If I could put a log cabin
and 1920s style Hollywood bungalow together
I guess that would be my style
I'm Kelis, and we're home
Actually this is funny; I never sit in these chairs
Oh my god! This is a good angle like this
looking around from this vantage point
I never sit here
I ended up sitting over there more,
I think, I don't know why, maybe so I can look at the couch
I'm not sure
I'm extremely traditional
My house is probably more reflective of who I am
than anything else... whatever it is
I feel like there should be little vignettes all over the place
of who you are
I don't know if I have a thing for birds
I think I just like really dramatic creatures, in general
so this happens to be one of them
I'm such a homebody, but I can be
I've put everything that I care about in this house
from my kids, to my kitchen, to my dad's record collection
I literally have everything here; this is my happy place
Minimal is just not my thing, on any circumstance
Not with anything-- not with fashion, food, interior, nothing
More is more
That's from my "Milkshake" video, back in 2004
This is 20 years of fashion, basically
I miss New York... in style
You'll spend the day in workout clothing here in LA
and no one will bat an eyelash
I look in my closet, and I'm like "Ohhh...
I'm never going to wear that, ever, ever"
I collect stuff from everywhere, and it's been over years
I got this mirror in... I want to say... Where was I?
It was either Thailand or Bali
So this lady, my singing lady, I've had her since I was 17
It was my first trip out of the country without my parents
Needless to say, also my luggage is really, really overweight, always
They're like, "What do you have in there?" I'm like, "Nothing"
This is our den, kind of "everything" room
I guess the best part about it is this chandelier, because I made it
I went to all these pawn shops
and collected all these brass instruments
and I figured that this is my band
Me and my mom
I was tiny
She was literally 16 here, I think, or 15
This was a "quinceañera" or something
I'm basically like a taller, younger version of my mom
So this is what made me buy the house first, to be honest
When you walk in, it just feels so old Hollywood
It had this... the two palm trees
and it just felt so dramatic and grand
My friends call this "The Compound"
because once I'm here I'm like, "Sorry guys, not leaving"
They're like, "She's locked down. She's in The Compound"
These are her pool toys
She's like, "What do you mean? I can't see anything!"
She looks ridiculous
That's just lingering there, till it gets down
It was for my son's first birthday
He just had a birthday two weeks ago
One of my ridiculous friends came over
and was like: "Oh, that's the craziest party tray ever"
And I was thinking: "It's not a party tray!"
In another time with another everything... maybe
but not now