HOLLYWOOD DESIGN
do a collection that was practical, not only in price point
but also that you can live with it, have kids and a pet,” says
MacKenzie. Kerr hosted a meeting at the cottage, provid-
ing lunch and “a 40- or 50-page deck with a vision board
for each component of the collection that she had broken
down into Love.Joy.Bliss, the name that we ended up using.
She was not just looking to put her name on something,”
says Mackenzie, who, along with Universal Furniture
president Jeff Scheffer, walked away suitably impressed.
When Kerr moved to Los Angeles, buying the cottage
for $2.15 million after a long search, she set to work. “I saw
so much potential,” she says. “I changed a lot about the
house. The bones are still there, but the interior is very
different.” She installed glass sliding doors throughout the
home, blurring the line between indoors and out. “There’s
so much beautiful light out in Malibu,” she notes. Dated
fixtures were swapped out for a glass-enclosed steam
shower and a freestanding claw-foot tub. New appliances
— a Viking refrigerator, double Thermador wall ovens and
a Thermador stove top — beautified the slender space.
“I had so much fun doing the whole thing. I’m very spe-
cific and quick to decide on details,” she says of designing
a long wood dining table, blue side chairs, a living room
couch, a bedroom chair and kitchen stools. “I worked with
interior designer Nan Meltzer, and she knew someone who
could make them from my designs.” Recently, some items
have been replaced with newer ones from the Miranda Kerr
Home collection, which bear a resemblance to the model’s
initial sketches. “I am so inspired by Miranda’s creativity
and sense of design,” says Spiegel. “It’s a joy watching her
creations come to life through her passion and dedication.”
Kerr conceived the white lacquer Peony nightstands,
which flank the tufted Theodora Panel bed, with her
husband in mind. “I wanted an open shelf above the night-
stand drawer that could display books. Evan’s a big reader,
so I created a piece conducive to his nighttime reading,”
she says. Height and depth of seating took Spiegel’s 6 feet
into account as well as the couple’s preference for a clean,
neutral palette. Kerr is satisfied with the results: “Growing
up, my grandmother was always hosting people — she had
an open-door policy. I wanted to create that same feeling.
Wherever my home has been, people would say, ‘This is so
cozy.’ They’d never want to leave.”
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A deck for yoga sits
near the meditation
room/guesthouse.
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Kerr merged the
master bedroom
with a bathroom. She
designed the Peony
nightstands to hold
books for Spiegel.
Love.Joy.Bliss. poufs
add a touch of color
to the neutral space.
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“Wherever I could add
more light, I did,” says
Kerr of removing walls
and adding glass
sliding doors.
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A freestanding
claw-foot tub adjoins(^6) the master bedroom.
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