Gwyneth Paltrow gives fans a look at her stunning Montecito, Calif. home as she opens her doors to Architectural Digest. The lifestyle guru explains how she built the home from the ground up after falling in love with the area. “The strength of the house is in the subtleties of light and space,” Paltrow tells the publication. “We spent a lot of time assessing family patterns, how we really live, what makes us most comfortable.
The focus was on the experience, the emotion.” READ MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow Takes A Bite Out Of Her Infamous Vagina Candle In New Super Bowl Ad Teaser Paltrow describes the design of the house as “a Parisian apartment set within an old European barn, something with high ceilings, flooded with light, a place that feels generous yet manageable at the same time.” She tells the magazine of her move to the lavish house, which includes a spa, featuring a cold plunge and hot tub, “I’ve always gravitated toward Santa Barbara.
Even when I was living in London, we’d take the kids there for holidays. It was our sweet gem of an escape in the U.S.” Paltrow originally planned to decorate the house herself, but ended up getting some help. “I thought I’d get a few great pieces and it would all be fine, but as time went by, I realized that there were so many layers, so many things that needed attention, that I couldn’t pull it off by myself,” she shares. READ MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow Talks New ‘Hands Off My Vagina’ Candle With Jimmy Fallon On ‘The Tonight Show’ She ended up calling upon her close designer friend Brigette Romanek for help. “Brigette’s more contemporary than I am, but I wanted to push myself.
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