Engaging rooms
Why the desire to peer inside the homes of the rich and (semi) famous remains undimmed
Words: Aobh O'Brien-Moody
“Hey AD, come on in!” Is there a sentence so mindnumbingly soothing as the one chirpily blurted by Hollywood B-listers on Architectural Digest’s Open Door series? Cue a montage of pristine cloud couches, marble countertops, bowls of citrus fruit and moodily lit bespoke basement bars against a generic beat-heavy track, before the celebrity in question (‘off-duty’ in no-makeup-makeup, distressed jeans and crisp white tee) glides through their home gushing over their hand-painted wallpaper and reclaimed stone floors.
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