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Peek inside Dita Von Teese’s surprising Los Angeles home

The star transformed the Tudor Revival-home - by Rebecca Lowrey Boyd
  • 25 Mar 2020

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese has opened the doors to her Tudor Revival-home – and there’s more than a couple of surprises in store for fans.

WATCH: Inside Dita Von Teese's unique LA home

The style icon recently shared her home with Architectural Digest, which she describes as a work in progress.  

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“I don’t like to finish everything,” she told the publication. “I like having projects.”

While the star was keen to put her personal stamp on the house, she was also mindful of its extensive history.

“I like feeling like I am living in this house in a very similar way to the way somebody did in the '20s or '30s,” she said.

“It made a big difference to me when I was buying the house that someone lived here for so long and raised their children here. The owner even got married here.”

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Dropping in on @ditavonteese 🎥 The world-famous burlesque star and style icon opened the doors to her Tudor Revival-style home, revealing her maximalist style and treasured vintage gems. As for Von Teese's extensive collection of antique taxidermy, she says: "I'm sure people will be disturbed by it, but it's something from the past and I am just fascinated with the way things used to be done. I don't condone hunting or hanging trophies, but these are antiques. And when I see something cool, first I fumigate it, then I bring it home." . Watch the full Open Door tour through the link in our profile.

Dita has filled the home with an eclectic collection of antique and treasured items, including a vast array of taxidermied animals.

“I’m sure people will be disturbed by it, but it’s something from the past and I am just fascinated with the way things used to be done,” she explained.

“I don’t condone hunting or hanging trophies, but these are antiques. And when I see something cool, first I fumigate it, then I bring it home.”

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"I like feeling like I am living in this house in a very similar way to the way somebody did in the '20s or '30s," says world-famous burlesque star @ditavonteese of her Tudor Revival-style home. "It made a big difference to me when I was buying the house that someone lived here for so long and raised their children here. The owner even got married here." The back façade features a roomy pergola-covered terrace that sits off the dining room, perfect for alfresco meals. See more of the home through the link in our profile. Photo by @trevortondro; text by @arielfoxman

The star has transformed the four-bedroom 3,200-square-foot home from a minimalist retreat to a maximalist mansion.

All the walls were painted white,” she says of moving in. “And I have a phobia of white walls in houses. I am a maximalist. My first order of business was going through room by room and adding color and excitement to the room.”

The living room features a reproduction Deco-style blue couch, alongside a Deco Chinese rug which she found on Etsy. There is also a working phonograph that she picked up at a market.

“I bought a ton of records too,” she says. “The top actually comes off, and you can even take it outside."

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In the five years since @ditavonteese, purchased her Los Angeles home, the burlesque star and style icon has managed to transform the Tudor Revival-style home to match her inimitable punk pinup aesthetic. "I bought this house [in part] because the kitchen wasn't overly renovated. I like to keep things as historical as possible," says Von Teese. "I fell in love with that @agaranges stove in that racing green, and just went from there. I brought in all my favorite greens-like a jade, a mint, a British racing green." The stove's hood was inspired by metal awnings the star had seen driving around L.A. "I was literally stopping in front of people's houses, taking pictures of their awnings, and saying, 'Can you make me something like this?'" . See more of the home through the link in our profile. Photo by @trevortondro; text by @arielfoxman

The heritage kitchen is a masterpiece in green.

“I fell in love with that @agaranges stove in that racing green, and just went from there. I brought in all my favorite greens—like a jade, a mint, a British racing green.”

A spacious pergola-covered terrace extends from the dining room at the back of the home, perfect for outdoor entertaining.

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Rebecca Lowrey Boyd is a former magazine editor and the founder of Wee Birdy, one of The Sunday Times’ Top 50 Blogs in the World. A design nerd and bird enthusiast, she can usually be found poring over Pinterest, knee-deep in Bunnings or sticky-beaking at modernist homes in Sydney’s bushburbia.

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