Dita Von Teese’s Maximalist House

Dita Von Teese has a unique style.  She loves vintage things but she also likes to add her own twist on everything. And as you’re about to see this isn’t limited to her clothes, makeup and style in general. Her LA home is a pretty incredible representation of all the things she loves. There’s nothing minimalist about it, in fact Dita calls herself a maximalist and once you see the photos you’ll understand why.

Dita house is a 1927 English home built in a classic Tudor Revival style. When she first moved in 5 years ago it was all white walls everywhere. A dream for a minimalist, but for Dita that was simply unacceptable. She hates white walls. Dita loves color and wants her house to reflect that. So she immediately chose to add some color and personality to her new home.

In one of the rooms she chose to have a mural painted on the wall that was inspired by a picture of a castle and that mural actually has little hidden things painted into it like monkeys and birds, just to add even more interest and detail.

She still has a few blank spaces that she left as they were because she likes having little projects and decorating her house is a never ending project. So there’s an entryway left white because she plans to have it covered in feathers. A classic Dita Von Teese move, don’t you think?

Dita has shared in her interview with Architectural Digest that she started wearing vintage clothes because she couldn’t afford the new designer things her friends were wearing back in the day. So vintage was a natural choice, but soon after her love of vintage blossomed into not just clothes but all sorts of things including furniture, homeware and house decor. She now loves collecting vintage and antique things for her home.

Dita’s kitchen is super glamorous. She made it so because as she says, no matter what you do with your house, when people come over, they inevitably hang out in the kitchen. And you know, she’s not wrong. She used to have a pink kitchen in her last home, so she took a lot of things over to this house. But her current kitchen esthetic is green and copper. Her pride and joy is a British racing green Aga Stove. She dipped the plates in copper so it would fit the kitchen color scheme and she gave a makeover to some of her chairs too.