To anyone looking to get their money’s worth in buying a home, a townhouse for sale is easily a popular choice. For townhouse owners, you get more square footage (and space) in a property that’s located at a prime location at a value much cheaper than buying a house and lot in the city.
However, there is a certain demographic who saw owning a townhouse not only as a practical move, but an opportunity to express independence and individuality.
Here are ten celebrity women who made townhouse living so tres chic.
1. Bianca King
This actress’ two-bedroom townhouse has been featured in different local and international online lifestyle websites. This is because her townhouse’s interiors has been lauded as a perfect example of “shabby chic,” a design discipline popularized by British interior designer Rachel Ashwell. This design style employs antique furniture and repurposed furnishings into the home’s decor.
2. Carla Abellana
The three-story, four-bedroom townhouse in Quezon City Abellana shares with her family is a colorful, modern contemporary space.
However, the actress’ personal style of elegant chic is clearly reflected on the family home’s interiors, especially her bedroom. The walls of her room, for example, is in a soothing shade of blue and gray. She also personally chose a lot of the antique pieces for that cozy, lived-in vibe.
3. Diana Zubiri
Zubiri managed to successfully rebrand herself as a new woman of style a little after she started investing in real estate properties, including the townhouse she has called home in 2005.
Although her initial interior design for her home showcases Oriental culture, the actress/businesswoman shared to a lifestyle website that there is no doubt her home will experience a lot of decor changes in the near future, maybe eager to put her Applied Arts-Theater course and set design background to good use.
4. Heart Evangelista
Chic comes easily to Evangelista, who grew up loving luxury brands way before girls her age considered it stylish to do so. She may look prim and proper most of the time, but her three-storey townhouse in Quezon City is a reflection of her preference for a laidback, carefree look.
The multi-hyphenated Evangelista recently tapped her artistic side when it comes to her new home, transforming her living room into an art studio that showcases her many paintings. She also commissioned the nephew of her new husband, Senator Chiz Escudero, to do a sky mural on her sloped ceiling in her master bedroom.
5. Ryzza Mae Dizon
Last year, fans of the pint-sized talk show host (and budding fashionista) were delighted when she and her family became new owners of a charming townhouse unit. Despite its stark, modern interiors and furnishings, Aleng Maliit‘s bubbly, cherubic personality is very distinct in her bedroom.
Dizon’s bedroom is clearly any little girl’s envy. Pink is the predominant color in the room, which is equally decked with stuffed toys gifted by Dizon’s many fans.
6. Sarah Jessica Parker
Parker is easily among the most looked-up-to fashion icons, thanks to her role as writer Carrie Bradshaw in HBO’s “Sex and the City.” In their $3 million townhouse in West Village, New York, Parker and her husband, actor Matthew Broderick, are masters in mixing eclectic, quirky furnishings with high-end furniture.
Their charming home, which was featured in Vogue’s 73 Questions video, showcase a lot of unusual color combinations and statement furniture like a $4,000 ping-pong table and a bar cart.
7. Michelle Williams
Williams became a Hollywood “It” Girl after debuting a pixie cut. The photogenic actress, who is also into rare book collection, shared this renovated, four-storey townhouse in Brooklyn with former partner, the late actor Heath Ledger. Her home reflects the down-to-earth, East Coast style Williams is known for on the red carpet.
The Oscar winner recently sold this charming townhouse late last year at well over the property’s price. We could say that style may have played the townhouse’s selling price.
8. Mary Kate Olsen
The “Queen of Boho Chic” and one-half of the famous Olsen twins bought this lovely single-family townhouse that she shares with fiance Oliver Sarkozy. This Manhattan property is a hipster’s dream, with plush leather couches, antique furniture and Old World furnishings artfully placed within the wide expanse of the property’s living areas.
However, the townhouse was soon put back on the market. The couple is reportedly making renovations on the Turtle Bay mansion. Should we expect baby news soon?
9. Brooke Shields
Brooke is not a supermodel for nothing. Together with a renowned master designer, she spent renovating her Greenwich townhouse for three years to ensure that she provides the homey, New York atmosphere that she experienced when she was a child. The townhouse’s interiors are a mix of modern aesthetics and French countryside.
10. Anna Wintour
The famous magazine editor is famous for her parties in her 19th century townhouse in Greenwich Village. Notoriously protective and private about her home, there aren’t that many photos of the townhouse’s interiors.
However, one would just need to check out her other homes to see how Ms Wintour’s primary home would look like. Her Long Island home (above) uses a lot of muted colors, natural light, and antique furniture. For people who knows the fashion icon, the place is “so very Anna.”
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