Speaking to the journal, Dean revealed that he set his coronary heart on the house lengthy earlier than buying it. The practically 11,000-square-foot mansion, a photograph of which served as his telephone wallpaper for eight years earlier than the couple moved in, was “incredibly important to me,” he’s quoted as saying.

“Every wall in this house, every bit of it, is sculpture,” he added. “These beautiful ‘S’ shapes, these chevrons going down the hillside, curvatures flying in space over your head. It’s more akin to sculpture than architecture.”

An exterior view of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s house, which beforehand often called “Razor House” however has been dubbed “Dreamland” by the couple. Credit: Courtesy Architectural Digest

When the couple’s actual property agent messaged to say the house was available on the market, Dean was anxious that Keys — who cherished residing on the East Coast — can be reluctant to maneuver out west. “She’s Miss New York,” he mentioned. “They might as well make a sculpture of her the (new) Statue of Liberty.”

But after the couple have been invited by the the earlier proprietor to spend a weekend exploring the home, Keys started imagining her life there, based on Architectural Digest. The singer mentioned she was satisfied to relocate throughout a morning meditation session on the property, as she watched parasailers floated over a close-by mountain.

“In that moment, I felt like I was witnessing a beautiful metaphor, and I wanted to not ever forget how endless we are and how the unimaginable can happen,” she advised the journal. “That’s what did it for me. I was taken.”

An art work by Nigerian American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola hangs within the household eating room. Credit: Courtesy Architectural Digest

‘Wildest dream’

After lastly buying the house in 2019, Keys and Dean tasked New York-based inside designer Kelly Behun with remodeling the house into “Dreamland.” (Dean was a longtime fan of Behun’s, describing her as having “soul.”)

The designer introduced a chic softness to the house with Moroccan wool rugs and velvet and shearling upholstery, seeking to an earthy coloration palette that complemented the house’s environment. Key objects of furnishings echo the constructing’s mild curves, with rounded couches and round espresso tables noticed all through the home.

Also chatting with Architectural Digest, Behun mentioned she did not wish to “upstage the natural surroundings, the architecture or the art.”

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz on the duvet of Architectural Digest’s forthcoming December challenge. Credit: Courtesy Architectural Digest

“I love that 90 percent of the art in the house is by artists who are now our friends,” Dean mentioned, including that a few of them have even partied or spent the evening on the home.

Sentimental objects are additionally woven into the house decor, together with a child grand piano that was gifted to Keys by her file label when she turned 16. Keys is quoted as saying that their house was “a place to create dreams and to be bold enough to dream your wildest dream.”

“For us to be here is a wildest dream,” she added.