Celebrities have all the money in the world, and with that cash, they can decorate their homes any way they want. It’s no surprise that the ways they go about decorating and accessorising are different from the rest of us.
While we may not be able to live it up like them, we can certainly take inspiration from their home design and decorating aesthetic for our own humble abodes.
Be bold and improvise decorating your home like Lenny Kravitz
Grammy Award-winning musician Lenny Kravitz was tired of the chaos in the city, and got himself an 18th century Brazilian coffee plantation outside Rio de Janeiro.
The busy bee described his home as “a place to unplug, reset your life, and take the time to be quiet and actually hear yourself”.
His home décor is a mish-mash of things he collected from his travels and tours. Due to his busy schedule, he just shipped containers filled with items and furniture that he liked, and supervised the placements done by workers through video calls.
“Some of the pieces worked out beautifully, and others didn’t. The process was very improvisational, like making music. You have to play what you feel. Sometimes it’s about what you don’t play,” he said.
He also invited artist friends to visit and make their own contributions to the décor. Fortunately, everything in the house came well together and is as unique and cool as the artist himself.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s confounding home
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s home boggled everyone’s minds when they showed the world the super minimalist and monotone colours of their Los Angeles home.
Working with renowned designers such as Axel Vervoordt, they transformed the suburban home into what looks like a ‘futuristic Belgian monastery’ in its muted white, cream and grey interiors.
Even the bathroom sink confounded everyone due to its seemingly flat surface with only a slit as the drain hole. Kim had to make a separate video to explain to fans how the sink works. Apparently, the unique sink was designed by Kanye to prevent any backsplash no matter how high the water pressure is.
As wild as the home design and décor are, everyone can agree that the spacious bathroom overlooking the greenery outside is luxurious and to die for.
Support artist friends like G-Eazy
Since he’s always travelling or on tour most of the time, G-Eazy said he wants a place that feels homey and welcoming whenever he’s back. Due to this, his home in Hollywood Hills is unlike most celebrity mega homes, and he worked closely with interior designer Melody Jimenez to redesign his 1979 Spanish colonial home.
He likes the colour green, and incorporated the lovely shade in his kitchen cabinetry. G-Eazy also shows support for his other artist friends by displaying their works around his home. Of course, he has a professional-grade recording studio where he worked on The Beautiful and The Damned album.
He likes to stay focused when he’s creating and making music, so he has blackout curtains to cover the windows. Since he spends a lot of time in the studio, the studio is decorated with comfortable furnishings and has a beautiful shower room too.
Treat yourself to beautiful baths just like Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton said she’s a huge bath person and strongly believes that all bathrooms should be all about comfort. The singer isn’t afraid to go bold with colour contrasts as well and has both light and dark bathrooms. She really loves dark rooms that get a ton of light, which she says makes a bathroom feel less sterile.
In her Nashville home, her bathroom is decked with Roman Clay finish on the walls, one-of-a-kind tiled floors and a reflective copper bathtub as a beautiful centrepiece.
The copper tub is further complemented with copper furnishing on the sink taps and mirror. Together, the elements and colours create a luxurious bathing paradise.
Go back to basics like Elon Musk’s tiny house
Elon Musk could easily spend millions on a huge home or design his dream home from scratch. Instead, he sold most of his real estate properties and settled for a US$500,000 tiny home in Boca Chica, Texas, which is close to the Space X headquarters.
It’s reported that his house is foldable, prefabricated home made by Boxabl, a housing startup company. Named the Boxable Casita, Musk’s tiny home only measures 400 square feet in a 20x20 unit. It’s set up like a studio apartment with a fully equipped kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and living room.
Musk wrote on Twitter: “My primary home is literally a ~$50k house in Boca Chica / Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. It’s kinda awesome though. The only house I own is the events house in the Bay Area. If I sold it, the house would see less use, unless bought by a big family, which might happen some day.”
This article was first published in theSun Buzz Home Improvement edition.
