This Louisville Home Is Completely Wild (And Honestly I Love It)

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Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
For more than 10 years, I've led Apartment Therapy's real home content, producing thousands of house tours from around the world. Currently, I live in my maximalist dream home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my partner, a perfect dog, and a cute cat.
published Jul 15, 2024
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This Louisville Home Is Completely Wild (And Honestly I Love It)

Written by

Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
For more than 10 years, I've led Apartment Therapy's real home content, producing thousands of house tours from around the world. Currently, I live in my maximalist dream home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my partner, a perfect dog, and a cute cat.
published Jul 15, 2024
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In my tenure as house tour director at AT, I’ve seen inside hundreds (actually probably more like thousands) of homes. Each one unique, of course, but some more alike than others. I think that’s why I personally gravitate to the homes that are so wildly “out there” they are like nothing I’ve ever seen before. I simply adore homes where the homeowner has put their own personal stamp over every square inch. The very definition of “not everyone’s cup of tea,” I’m thinking of homes like the ones designed by Tay BeepBoop, Dani Klarić, Bridgette Whitney, Kaarin Joy, and the Thrifty Maximalist Kristin Cedar.

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And now, there’s a new designer to add to the list: Madi Moxxi (@madimoxxi on TikTok), who, along with her wife, Kylie, have utterly transformed this house in Louisville, Kentucky. And while it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, it’s certainly not boring.

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This was both Madi and Kylie’s first time purchasing a home, and Madi reports they were looking during 2020, when interest rates were low and “homes were flying off the market fast and way above asking price.” As such, Madi admits this house — a three-bedroom, 1110-square-foot space in Louisville’s Fern Creek neighborhood — wasn’t exactly their dream home upon first sight.

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“It was quite underwhelming coming to terms with what we could fit into our budget at the time, and many houses were a bust. I think many first-time home buyers can relate. The arched doorways and the huge basement drew us in. We knew from the beginning it was a home we had to work to make our own but that excited us. We immediately told our realtor to put an offer in while standing in the house.”

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Madi is a full-time artist and interior decorator, describing her art as a “mix of pop and street art” and “signature ‘drippy’ sculptures.” She says she’s always been drawn to what she calls the colorful, bold, and extraordinary aspects of life.” She wants all the interiors she creates to be experiences, and says she likes for guests to her “pop eclectic” style home to think of it more as an interactive museum than a house.

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A favorite element in the home is the vintage telephone the couple placed in the home's built-in phone nook. They wired it to "play whatever we want when guests pick it up. We usually pick a recent meme song to get a good laugh. Like I said, I want my home to be experienced," Madi admits.

Those philosophies absolutely apply to their home, where the couple DIYed just about everything except the light fixtures and light switches in the basement. “Every room was painted or wallpapered and had a new light fixture added,” Madi describes. “I am very good at that now.”

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PAINT & COLORS

  • Entry (door) — Behr “SWEET CHRYSANTHEMUM HDC-MD-10A”
  • Whole House (White) — Behr “Swirling Water – PR-W10”
  • Bedroom Accent Wall — Behr “Carbon N520-7”
  • Dining Room —  Behr “Poppy Seed PPU15-20”
  • Office Accent Wall — Behr “Brooklyn N440-6”
  • Office Blue Swirls — Behr “Carefree Sky M490-2”
  • Hallway wallpaper — Amazon
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ENTRY

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LIVING ROOM

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DINING ROOM

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KITCHEN

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BEDROOM

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GUEST BEDROOM

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BATHROOM

Thanks, Madi and Kylie!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.