Dakota Johnson

Inside Dakota Johnson’s Lifestyle

🏠 Real Estate & Properties

• Los Angeles Home – First Home Ever Purchased: First home Dakota ever bought. ‘I moved here about five years ago. It was the second house I looked at and the first house I ever bought. I love wood and I love light and windows and green so I just fell in love.’ Previously lived in by Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story creator) who loved it but his family grew and he moved.

🎨 Art & Collectibles

• Patti Smith Book Collection with Personal Handwritten Notes: ‘These ones were sent to me by Patti Smith. I said I love your poetry so much, I love your work. And so she wrote me little notes in all of these books that she sent me.’ Multiple books with Patti Smith’s personal handwriting inside.
• Hunter S. Thompson Polaroid Photo (Godfather Figure): ‘This was a Polaroid of Hunter Thompson, who was my dad’s best friend, and a very dear godfather figure to me. And I love it so much. Even with his boobies.’ Significant personal heirloom.
• Alice Mann Photography – South African Marching Band Girls: ‘This is an amazing photographer named Alice Mann, and she photographs these marching band girls in South Africa. The energy is amazing and it makes me feel hopeful.’
• Grandmother at Shambhala with Tigers – Framed Photograph: ‘That is a photograph of my grandma at her house, at Shambhala with one of her tigers.’ Grandmother (actress Tippi Hedren) famously owned lions and tigers at Shambhala Preserve.
• Large Crystal Collection: ‘I have some crystals, yeah. This one is cool because it has a dandelion inside… People tend to give crystals as gifts in LA and that’s great, I love them. There’s a really big one over there in the corner. That guy, that crystal is crazy. And it projects good vibes into the house.’
• Antique Wurlitzer Piano: ‘The piano is vintage, it’s an antique Wurlitzer. I play, like badly.’ Decorative/functional vintage instrument in the living room.
• Vinyl Record Collection – Alphabetized: Large vinyl record collection ‘that goes all the way’ — she alphabetized them all. ‘That’s really exciting.’ At time of filming, playing ‘Ram’ by Paul McCartney — ‘a really great album to listen to on vinyl.’
• Table Made from Winston Churchill’s Yacht Wood: ‘I wanted you to see this table and chairs over here, because this was made out of the wood from Winston Churchill’s yacht. I’m not lying, and I think that’s the coolest thing ever.’ Outdoor table/chair set. Note: chairs wobble and people fall out.
• Wax Mushroom Sculpture in Office: ‘This is a cool, it’s a wax mushroom.’ Displayed in her home office.
• Chanel ‘Punk Rock’ Alias Award/Item: ‘I was working with Chanel a long time ago, and my alias was Punk Rock, and I thought that was funny. They’re silly awards, I don’t even know. I’m not an awards person.’

🏗️ Custom Features

• Living Room with Vintage Furniture and Crushed Mohair Couches: Living room is the hub of the home. Furniture is vintage. Original couches were recovered in ‘this amazing crushed mohair.’ Coffee table came with the house — has bamboo bottom. People are always coming in and out. ‘One of the only places to sit.’
• Home Office with Built-In Bookshelves (Walls): Home office where she reads scripts and has meetings. ‘My favorite thing is these bookshelves that I built into the walls. Originally they were just these really beautiful, clean wood slabs and then they started to fall because I have a lot of books.’
• Custom-Designed Dining Table (Disappears Into the Room): ‘This table, we designed it and had it made. It’s a smaller room and we didn’t want to lose the rug and the light and we kinda wanted the table to disappear.’ Chairs described as looking ‘like little humans.’
• Green-Painted Kitchen: ‘We painted it this green color. I love green.’ She previously painted a kitchen green that came out terribly — ‘the most atrocious color green. It was so hardcore, it looked insane.’ Got it right on this house. She cooks and bakes frequently.
• Heated Pool: ‘The pool is heated a little so I can go in it all the time and also it doesn’t really get cold here.’ Used year-round.
• Hot Tub (Upstairs Terrace): Hot tub accessible via stairs up to a private terrace. ‘These are some stairs that lead you to this place up here, which is a hot tub. Which is so cold.’ (ironic — noted it’s cold).
• Outdoor Garden with Citrus Trees: Planted a lemon tree when she moved in (‘a little baby’) that now produces large lemons. Also has an orange tree with ‘perfectly placed oranges.’ There is also what was meant to be an herb garden that grew into wild plants.

📸 Daily Life & Rituals

• Tea Time Pictures – Production Company: Founded her own production company called Tea Time Pictures. ‘I really prefer it (producing). It’s hard to be on some jobs where I don’t have creative input.’ Tea is also a major part of her daily routine.
• Extensive Book Collection: Has so many books that built-in bookshelves started to fall. Office described as full of distraction from books. Titles mentioned include ‘Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America’s Origins.’
• Rare Vintage Dish/China Collection: ‘I never, ever thought that I’d be like a dish person… But this is so cool! Here I am with loads of dishes.’ Discovered unexpected passion for collecting beautiful vintage china/dishes despite never using them. Company named TeaTime Pictures.
• Production Company: TeaTime Pictures + Materialist Film (A24): Stars in Materialist — A24 romantic comedy alongside Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal, releasing June 9th. Produced through her TeaTime Pictures company.

💬 In Their Own Words

I moved here about five years ago, and it was the second house I looked at, and the first house I ever bought. I love wood, and I love light and windows and green, so I just fell in love.

— On her first home purchase

I wanted you to see this table and chairs over here, because this was made out of the wood from Winston Churchill’s yacht. I’m not lying, and I think that’s the coolest thing ever.

— On Winston Churchill’s yacht wood table

That is a photograph of my grandma at her house, at Shambhala with one of her tigers.” (Referring to Tippi Hedren’s famed wildlife preserve)

— On her grandmother’s tigers photo

You know that on a lot of tea bags they have little fortunes? On the back of the tea tab? And I really take them very seriously. And one that I get all the time is ‘The difference between a flower and a weed is judgment.’ So, think about that.

— On wabi-sabi via tea bag fortune

Sources: Architectural Digest ( views), First We Feast ( views)