By way of background, Love moved into the four-storey West Village home ten months ago and pays $27,000 per month in rent. One of the lease stipulations was that Love wouldn’t alter any aspects of the interior, which featured hand-painted and glazed walls put in place by a previous owner, a prominent decorator.
Ten months later, Love is facing eviction and an expensive lawsuit for—what’s that?—altering the interiors.
The landlord’s lawyer said that Love, along with falling $54,000 behind in rent payments, ‘[h]as taken a historical house done by a recognized designer, and has taken upon herself to redecorate it. It is tantamount to destroying a work of art.’
So Love gave XOJane.com a tour of the home, ostensibly to prove that she has good taste. She answers the door wearing Chanel , intersperses antique furnishings with Damien Hirst originals, and uses vintage lace dresses as decorative elements. The offending 'damask wallpaper and ice-blue paint' are in evidence. So are a number of other Love-specific features, like family photos and a delightful mantra-board ('I, Courtney, see hear feel & know that the purpose of my life is to elevate and enlighten others, have a really good time, be honorable in all that I do, have absolute integrity, bring LOVE to every situation I am in, & to win!').
Take a look at the full tour here . Keeping in mind that we have yet to see photos of the home in its pre-Courtney-fied state, what do you think—has Love ‘ruined’ a landmark?
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