Gwyneth Paltrow II

[Trixie]

Feb 3, 2022 10:45:35 GMT -4 royalwave said:

I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't like the spa. It feels too large and cavernous for a single family and gives off a bit of a prison vibe to me for some reason. Like I could picture a line of inmates being marched in, forced to stand under the showers, and then tortured with the cold plunge.

The only other room I had strong feelings toward was the living room, which I hate pretty much everything about. From its drab color scheme to the tangled chandelier...and what is with the two rectangular art pieces above the fireplace? One is pure beige and the other white. I find them hideous. And they are matched by another depressing piece in shades of gray above the couch. The marble bar with the gold hardware looks really random to me and out of place in the room. Like something Gordon Gekko or the cast of Miami Vice might have in their apartment in the '80s. Just big and bulky and ostentatious. I don't really picture Japanese whisky being served from a bar like that, sorry.

I don't know. The whole place seemed like somewhere you would go to be sad.

One of the two white/beige “art” pieces helpfully defines them with the words “Avant Garde.” I thought the house was horrid, especially the marble bar.

[Ginger]

You know what house I really like? Brad Falchuk's old Brentwood house. The one he had to sell in order to move into Goop's excessively large, all-white compound. He made a huge profit when he sold it because it's so beautifully finished. The Master Bathroom is fabulous, the pool is beautiful, and I would love to read a book on that front porch or have friends over for a barbecue on the back porch.

Now that Goop and Falchuk have invested 6 years of their lives into building a 14,000 square foot monument to Goop's alleged superior taste, I wouldn't be surprised by a divorce announcement. Because now they've got to live in it.

[Oxynia]

Fishstick's house is like the exact opposite of Emmy Raver-Lampman and Daveed Diggs house.

Now that is a beautiful house, and Daveed & Emmy are down to earth and delightful as hosts. I really enjoyed their video.

[Ridha]

I’ve always hated the black and white tiles. So busy and un-calming. Tiles in warm colours are great but walking on a chessboard would make me feel like I had to hope and checkmate and it would give me a daily migraine. I do love spas though so that area would be amazing to live in. Yuk on those stooley chairs they looked like an enlarged version of towel swans that hotels make. How sad that Falchuk sold the actually nice home for this. Recipe for resentment.

[Ginger]

Jun 22, 2021 13:36:50 GMT -4 Ridha said:

How sad that Falchuk sold the actually nice home for this. Recipe for resentment.

To clarify, he sold his Brentwood home to move into Goop's home in the same neighborhood - the one she purchased with Chris Martin. I think that's still their primary residence. There are photos of it floating around. Though it is too big and has a lot of cavernous rooms, Windsor Smith's design when Goop originally purchased it was quite nice. But then she did it over and made it blander and whiter and put in her off-putting furniture.

But back when Falchuk still had his old place and Fishstick used to visit, he used to post instagrams of them doing normal stuff - watching TV, making dinner, laughing, having a good time. I sort of pity him now, living in a huge white box getting intimacy coaching and trying out Goop's new candle fragrances.

[seat6]

Feb 3, 2022 13:33:08 GMT -4 Ridha said:

Yuk on those stooley chairs they looked like an enlarged version of towel swans that hotels make.

That is the perfect description. I really hate those chairs. The look like they would tip over easily. Or they look like those ergonomic kneeling chairs, except covered in carpet and ten times as expensive.

Brad's old house is much more...everything. Comfortable, livable, welcoming. I like the turquoise paneling and the nook in the kitchen with the appliances.

[famvir]

I read half the article until this statement:

“this house takes its cues from Gwyneth’s height, beauty, and focus on distillation. You see it in the tall bones, the attenuated proportions, the radiused corners, and the slender molding profiles.”

Ok, so we are back to how Gwyneth is tall and lean, and has a long butt. I mean, she’s only a few inches taller than the average women, but yeah, she really needs a home with tall bones and slender moulding to accentuate those aspects of herself.

The home aesthetic is also a cross between a stylish Parisian apartment and an old barn. Heavy on the barn.

Oh, and she went to a college in Santa Barbara for two semesters before giving academia up for show biz.

She doesn’t disappoint.

I have been in huge homes that are meant for entertaining. The public areas are designer and owner ego heavy, however there are comfortable private areas where the kids do their homework, watch tv and hang with their friends.

[Ginger]

Mar 24, 2005 17:46:37 GMT -4 famvir said:

The home aesthetic is also a cross between a stylish Parisian apartment and an old barn.

"A Parisian apartment set within an old European barn".

I don't know what that means, but nothing about her house looks like a Parisian apartment or a barn of any nationality.

[eveschmeve]

Feb 3, 2022 14:32:45 GMT -4 famvir said:

I have been in huge homes that are meant for entertaining. The public areas are designer and owner ego heavy, however there are comfortable private areas where the kids do their homework, watch tv and hang with their friends.

This exactly. She’s showing off the public spaces used for entertaining, her kids aren’t bellying up to the marble bar to do their homework. I’ve been in a few celebrity and very wealthy people’s homes, they all have a living room that’s done up with designer furniture and expensive art where you host your cocktail hour, and then have a den/tv room type place with the family photos and things like that.

Anyone whose house isn’t like that is likely not using it for bigger parties where the hosts may not know everyone there. (That’s why you keep the personal stuff out of there, too many nosy people.)

[disgruntledpelican]

Gwynnie never disappoints. That house tour was very entertaining, though I suspect not in the way Goop was hoping. I laughed at her comment that she feels very grown up when she pees in her powder room. Unless she lives to be a hundred, and age 50 this year Gwynnie is not only grown up but well into middle age. Personally that powder room would make me feel claustrophobic - way too dark. I might have to pee with the door open if I were to use it.

I liked some elements of the kitchen, hated everything in the dining room and living room, and have no use for a spa so didn't care about it. The most interesting thing on the whole tour was the shot about 5 minutes in, which showed the outside from the large window in the kitchen. It looked like two slabs of concrete with pavers in between. Growing through the pavers appeared to be weeds. Now I would imagine maybe it is some kind of herbs, though I am not sure why you would want them to look so unsightly. I assume there is a reason for it, but that whole area just looked unkept to me.

I read some of the comments posted below the tour video, and people were praising Goop for giving credit to various businesses/people. Wouldn't she be doing that to get a discount/freebee on whatever it is she was pointing out? I doubt she was doing it out of the goodness of her heart, which some posters seemed to think.