{"id":841609,"date":"2026-09-09T09:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/841609\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:56:21","slug":"ushers-atlanta-home-proves-the-most-powerful-design-statements-are-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/841609\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher\u2019s Atlanta home proves the most powerful design statements are personal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The superstar has collected contemporary art for most of his adult life, but his passion is for preserving the work of Black artists. He recalls commissioning his first piece of art at 21 from street artist and muralist Retna. From there, he started visiting museums and studying the art hung on the walls of the luxury hotels he frequented. \u201cThat\u2019s when my lens changed, that\u2019s when my creative eye opened, [and] that\u2019s when I started to be more experimental with my music,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In the living room, Usher reinvented a mundane item\u2014a plastic-covered sofa\u2014transforming it from the pristine, off-limits furniture once revered by Black elders like his mom to an inviting, multigenerational conversation starter. \u201cThis is my art,\u201d he says of the custom sofa created with the help of the Atlanta-based Bjork Studio. Yes, it makes the classic crunchy sound when you sit down.<\/p>\n

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In daughter Sovereign\u2019s room, the ceiling mural by Morgan Boszilkov is based on\u00a0Sovereign\u2019s own drawings. Custom bed curtained with a Dedar wool with Samuel & Sons trimmings; floral rug by RAG.<\/p>\n

ART: Veronica Dorsett \/ The Current Gallery. Yoshitomo Nara \/ Yoshitomo Nara Foundation.\"Image<\/p>\n

Looking into Jennifer\u2019s closet, which features custom shelving lined with a Dedar Velvet and pendants by Lostine. An ottoman by BG Robinson is cushioned in a leopard print silk velvet by Scalamandr\u00e9. Rug by the Rug Company.<\/p>\n

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A corner of the Entrance hall features an artwork by Eli Reed, a CH Sconce from JCRD Design, and an Eelko Moorer love seat.<\/p>\n

ART: Eli Reed\"Image<\/p>\n

In the primary bedroom, a painting by Rashid Johnson hangs on a wall curtained in Coraggio\u2019s Gramercy Park in Oyster. A sculptural walnut burl floor lamp with hand-blown glass shade by Aaron Poritz stands in the corner.<\/p>\n

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Usher\u2019s Apollo Theater award is displayed among other objects, including a\u00a0Christopher Russell vase (top),\u00a0on shelves in the living room.<\/p>\n

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A Christopher Russell vase and other objects in the family room.<\/p>\n

Across the hall, in a lavender family room, a vintage TV installation by Jennifer stands in a corner playing hazy family videos and iconic cultural moments such as James Brown\u2019s famously bizarre 1988 CNN interview on a loop. Acrylic-painted art by Rick Lowe hangs above a custom plum-colored velvet sectional, stretching beyond the wall molding. \u201cCreatively, they say, you don\u2019t color over the lines,\u201d Usher says. \u201cWell, we do here.\u201d<\/p>\n

For all the lauded and emerging artists on display in every room\u2014from Romare Bearden and Julian Schnabel to Rashid Johnson, Lauren Halsey, and Tyler Mitchell\u2014Usher didn\u2019t want the home to feel like a museum. \u201cIt\u2019s not like the most expensive piece wins the best wall. That\u2019s not the case in this house,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Usher, wearing a Ralph Lauren Purple Label suit and shirt, Maison Margiela shoes, Gucci sunglasses, a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch, Briony Raymond earrings, and Tiffany & Co. brooches,\u00a0with his wife, Jennifer, in Balenciaga, in front of Yoshitomo Nara\u2019s Peace Head in the garden.<\/p>\n

Hair: Jody Rowlands; Makeup: Lola Okanlawon; ART: Yoshitomo Nara \/ Yoshitomo Nara Foundation.\"Image<\/p>\n

The breakfast room centers on a custom lava stone\u2013topped table designed by Lola Montes Schnabel on a hammered-steel base. Fertility Form light fixture by Rogan Gregory for R & Company; dining chairs from Just One Eye; walls clad in an \u00c9litis abaca, and the ceiling is covered in House of Hackney\u2019s HEDERA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The superstar has collected contemporary art for most of his adult life, but his passion is for preserving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,30770,229,88,356274],"class_list":["post-841609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-celebrity-homes","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-international-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}