David Alhadeff’s Hollywood Hills Home Is Both a Gallery and a Playground For His Two-Year-Old Son
For David Alhadeff, work always comes home with him—because, well, they’re one and the same. In 2021, he purchased the neoclassical Goldwyn House—which once belonged to famed movie producer Samuel Goldwyn–in the Hollywood Hills. His only requirement? It had to serve as a residential showroom for his gallery, The Future Perfect, as well as a home for his husband and then infant son Leo.
“For a lot of people, the idea of living and raising a family in a gallery is going to seem instantly outlandish,” Alhadeff says as he walks me through the first floor of the Goldwyn House, waving a hand around the corridor. “Not for me!”
The living room is filled with giant, wooden throne chairs by J.B. Bunk—and people milling about to examine them. He admits that, on a busy day, they can have over 40 tours. Those tours head upstairs, too, where rooms are decorated with furniture by interior stylist Colin King, as well as to the dining room, where West African-inspired sculptures by Leena Similu sit on the table. (This is Alhadeff’s favorite area in the whole house: “The dining room is always my favorite room in a house, because eating with people is so fundamental to how I engage socially,” he says.)
Everything here is for sale. As a result, if you were to stop by in a few months time, the whole space—from head to toe—will look different. Alhadeff swaps in almost entirely new furniture, chandeliers, textiles, and even wallpaper to show off au courant artists that he’s fascinated with and thinks his customers will be too. Two days after I leave, he installs a sculptural cable chandelier by Bocci, a rug by Atelier Févrie, as well as De La Espada’s Orion Table with Metal Sleeve and Twenty-Five Bergère Chair. He enjoys the process of constantly switching things up. “What I love about it is that living in a gallery means that all of those painstaking decisions about which sofa to get or which light fixture to put up or what wallpaper you should put up—all of that is constantly transient for me,” he says. “The house is a playground. I’m playing dress up.”
The only rooms that never change? The ones that belong to Leo, who is now two years old. His bedroom, playroom, and the family kitchen are the few private spaces of the house. But according to Alhadeff, Leo prefers venturing into the public areas. Especially their artfully landscaped lawn by designer Art Luna. “He runs around here like crazy,” says Alhadeff. “The gardens are Leo’s playground.” (Although he does have an actual playground too, and right by his swingset is a Cobalt Creature Armchair by Brett Douglas Hunter. )
Alhadeff also hosts plenty of house guests. However, he won’t lie: he prefers to have those to stay who also work in the worlds of design and interiors. “Anyone that comes to stay with us has to know how to style because when you wake up in the morning, the room has to be camera-ready,” he says, laughing. (King, an acclaimed interior stylist, is Alhadeff’s favorite visitor: “Colin’s an amazing guest because we can truly assure that the house will look better than how we gave it to him,” he says.)
Below, take a tour through David Alhadeff’s Hollywood Hills home and gallery.
Photo: Elizabeth Carababas1/7Faye Toogood for Matter Made pendant, Jane Yang-D Haene bowl, De La Espada table, and Bocci brass wall object.
Photo: Samuel Frost2/7A Karl Zahn mobile hangs over a Chris Wolston desk.
