Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband, Justin Mikita, don’t take things too seriously when it comes to decorating their Los Angeles home.
“There’s this place called Urban Outfitters, I don’t know if you know it,” the Modern Family star jokingly tells Archdigest.com, when asked where they shopped for their kitschy-cool Los Feliz abode.
A pink neon heart from the teen-centric chain store hangs on their gallery wall, not far from another artwork that deserves a closer look: a portrait of George W. Bush.
Displaying a picture of the former republican president seems at first to be out of character for the vocally progressive couple, but the collage work is not quite what it seems
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“If you look close enough you realize that the medium . . . it’s porn,” Ferguson says with a laugh. (The NSFW piece was not photographed for the AD feature, but the artist, Jonathan Yeo, has garnered attention for his celebrity portraits.) A similar piece featuring former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hangs upstairs.
The cheeky tone starts at the front door, where a welcome mat reads “Homo Sweet Homo,” and in the living room, where a giant statue of a horse made from recycled car parts dominates the space.
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Elsewhere, the furnishings hit a more sentimental note. “Each piece tells a different story of where we were, where it came from, which we love,” says Ferguson. “We’re not snobby about it; it’s about emotional attachment.”
One item that’s particularly significant for the pair is a white Steinway & Sons grand piano. “We bought it knowing that when we have kids, we will force them to take lessons like we were forced,” says Mikita.
The couple bought the Gothic-style house together right after their July 2013 wedding. It had previously belonged to Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale and later Robert Pattinson.
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Decorating it to suit both men’s tastes was a good test of married life. Potential for conflict “is more palpable when you’re actually looking at things: That was Justin’s, this is mine, that is something we love together,” says Ferguson. “But when you look at the house as a whole, it’s very cohesive and works together, and I think that’s a testament to what marriage can be.”
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