Lenny Kravitz Opens the Doorways to His Paris Residence of twenty-two Years

Lenny Kravitz is giving a glimpse inside his humble abode in Paris.

The rocker, 60, owns the grand mansion of Countess Anne d’Ornano (the widowed former mayor of Deauville), which he now calls “Lodge De Roxy” as a tribute to his mom, who needed to stay in Paris. He gave a tour of the property in a YouTube video for Architectural Digest.

Kravitz has lived within the property for 22 years and instantly fell in love with it when he walked by means of the entrance door. The entry corridor features a grand piano, which he helped design and is “actually happy with.” His studio, Kravitz Design, spearheaded the whole design of his house.

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“This home frequently pays tribute to my ancestors and as you will see as we stroll by means of the home there’s images of them in all places. All of this images tells a narrative all through the home by means of black historical past, American and African,” mentioned Kravitz.

The musician’s house additionally features a petite salon with pictures of his mom. Kravitz mentioned he calls the inspiration for the house design “soulful class.”

“It is being elegant, subtle, however with soul, you understand? Along with your coronary heart [and] together with your spirit,” he mentioned. “As a result of design and class with out that feeling is simply designer names and you understand stuff. However once you’re amassing and it actually displays who you might be, what you might be, the place you have been, it is lovely.”

Additional alongside within the clip, Kravitz gave a tour of his grand salon, which was impressed by Muhammad Ali and had a big seating space the place he hangs out with company.

The identical coloration scheme continues within the eating room, the place Kravitz mentioned he likes to “have dinner events and invite fascinating folks from all totally different backgrounds to sit down and luxuriate in a meal.” The ground plan is centered round a photograph of his grandfather, whom he mentioned was an “inspirational determine” to him.

The house additionally included a library, which Kravitz mentioned “means most to me” as a result of it options books that belonged to his mom.

Kravitz mentioned the downstairs of the house is one thing that he considers his “work ground” and features a studio with a few of his most prized articles of clothes.

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To spherical out the video, Kravitz gave a tour of his bed room, which he mentioned offers him the house to “recreate myself every day,” and his “basement membership,” which he described as “the center and soul of this home.”