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 “Resort De Roxy” as a tribute to his mom, who needed to reside 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 via the entrance door. The entry corridor features a grand piano, which he helped design and is “actually happy with.” His studio, Kravitz Design, spearheaded all the design of his residence.

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“This home regularly pays tribute to my ancestors and as you may see as we stroll via the home there’s pictures of them in every single place. All of this images tells a narrative all through the home via black historical past, American and African,” stated Kravitz.

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

“It is being elegant, refined, however with soul, you already know? Together with your coronary heart [and] along with your spirit,” he stated. “As a result of design and class with out that feeling is simply designer names and you already know stuff. However whenever you’re amassing and it actually displays who you’re, what you’re, the place you’ve got been, it is stunning.”

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 visitors.

The identical coloration scheme continues within the eating room, the place Kravitz stated he likes to “have dinner events and invite attention-grabbing individuals from all completely different backgrounds to sit down and revel in a meal.” The ground plan is centered round a photograph of his grandfather, whom he stated was an “inspirational determine” to him.

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

Kravitz stated 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 stated provides him the area to “recreate myself every day,” and his “basement membership,” which he described as “the center and soul of this home.”