THE OC star MISCHA BARTON has
big plans for 2005 - she hopes to learn how to drive and buy her
first home.
The pretty actress admits she's on the hunt for
a "fixer upper" home in Los Angeles, so that renovating
it can become her hobby when she's not working.
She says, "Every place my family and
I have ever lived in is a fixer-upper and there's something
rewarding about buying a place like that.
"In New York,
we bought a loft space that was in a factory and converted it
into a real loft. In London, we pretty much built the whole
house."
And she plans to get her driving licence so that
her mother doesn't have to taxi her around all the time.
She adds, "I know she's getting tired of
it... It's something I know I have to do, but when I see how the
paparazzi follow cars I'm in, I'm so glad I'm not driving because
I know I'd get flustered."
