. But it looked quite eclectic from what I saw. Can you post some more with the interiors?

[klbrz]

11:03 PM on 01/20/2011

As others have said, where's the home she's supposed to be showing us? Makes me cringe to see those LPs stacked like that. Must just be for show.

[MyrtleJune]

03:39 PM on 01/19/2011

That's funny.... people with no money and living like that are not called "stylish", but something else.

[KIVPossum]

01:09 PM on 01/19/2011

So, where's anything about the house?

[pleblian]

12:27 PM on 01/19/2011

Look at those big beautiful eyes

[mediacrazed]

11:18 AM on 01/19/2011

Maybe the headline should be amended to read "... shows off at home..." so architecture and home design buffs would not have to bother clicking ;-)

[Daisytoo]

11:04 AM on 01/19/2011

What in God's name was she wearing in #9 ?! And where are the house pictures?

[copelli21]

09:44 AM on 01/19/2011

If this is suppose to be about seeing her house, then how about showing pictures of the house, instead of her.

[Amber Troska]

09:59 AM on 01/19/2011

I was going to say the same thing.

[Vanessa Belle]

10:06 AM on 01/19/2011

Exactly!

The only reason I clicked on this article is to see the house not her, I don't know or care who she is.