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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s controversial bathroom sink is breaking the internet

The star offers a closer look at what is actually an inspired design - by Diana Moore
  • 18 Apr 2019

Say what you like about Kim and Kanye, but their home in California is a minimalist’s dream. Recently revealed online via an intimate visit from Vogue, Kim gave her hungry audience a  tour through the home designed by Kanye in collaboration with Axel Vervoordt and architect Claudio Silvestrin.

With over 2.7 million views of the Hidden Hills home tour on Vogue’s Instagram feed alone, the 73 questions film has created a storm in a hand-poured bathtub since, with people lacking in understanding of the custom-made vanity sinks and how they work.

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@kimkardashian's sprawling family home in Hidden Hills, California is a cathedral of warm, Belgian minimalism, designed by @axelvervoordt. Enormous is the coin of the realm here, everything designed on the scale of more. There is a staff kitchen-where the family inevitably winds up spending most of their time together-and a show kitchen, with an island as big as a dance floor and a breakfast nook that comfortably seats 20. It is an astonishment of clean, clear surfaces, nary a pot nor pan in sight. There is a grand center hall, and because the floors, walls, and ceilings are finished in the same color and texture (a kind of bone plaster), it messes with your perspective, like you might just have to walk all the way to infinity. @kimkardashian's bedroom is the size of an airplane hangar. The adjoining bathroom offers a shower big enough for a basketball team and a wall of glass that looks out into a kind of junglescape-you half expect an orca to swim up to the glass. In a house that is nearly devoid of stuff, at long last we come upon something that sparks . . . not joy exactly: a pile of big, fat books-on tort law. Just when you think you've kinda sorta maybe figured out who this unusual creature is, think again: Kim Kardashian West is studying to become a lawyer. Tap the link in our bio to read the full interview. Photographed by @mikaeljansson, styled by @tonnegood, written by @jonathanvanmeter, Vogue, May 2019.

“Since everyone is a little confused about our sinks I thought I would show you guys a little tour of the bathroom,” says Kim Kardashian West, taking to social media and sharing more detail on her Instagram stories, first offering a sweeping look around the enormous space, to reveal that the entire ceiling is a lightbox, the custom bathtub, “fits all of our kids”, and a large patio outside features lush greenery viewed through a bank of floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s controversial bathroom sink
Kim Kardashian West on Instagram
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s controversial bathroom sink
Kim Kardashian West on Instagram
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s controversial bathroom sink
Kim Kardashian West on Instagram

On closer inspection of the pair of shallow basins - which barely register as sinks from a distance – they are actually a rather inspired design. Sitting atop a colossal freestanding vanity unit designed by Kanye, and suggested by Silvestrin to come away from the walls, the sinks are merely a slight dip in the surface of a vast bank of generous storage drawers.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s controversial bathroom sink
Kim Kardashian West on Instagram
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s controversial bathroom sink
Kim Kardashian West on Instagram

Kim says there were eight versions of prototype made to get the vanity just right. Framed by sleek matte black tapware the organic, ultra-modern design has an almost-flat surface sloping gently down to allow water to drain through a slit at the base, “without any backsplash, even under high pressure,” says Kim. 

Nice.

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I've dreamed of this moment for so long, many said it would never come. Words cannot begin to express how much of an honor it is to have my first solo US cover of @VogueMagazine. I remember as a little girl flipping through my mom's subscription each month and dreaming of one day gracing the cover of this iconic magazine. Thank you to the incredible Anna Wintour for your support as always, it means the world to me. @Tonnegood, @Mikaeljansson and the glam team were an absolute dream to work with. I'm so incredibly grateful to writer @Jonathanvanmeter for illustrating a glimpse into my life in a way that I don't think has ever been done - from juggling family, my businesses and pursuing a law degree with such care and seriousness. Special thank you to my husband Kanye for speaking into existence that one day I would grace the cover of Vogue when everyone told me to be "more realistic." #dreamsdocometrue #speakitintoexistence #voguemagazine Photographer: Mikael Jansson @mikaeljansson Stylist: Tonne Goodman @tonnegood Makeup: Hannah Murray @hannah_murray1 Hair headpieces: Shay Ashual @shayashual Cover Look: Chanel top @chanelofficial; Irene Neuwirth necklace @ireneneuwirth. Vogue Team @sergiokletnoy & @jilldemling

So, whilst we think keeping up with the Kardashians in terms of their real estate portfolio might not be entirely possible, this elegant design is in keeping with the spare aesthetic of the entire home and demonstrates Kanye's austere interior view that budding minimalists can certainly take on board.

  

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Content expert, florist and interior decorator Diana Moore has been passionate about helping others make the perfect home ever since she moved into her own. From styling her local bar to feel like your best friend’s lounge room, to randomly restyling people’s bookshelves, Diana is a firm believer in making the best of what you have in front of you.

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