Janelle Monae Buys Midcentury Modern L.A. House – Variety

Self-described “indentured android” turned acclaimed singer-songwriter (“Soiled Pc,” “The Electrical Girl”) turned breakout blockbuster actor (“Hidden Figures,” “Moonlight,” the upcoming “Antebellum”) Janelle Monáe has splashed out simply south of $3.9 million on her very personal residential Wondaland, a characteristically eclectic and unmistakably distinctive midcentury compound tucked deep into the Hollywood Hills. The property’s vendor was Brandon Creed, the high-powered music supervisor identified for representing artists like Mark Ronson, Troye Sivan and Lizzo.

Initially inbuilt 1950, the butterfly-shaped compound is comprised of two separate low-slung homes linked by a central breezeway. The twin houses complete about 3,400 sq. ft of dwelling area and wrap tightly round a personal courtyard that options a big, rectangular swimming pool and ample patio area for out of doors entertaining.

Towering hedges protect many of the property from public view, and the courtyard’s lushly tropical landscaping has a distinctly Hawaiian vibe. Contained in the two-bedroom important home lies an ethereal floorplan with subtle finishes and a beneficiant sprinkling of midcentury fashionable design hallmarks. There’s an up to date kitchen with top-notch stainless home equipment, a luxurious lounge that opens instantly — through disappearing glass sliders — to an outside eating space, and a master bedroom with an indoor/out of doors steam bathe, a personal patio and secluded in-ground cedar spa tucked beneath historical pine and oak timber.

Someplace within the property’s meandering gardens lies a claw-footed out of doors bathtub, in case Monáe is inclined to get intimate with nature. There’s additionally an indoor/out of doors moist bar scenario by the principle home, plus a full out of doors kitchen with built-in BBQ and stainless home equipment.

As for the the second home, it’s accessed through its personal barn-like door, provides an extra two bedrooms and is ideal “for a indifferent manufacturing workplace, music studio or guesthouse,” per the itemizing. There’s a comfy kitchen with a milky white classic range, and up to date bogs sporting granite counter tops.

The acquisition marks fairly the scene change for the Atlanta-based Monáe, who first got here to widespread public consideration along with her characteristic on 2011’s #1 smash single “We Are Younger.” Since then, the openly queer showbiz multi-hyphenate has added 5 extra Grammy Award nominations to her tally, gained a Display screen Actors Guild Award for “Hidden Figures” and opened this 12 months’s Oscars with a flashy dance rendition of her 2010 tune “Come Alive.”

Johnny Johnston of Compass held the itemizing; Rena Braud, additionally of Compass, repped Monáe.