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gwyneth paltrow’s tribeca loft (i think. i’m 99.9% sure*)
*Am now 100% sure thanks to Vogue who shot Gwyneth (as in photographed; shooting her just wouldn’t be nice, unless you’re a Gwyneth hater. And I’m not…) in her kitchen which just happens to be exactly the same as this one here. So I was right and I take great pleasure in saying that because that doesn’t happen too often!
**Ok, so this post has now gone around the WWW (six months later!!) and I feel a little bad now for sharing with the world! Especially when 99% of all the comments elsewhere are really, really awful (and often nothing to do with the actual home!!!). They’re insulting to her and also to the designers, who are really very talented.
Yes, it’s white and clean and perhaps not like most homes, but lots of people have white homes (hello, sweden!). And also, these images would have been taken before they moved in – or before they’ve settled in completely. Architects and interior designers always take photographs of their work at near-completion stage for their portfolios. They’re not stylists and they’re not the owners, so the space is always going to look different once the owners move in, moved ALL their furniture and personal items in and lived in it for a while. I have no doubt there are now books and toys and kids paintings and a TV. And it’s also going to look different if it’s a house you only live in for maybe a few weeks here and there in a year.
Anyway, for some reason GP strikes a nerve with a lot of people. I have no doubt if this was an anonymous house as an example of a designer’s work (um, which it was until I blurted out to world who it belonged to – sorry Gwynnie/R&W), it’d be much more applauded than it has been. That’s a shame.
Have you met fab design duo Roman & Williams? They’re former movie-set directors (they did Zoolander and Practical Magic) who branched out into interior design/architecture/furniture design after A-list actor after A-list actor asked them to work their magic on their homes. From what I’ve seen, I love their style. And I love how they manage to make a home look like the person who lives there – they beautified Kate Hudson’s LA home into the perfect mix of Kate Hudson: slightly hippy chic, slightly rock chick, slightly wordly and exotic. I loved it all, and I will post it at some stage if you haven’t seen before.
A while back I read that Roman and Williams had also designed the interior of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tribeca loft. It was mentioned how they’d transformed an antique Indian door into a swing and hung it in the living room. It was her favourite thing. While browsing their site recently I noticed one of the posts under “work” was a Tribeca Loft. And there, in the living room shot? A swing. Possibly made from an old Indian door. Gwyneth’s? Had to be, right? Then I noticed the pic name in a child’s bedroom: apple’s room. Bingo! I was pretty excited to find it. Of course, there is a chance it’s not her home, but I’d say it’s pretty slim. So, welcome to Gwyneth’s house. And welcome to my sad realisation that I have ridiculously pointless research/investigative skills… Let’s begin the tour (click to enlarge).
Close up of the swing. Gwyneth told W mag: “Even the chains are like a work of art.” She’s right - beautiful. I need a swing in my living room dammit. Maybe when Layla is a little older and not as likely to be KOed every time she walks near it.
A “bed chamber” fit for Hollywood royalty.
I don’t care that these closets would not fit with anything in my house, the nine-year-old pretend princess inside me wants them very much.
Look! wallpaper on the ceiling! Not for the faint-hearted. Or ceilings without moulding.
Apple’s room – how magical is the bed?! Could also be classed as nightmare-inducing, but I’ll stick with magical.
Kitchen perfection
ditto
Eat-in kitchen? Breakfast bar? Good place for homework anyway!
I love the kitchen, main bedroom, Apple’s bed (remember, I like tospook little children) and the light in the living room (reminds me of a feathered gown). It’s a little ornate in parts for me, but after seeing her Hampton’s home in House & Garden (RIP), I think it feels like Gwyneth. Do you think? And ultimately, that’s the main thing: I think a home should reflect the owners. I don’t think it reflects Chris Martin, but I def see Gwynnie in decor form here. What do you think?
{all images via Roman and Williams}
It’s always a subtle surprise when it is finally noticed, and it doesn’t take away from the rest of the room art and decor.
For an Oscar-winning actress, her musician husband, and their two children, Roman and Williams completed a total redesign, including all interior architecture and decoration, of this Tribeca apartment to make it suitable for both entertaining and for the needs of a young family.
I think the word “impeccable” came about purely so it could one day describe that very special place!
I love the kitchen and this breakfast bar
Have a great day
Raru
xx Trina
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Oh wait, that’s right. It’s GOOP.
the English felt about their bombing vs how the U.S. reacted after 9/11 were
cruel and unkind. I mean really-she is an American and should keep her
yap shut when it comes to bashing her home land.
cold
bland
souless