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■fessat by Gabrielle Fagan


THERE is something so elusive about taste. Today’s kitsch is tomor- row’s naff and it is so


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easy to get wrong. But you certainly can- ‘


not buy taste, as the homes of the famous so often clearly demonstrate. For even a quick look


through OKI and Hellol magazines reveals the garish truth. Celebrities love their homes to make a statement — the bigger and flashier the


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and in comes a liberal coat­ ing of gilt and glitter,


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have guessed it - style. Where Elvis Presley and Liberace those undisputed kings of kitsch and glamour led, others have gleefully, if


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son Brooklyn is‘camp . After a reported £3m.


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not tastefully, followed. Celebrity couple Victoria These are the minimum


refit, the Grade II listed house boasts three gazebos, a recording studio, gym and snooker room plus Ver- sailles-style fountains. These are the minimum


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mansion nem W.nJsor and a £3.5m. villa in the south of France — was recently revealed in a court case. His weekly bills once


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and mirrored ceiling. “I’ve got an Audrey Hep­


burn bathroom, which is very romantic. There is a an old-fashioned bath and pic­ tures everywhere of Audrey


- 1 idolise her.” Brooklyn’s nursery has a


£20,000 domed roof scat­ tered with fibre-optic stars and a frieze featuring his parents as Cinderella and


her Prince. Footballer Michael Owen


(21) did not stop at one house when he hit the big time. He bought an entire street near Clwyd, north


Wales, for his family. He also has the obligatory


crym, games and snooker room in his £200,000 thiree-


storey home nearby. But they are left standing


in terms of extravagance compared to singer Sir Elton John, who has never been a man for minimalism. His prolific spending on


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ting expert help on decor - paying £250,000 to his inte­


iciquusai' But he does believe in get­


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that Oasis star Noel Gal­ lagher would have distinc­ tive ideas about the decora­


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tion of his own walls. At his former home in


exclusive Belsize Park, north London, yellow sub­


marines adorned his kitchen as a tribute to the Beatles. A huge stained glass win­


dow spelled out the house name Supernova Heights,


named after one of the band’s hits, “Champagne


Supernova”.


£30,000 mosaic bath, cro- quet lawn, that all-essential recording studio phjs £20,000 of blue and white carpets, a colourful homage to his favourite football team, Manchester City. Riverdance star Michael


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Flatley had his own form of hero worship. He once invested in wall-to-wall monogrammed carpet. , Sometimes, the famous


and in come the builders to create all the facilities so the stars rarely need to leave their mini-fortresses. Pop idol Britney Spears


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security fence. But privacy and plush do


not always spell success. One reason film star Nicole Kid- man cited for her recent split with husband Tom Cruise was that she detested their £10m. home in Los Angeles. She described it as 1 an ugly fortress, like an alba­


tross around my neck”. At the end of the day;


maybe it is more about acquiring class. When the


stars — who often hail from humble backgrounds - go


househunting they love to find pads with a bit of histo-


ry.Chris Evans, brought up in a Warrington council house, has a £6m. Edwar­ dian mansion in Surrey which is reputed to be one of


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the finest examples of a 20th Century country home. Other celebrities with


country piles include singer Sting, who has lovingly restored a Georgian mansion in Wiltshire, and ex-Beatle George Harrison, who has a massive turreted Victorian


retreat near Henley. But the high-born need


seem to follow advice and trends in those glossy interi­ ors magazines as though it was gospel. They then inter­ pret it on a grand scale. The most obvious result -win­ dows almost drowning under a deluge of ruched


curtains. Former Grand Prix ace


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not be smug. Even the Royal Family have erred on the wrong side of the taste


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York had their marital home built to their specifications - and critics dubbed it “Tesco Towers”, because of its simi­ larity to a supermarket. Despite costing £5m.,


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Sunninghill Park, near. Ascot, only seemed to attract derision. It was also nicknamed South York after


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the services of an interior designer did not produce any kinder verdicts on the interior. Chintz, country house and hi-tech mingled in what many claimed was a style recipe for disaster.


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