During awards season, it feels as if every last
soul in Hollywood, down to the grips and handlers, receives an Oscar nod, an
erstwhile mention in a speech, or at least a bro hug from the winner on the way
to the podium.
Everyone knows there is an
Academy Award for Production Design,
honoring the remarkable sets and locations we see onscreen. But what about the
exquisitely designed homes of the stars that end up housing all the gleaming
statuettes?
At the National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics Circle
Awards, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Los
Angeles Awards Season Tea Party, the SAG Awards, the
Australian Academy of
Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards, and scores of other
intimate celebrity-packed events, we asked the stars which room in their house
wins for best design. And the envelope, please: Best-designed room goes to . .
ANNE HATHAWAY
While she recently won an Oscar
for her emotion-charged role as Fantine in Les Miserables,
at the National Board of Review Awards, Anne Hathaway suggested that she
doesn’t yet believe she deserves any accolades for interior design. “My house
is a disaster,” she said. “In L.A., I’ve got a pretty decent living room,
though. At the moment it’s unfinished, but I’m heading toward cozy
minimalism—kind of sort of French modern.”
RACHEL WEISZ AND DANIEL
CRAIG
Home doesn’t always feel homey,
especially when you didn’t get to design it yourself. At the New York Film
Critics Circle Awards, actress Rachel Weisz, seen here with her husband, Daniel
Craig, claimed to be between houses at the time and didn’t feel that any of the
rooms truly expressed her sensibilities. “I’m in a rental right now,” answered
Weisz. “I didn’t design it. It’s very nice, but it was designed by somebody
else for somebody else.”
Weisz and Craig at the Golden Globes.
MATT DAMON
Matt Damon, cowriter and costar
of Promised Land, told AD at the film’s debut that he is proudest
of a room he created pre-marriage and pre-kids. “I turned my basement, before I
met my wife, into my kind of dream location,” he said. “It’s a total man cave—there’s
a big screen, a gym, and a little video area. It’s really gorgeous.”
Damon at the Made In NY Awards.
HUGH JACKMAN
Just before curtain time at the
Manhattan debut of Les Mis, actor Hugh Jackman was practically trotting
for the entrance of the Ziegfeld Theatre when we caught him. “The Richard Meier
staircase,” he thoughtfully called out before ducking inside, referring to the
spiral staircase in his double-height, Meier-designed living room. Formidable!
Jackman at the BAFTA tea party in
Los Angeles.
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
“My bedroom,” answered fashion
designer Diane von Furstenberg at the Target + Neiman Marcus event. “It’s not
the look that matters, it’s the bed. It’s the quality of the sheets and the
mattress.”
Von Furstenberg at the CFDA Vogue
Fashion Fund Awards.
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
At the New York premiere of his
film Django Unchained, actor Samuel L. Jackson was very enthusiastic
about the design of his favorite room. “My bathroom is awesome,” he said. “I
have a steam room, an overhead rain shower. I have spouts that come out of my
shower in every direction. I have a big flat-screen television, a chair, a
daybed, and even a Japanese toilet that opens up when I walk into the room.”
Standing ovation.
ALLISON WILLIAMS
“I would say my office area,”
offered actress Allison Williams of Girls also at Target + Neiman. “I
like rooms that are intuitive and simple. And I have this area behind my desk
where there is a beautiful bookshelf. And it is very functional, because I can
just swivel around and grab anything off the shelf.”
OLIVIA MUNN
On the red carpet at the Golden
Globes, wearing a strapless Armani gown with oversize beading, actress Olivia
Munn singled out her fireplace room. “I have a 110-inch projection screen that
comes down and a life-size Yoda that was used in the actual Star Wars.
There were 120 of them made, and it’s so great—it’s like owning Harrison Ford.”
KATE BOSWORTH
“The kitchen,” said actress Kate
Bosworth at a Target + Neiman Marcus event. “It’s open and great for
entertaining. I feel like people flock to the kitchen anyway. I love to cook.
It’s a ’50s modern ranch . . . you know . . . warm.”
LAUREN BUSH LAUREN
At the Target + Neiman Marcus
event, model and activist Lauren Bush Lauren described her new living room with
husband David Lauren (Ralph Lauren’s son; she moved in after David had
decorated) as the most successful in their new home. “It’s a very open floor
plan,” she said. “It’s a kitchen–living room–dining room. And there are both
modern elements and antique. It’s beautiful!”
MOLLY SIMS
“My den,” answered model and
actress Molly Sims at the Women in Film pre-Oscar cocktail party at Fig &
Olive. “Because it has an amazing Damien Hirst in it.”
Sims at a Carolina Herrera
fashion show.
ZOE SALDANA
“Sunroom,” said actress Zoe
Saldana at Target + Neiman Marcus. “Because I really decorated it. And I have
some Frida Kahlo artwork that I’ve collected.”
FRANCISCO COSTA AND NAOMI
WATTS
At the New York debut of The
Impossible, Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa, seen here with actress
Naomi Watts, chose his library. “Because that’s where I spend most of my time,”
he said. “The walls are a great green shade. And I designed this one couch
based on a sofa by Kaare Klint, the Danish designer. The lights are perfect. I
have my pictures in there and all my great books.”
GEORGINA CHAPMAN
Marchesa designer Georgina
Chapman, married to Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, spoke to AD on her
way into the Museum of Modern Art to honor Quentin Tarantino. “I think our
kitchen works really well as a family room,” she said. “It is actually a big,
open space, so the family never gets separated. We’re always together. It’s a
mix of modern and functional, and there is space for everybody.
TONY BENNETT
He may have left his heart in San
Francisco some decades back, but legendary crooner Tony Bennett apparently
still loves his Manhattan living room best. At the Target anniversary fête at
an endless loft in West Chelsea, Bennett told AD, “It overlooks all of
Central Park, from Central Park South all the way up to Harlem. Oh, it’s very
nice. And it has a Japanese motif.”
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