Lifestyle Home Kelis Lists $1.9 Million L.A. Home and Announces 'We're Buying a Farm' The singer and cookbook author and her two sons are heading for a rural life, she reveals By Mackenzie Schmidt Mackenzie Schmidt Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 16, 2018 03:00 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Don't bother looking for Kelis in this Glendale, California, yard. The "Milkshake" singer is trading her suburban terrace for the simple life. "We're buying a farm, so that's why we're moving," she tells architecturaldigest.com. The songstress and cookbook author, 38, has listed her Mediterranean-style home for $1.885 million with Jennifer Winston and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles' James Harris and David Parnes of real estate firm The Agency. Trash to Treasure! Kim Kardashian West Stuns Social Media with Photos of Louis Vuitton Garbage Cans Kelis, who has two sons — 8-year-old Knight, whose father is her ex-husband, rapper Nas, and 2-year-old Shepherd, whom she welcomed with real estate agent Mike Mora in November 2015 — told AD, "Now that I've got these two boys, I want to control a little bit more how we eat." Her method for healthier diets and an eco-friendly lifestyle is to "grow everything and sustain everything that way," she says. Unlimited Style Real Estate Photography, courtesy architecturaldigest.com Her 3,850-square-foot Glendale home's many creature comforts more than make up for its lack of land. The listing includes a heated saltwater pool in the terraced backyard. Inside, the 5-bedroom property boasts two fireplaces. An interiors enthusiast, Kelis notes that when she purchased the house in 2012 it was the architectural details that caught her eye. "The architecture inside the house was amazing, and it had a very dramatic, old Hollywood feel," she says. "The backyard was so glamorous, and really, for me, that felt great. It was so nice for entertaining, and I pictured all the things I could do back there." WATCH THIS: Jennifer Lopez Lists Her NYC Penthouse for $27M Her new home will likely boast a little more in the way of outdoor space, which will also lend itself to some of her culinary ventures (she released a cookbook, My Life on a Plate, in 2015). "We smoke meat, so we have a BBQ smoker. We can do great grilled vegetables and steaks and sit outside with a glass of wine. It's so nice," she says. Timbaland Celebrates Release of New Justin Timberlake Collaboration with a Pair of Luxury Condos in Miami Unlimited Style Real Estate Photography, courtesy architecturaldigest.com If the Harlem native feels underprepared for rural life, she could always turn to another recent convert, leading man turned sheep farmer, Chris Pratt. Read the full story and see more photos on architecturaldigest.com.