Tour the Dreamy Malibu Home Sarah Paulson Basically Bought Because of Her Dog

Published on 2/8/2023 at 5:35 PM

Despite being a scream queen, Sarah Paulson doesn't actually live in a haunted mansion. In fact, her Malibu beach house is quite the opposite. The actor offered a tour of the home in a video for Architectural Digest shared on Feb. 7. In it, she explained her relatable reason for buying the property. "I don't know if it's going to sound strange — it certainly won't to any person who is wild about their pets," she said. "I took my dog for a walk on the beach. I've never seen my dog so happy. So I actually really got the house for my dog. That's the truth."

Paulson's dog clearly has excellent taste. Starting the tour in her sunny living room, Paulson said there's three rooms in total: a bathroom, a bedroom, and a living room-slash-kitchen. "I love a slash," she said, emphasizing the compact dimensions. Although the common area is quite small in size, large transom windows allowed natural light directly into the kitchen, making the room feel open and breezy.

"Everything about the house is quite cozy because of the space, but I think we did some really special things," Paulson said, crediting Amy Kehoe, who helped with the interior design. "It actually feels like being in a little book nook or something, with very very beautiful touches all over that just make everything feel really peaceful and lovely." Paulson said the home is where she unwinds and escapes. "To me, it's just about finding ways to unplug, and anytime I'm near the water, I really feel like that's easier."

As Paulson continued, her eye for detail quickly became apparent. In the living room, she pointed out how the scalloped edges of her coffee table were made to represent the water. Likewise, her kitchen countertops were specifically selected for their subtle seafoam-green tint, and nautical rope hardware on the cabinets added to the beach theme in their own inconspicuous ways. Ahead, see more of the Malibu getaway Paulson's dog inspired her to buy.

Sarah Paulson's living room lets in lots of sunshine and features a cozy loft.

Her sofa was custom-made to fit her living room space with fabric from Pat McGann because according to Paulson, "There was no sofa on the market that I liked well enough to serve my Malibu getaway."

Her Greenriver Project coffee table has a scalloped edge to symblize water, "really bringing the beach into the house."

The living room opens up to Paulson's kitchen, which she called her favorite room in the house. ""The reason I love this room so much is that it feels airy and open and light and because I'm obsessed with my countertops," she said.

Paulson fell in love with her kitchen countertops primarily because of their color. "The minute I saw them, I was just like, 'They're green! They're seafoam green — they're like what happens to the water when it laps up on the sand,'" she remembered.

Paulson's partner, Holland Taylor, gifted her this piece of art by Patricia Iglesias as a birthday present.

Wicker sconces from a shop in England called "Sohnne."

Paulson decided to use a curtain as the entrance to her bedroom to avoid what she called "the dreaded barn door."

"Tight, tidy, and really really cozy" is how Paulson envisioned her bedroom, and that's exactly what she accomplished with her designer.

You can call Paulson's wallpaper "eggplant" but she personally prefers "aubergine."

"I like to put my pets in cashmere as much as possible, because they're very into it, because they're not dumb!" Paulson joked. As such, a cashmere blanket was essential.

Because why not have a floor-to-ceiling tile bathroom?

The final destination of Paulson's tour was her backyard, where she said she likes to do "really annoying white-girl-on-Instagram things" like drink tea and walk barefoot on the beach.