“I don’t believe that it would appeal to many families with children or pets, because it’s all white!” says Mariko Baerg, a real estate agent with Bridgewell Real Estate Group. Yet while the home might be designed to play up the dramatic architecture, the limestone finishes and neutral color palette are not exactly child-friendly-which is a little sad, since the Wests do have three young kids. “Proportions are emphasized, while natural light plays off the curves of the arches.” “Structurally, I like the way the monochromatic hues highlight the architectural language of the space,” says Lauren Visco, an interior designer for DesignBridge Ltd. Some people were more complimentary of the space. (Randy Brooke/Getty Images for Kanye West Yeezy) Kanye West at the finale of Yeezy Season 2 during New York Fashion Week at Skylight Modern on Sept. The same signature beige hue is a constant in the clothing, shoes, and accessories he’s rolled out in six collections so far. In fact, this home’s decor style is totally consistent with the stripped-down aesthetic of West’s fashion line, Yeezy. And that’s not necessarily a good thing, she adds, explaining, “The space lacks warmth.” “My initial reaction was that I felt like I was peeking into a monastery,” agrees Terri Fiori of Fiori Interior Design. If Giorgio Armani designed a shrine in Kyoto, it would look like Kim and Kanye’s. “It’s a cross between the simplicity of Zen paired with Vatican-styled lines. “Monastery chic,” says interior designer Ana Cummings of ANA Interiors. Or, given that they’ve been working with architect Axel Vervoordt-who’s known for his minimalist, neutral aesthetic-maybe it’s completely finished, and this is just how they want Chez Kimye to look. We’re not sure how far along they are in the renovation, but the overabundance of beige and under-abundance of furnishings in these photos seem to suggest that progress is slow-moving. Here are the other photos he tweeted below. They purged those nice lights, the artwork, everything! Kanye West tweeted a photo of the hallway in his renovated Los Angeles home (right), which looks strikingly different from the listing photo in 2014 (left). Keep in mind that the left photo is before they started renovating … and the right pic is how it looks now. Take, for instance, the before-and-after shots of the hallway below. And what immediately struck us is wow, the decor is minimalist to the nth degree. West posted three photos from inside his 15,700-square-foot home: two shots of a cavernous-looking hallway, and one of what appears to be a living room.
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