Television presenter, entertainment journalist, model, philanthropist: Mary Kitchen is a contemporary Renaissance woman. Now, the New Brunswick, Canada native has added yet another gig: revamping her Caspar Ehmcke-designed, Hollywood Regency-style home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.
While Kitchen has long been immersed in art and interiors—she’s overseen the renovation and design of her family’s spaces in New York, the Bahamas, Canada, and Malibu—the opportunity to turn Ehmcke’s 1966 property into her dream home presented an irresistible challenge. With the help of an all-star team including interior designer Jamie Bush, architect William Hefner, and landscape designer Raymond Jungles (yes, that’s his real name), Kitchen transformed the mid-century house into her ideal family abode, weaving together retro influences with modern tropical touches.
What really sets the house apart is Kitchen’s ever-growing art collection. Assembled with her husband and CULTURED power art advisor Amy Cappellazzo, the trove includes a hanging sculpture by Olafur Eliasson and paintings by Alex Katz and Frank Stella. As the mother of three young daughters, Kitchen has also ensured female artists are well represented, from Cindy Sherman photographs to Yayoi Kusama canvases.
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