Inside Kirsten Dunst’s and Jesse Plemons’s Homes
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Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons’s home in the San Fernando Valley is the perfect encapsulation of their relationship: a little bit old Hollywood glamor, a little bit rustic country flair. The couple met on the set of Fargo in 2015, and though they may come from different corners of the world—she, from Los Angeles by way of New Jersey, and he, a Texan boy born and raised—together, they make the ultimate power duo. “Jesse was a bachelor dude, so I brought decorating into his life,” Dunst told Architectural Digest in 2021, joking about how she influenced his sense of style. For his part, Plemons provides a kind of groundedness to the couple’s dynamic. “It doesn’t really feel like LA,” Plemons told Texas Monthly of their shared home, “which I appreciate.” Before the pair got engaged (five months after they began dating in 2016), had two sons (Ennis Howard and James Robert), and married in a quiet ceremony in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, they each lived in their own fair share of places too. Here, we’re offering a small glimpse into some of the dwellings that they’ve called home.
Toluca Lake house
One of Dunst’s first homes was a $2.6 million waterfront house the Spider-Man star picked up in 2001, before she had even turned 20. The five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom pad was one of only a dozen with direct access to Toluca Lake, making its location extremely covetable. The property featured a Cape Cod-inspired structure with a sea green and white outer façade, a fountain out front, and a custom gazebo, swimming pool, and private dock out back. Inside, the charming 4,333-square-foot abode boasted pale wood floors, vaulted ceilings, and wainscoting, with a wood-burning fireplace in the formal living room and a set of French doors leading out onto a dining terrace. Antique crystal beaded chandeliers added a touch of glam in the formal dining room and the primary bedroom’s en-suite bathroom. Dunst never spent much time at the residence—she mostly lived elsewhere while family members occupied the residence—and listed it for $4.7 million in 2019. She sold it to actor Annie Potts for $4.55 million several months later.
Hollywood Hills bungalow
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In 2004, Dunst paid $1.25 million for a mid-century bungalow in the Nichols Canyon neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills. The secluded dwelling measured 2,062 square feet and featured three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms, and was situated behind massive security gates. Details of the pad are scant, but the listing highlights heated floors, a pitched ceiling with exposed beams, and a fireplace. Dunst worked with at-the-time burgeoning interior designer Jane Hallworth to reimagine the space into a Scandinavian-inspired haven. “I wasn’t particularly interested in clothes and cars, but I was excited about my home,” Dunst later told AD. “Jane really educated me about furniture and design. I was her student in that realm.” The Civil War star held onto the pad for a few years before selling it for nearly $1.4 million in 2010.
Industrial-chic Manhattan penthouse
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Kirsten Dunst expanded her real estate portfolio to the east coast in 2007 with the purchase of a $3 million penthouse in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. The industrial-chic pad featured two bedrooms and two full bathrooms, with a private elevator that opened directly onto the eighth-floor unit’s living room, which boasted large, dramatic arched windows overlooking the Hudson River. Exposed brick walls, wide-plank custom wood floors, and 11-foot-tall ceilings added to the feel of spacious luxury, as did the open chef’s kitchen, with its custom blue cabinetry. The primary suite had a windowed walk-in closet and an en-suite bathroom with a freestanding, vintage clawfoot soaking tub. The second bedroom, which was separated from the living room by sliding glass doors with custom brass panels, featured a Murphy bed cleverly tucked into a wall of built-ins. For a period of time in 2014, Dunst put the loft up for rent at $12,500 a month; she later listed it for sale at $5 million in early 2017. She sold it the following year for $4.42 million after lowering the asking price a bit.
San Fernando Valley ranch house
Plemons and Dunst welcomed their first child in 2018. Sometime around then, the couple purchased a 1930s ranch house in the San Fernando Valley for an undisclosed amount. The pair worked with Hallworth to make it their own. “There’s a dash of Jesse’s cowboy aesthetic mixed in with Kirsten’s more glamorous things,” Hallworth told AD. “We had to shake it all up into just the right cocktail.” The home features lofted, wood-beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, and 19th-century terra-cotta floor tiles in the kitchen; pops of color and antique decor help to add a sense of play and story to the space. The nursery boasts eye-catching white and green patterned wallpaper, for instance, and the kitchen is decorated in a deep, rich aubergine color palette. Time will tell how long the couple and their two young children will continue to call Southern California home, however. In a recent cover story for Texas Monthly, the couple revealed that they’re renovating a place in East Austin that could become their forever home. “The people just look at you in a different way,” Plemons said of the contrast between life in Austin and in LA. “They’re not on the hamster wheel.”
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
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