Architectural Digest takes a tour of the Rita Ora’s cozy and historical abode

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00:00Hello, AD. It's me, Rita. Welcome to my home. Thank you for coming all the way to England,

00:09London. Come on in. I have to tell you the history of this house. One of the main reasons why I

00:22bought this house was because of the history. So it was built in the 1800s, originally owned by an

00:27illustrator called Arthur Rackham, one of my favourite artists. He did all the illustration

00:31for Alice in Wonderland, Red Riding Hood. The house has a lot of energy, good energy, all the

00:39creative sort of juices that I need and that I kind of felt as soon as I walked in here. All this

00:44original sort of like glasswork that you can see up here was here way before I got here. And it's

00:50a sign because that clock in the middle, my name in my language also means time. So that was like a

00:56little personal connection I had. As soon as I walked in, I was like, ah, it's meant to be.

01:07These doors have been here since the beginning of time. If you can see, they're kind of small. I was

01:12told it's a very, very traditional thing. So I've tried to keep everything as natural and organic as

01:18I could. This is one of my favourite places in the house because I love cooking. I love kind of

01:23hanging out with my friends. I absolutely love these arches here. I really think it gives it a

01:28lot of character in my opinion. And I love dimension. I love like things feeling cosy. And so

01:33I wanted to keep it simple. I wanted this house to really just speak for itself in the sense of its

01:37architecture and the history of the house. So I didn't want to kind of bombard it with all these

01:41kind of decorations. Let me take you by this fireplace. Literally has been here since the 1800s or

01:47something. It just really reminds me of the countryside. Cozy, pink, glamorous, girly, but

01:54it's also incredibly romantic. And that's what I loved about this house as well. It's extremely

02:00romantic, but I like to contrast it because this house has so much history, but I wanted to bring

02:04my rock and roll self in there. And then some Damien Hirst work that he personally drew on for me.

02:10We love you, Damien. I wanted to just keep that there because again, I think it's really cool to mix the

02:14modern with the old school.