Lena Dunham reveals she’s built house in her parents’ BACKYARD
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Lena Dunham has revealed that she has built a house ’10 feet behind’ her parents’ house as she tries to strike the perfect balance between ‘dependence and loneliness’.
Speak with Architectural summarythe Girls actress, 36, admitted that she used to be afraid of leaving her childhood home, so she’s now made sure she never has to do that again with the construction of a one-and-a-half bedroom house in Connecticut.
The star said her continued love for “her family’s culture” and her desire for a “sense of sustainability” amid the pandemic that is flickering between London, Brooklyn and Manhattan led her family to begin building her own home. colorful new house.
Wow: Lena Dunham has revealed that she has built a house ’10 feet behind’ her parents’ house, while trying to strike the perfect balance between ‘dependence and loneliness.
Lena’s parents, artist Laurie Simmons, 73, and painter’s father Carroll Dunham, 72, led the project, with the star’s home – The Carriage House – built on the plot of land where the family’s former boarding school is.
Lena revealed that her first vision for her dream home was to “paint the house pink so it looks like I’m living in a strawberry” — an idea that was rejected by her architect David Bers and contractor Rick McCue.
Lena’s dad joked the first sketch of the gabled house “looked like a toddler was drawing a house”—with the star’s house now featuring pale strawberry cement floors, turquoise parrot wallpaper in the bedroom, and a custom painting table in rough wood and white. glaze.
The star, who has spoken openly about her many health concerns, also explained how the house was ergonomically adapted to help her get around — while adding the decor was inspired by her love languages of “productivity and coziness.”
Family first: In an interview with Architectural Digest, the 36-year-old Girls actress revealed that she had built a one and a half bedroom house in Connecticut (photo Lena’s parents Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons in 2018)
She said: “David also created a deceptively simple and ergonomic design that made me feel grown up in a new way. He also thought about the challenges of my chronically ill body.
“The low staircase is perfect for the days when my arthritic hips are bothering me, with a custom-cut banister that’s rounded like the corners of a marshmallow, and the tub has a pull-up bar in case I get dizzy.
Lena was away for much of the construction because of the pandemic, and her ailments made travel difficult.
She described the emotional moment when she returned to the house and saw how much care and thought had gone into the furnishings.
She said: “I walked through the house in awe and understood that although my stoic mother was not overcome with emotion when we packed a moving truck, she had shown me her deepest feelings by setting up this house, her skinny, silver manicured fingers along every object I’d dragged in my 35 years, showing me how well she knew me.”
Glorious: The star said her continued love of “her family’s culture” and her desire for a “sense of sustainability” amid the pandemic flickering between London, Brooklyn and Manhattan led her family to start construction of her colorful new home
No: Lena revealed that her first vision for her dream home was to “paint the house pink so it looks like I’m living in a strawberry” — an idea that was rejected by her architect David Bers and contractor Rick McCue
The interview comes a month after a tweet from Lena received a storm of criticism when the actress made a request on the social media site that people didn’t like.
“If I go, I want my coffin to be wheeled through the NYC Pride Parade with a plaque that reads ‘she wasn’t for everyone, but she *was* for us’ – who can arrange that?” the Girls star wrote.
A number of users wondered why exactly Dunham would be honored by the LGBTQ community.
And what have you ever done for the LGBTQ? Sister, you’re not a gay icon,” said one user, while another said, “Proud of us, not to satisfy the egos of straight people who see us as accessories.”
One user said, “It’s called gay pride, not pure shame,” while another added, “Girl, no. we don’t claim you are like that.’
Comfort: The star, who has spoken openly about her many health concerns, also explained how the house was ergonomically adapted to help her get around — while adding the decor was inspired by her love languages of “productivity and coziness.”
Oh dear: A tweet from Lena Dunham sparked a storm of criticism last month, when the actress made a request on the social media site that people rubbed the wrong way
Said one user: ‘Ummm…we’re passing, but thanks for the offer?’
Some people wondered why Dunham assumed the LGBTQ community would make her the center of the Pride parade.
“You’re basically ahead of no one except older millennials who keep getting kicked out of social spaces for defamation,” said one user, while another added: “Counterpoint: We’re driving a photo of you down the Jersey Shore with a sign that says “we’re not sure who she is either.”
A number of users posted memes joking that the Sharp Stick director-actress had put her foot in her mouth, or was fishing for attention with the tweet.
One user said, “She died as she lived: in a trick for attention that was as puzzling as it was desperate.”
The 2014 Golden Globe winner was awarded by the gay advocacy group Point Foundation with the Horizon Award, for “a young pioneer who has played a leading role as an advocate” for the LGBTQ community, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Dunham requested her coffin ride through the NYC Pride parade when she dies