When it comes to her home,Chloe Bennettakes matters into her own hands.
TheAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.actress, 27, purchased her first home in Los Angeles two years ago, and working on the 1920s bungalow is her way to get creative off-set.
“Design is scary because it’s not like you can make a sketch and say, ‘That nose looks weird. I’m just going to erase it,'” she says. “It’s kind of like an intense spike of adrenaline when you’re putting a room together. I love it.”
While neutral colors play a large role in her “peaceful” home, theAbominablestar also adds pops of colors — like in her pink-hued loft closet — to bring her space to life.
Chloe Bennet.Diana Koenigsberg
“I didn’t want to do pink at all! I was going to do totally clean,” she says. “I wanted to find a pink that felt like a neutral, then I saw that color and just went for it.”
The family-oriented Bennet previously let her seven brothers take over her loft when they visited, but “then I quickly was like, “This ismyhouse. Why don’t I just fully make every space something that I want?”
“Every time I trick myself into thinking I’m a vanity girl, I’m just not,” she says. “I built the whole room around the idea of getting to sit on the floor or a pouf and put my makeup on. It’s a fun place to get ready with friends.”
Chloe Bennet with Wally and Arthur.Diana Koenigsberg
On weekends, she loves shopping at flea markets, and many of her favorite pieces — like the brown couch in her office — were hard-won steals.
“That couch was covered in a bunch of other s—t, and I was like, ‘That’s the couch that I need,” she says. “It was $200, and my dad said, ‘That’s disgusting!’ I told him, ‘Just wait. I’m going to make an amazing room around it.’ And then off of that couch, I did everything else.”
Chloe Bennet’s office.Diana Koenigsberg
Chloe Bennet’s sitting room.Diana Koenigsberg
With dozens of plants throughout her home and her two pups, Arthur and Wally, welcoming her back after long press tours, the Chicago native says she finally feels settled in Los Angeles.
“After I bought this house is when I realized I like living in L.A.,” she says. “My home is here, and it’s my safe space for sure. There’s honestly no feeling like it.”
source: people.com
