Superstar musician @Lenny Kravitz has loved Paris since he first landed there in 1989, at 25, to promote his debut album, Let Love Rule. Finally, in the early 2000s, he felt it was time to find a pied-à-terre: “a little apartment, maybe on the Seine—one bedroom, two bedrooms, maximum—where I could write and hang out,” he recalls. “One day, the real estate agent says, ‘I have something. It’s not what you’re looking for, but you need to see it.’ ” “It” was the grand mansion of Countess Anne d’Ornano, the widowed former mayor of Deauville, a 1920s confection set on a leafy cul-de-sac next to a clutch of embassies in the conservative 16th arrondissement. At first sight, Kravitz said, "No, no, no, no, absolutely not." But then he walked in and realized, "'This is my house.’ Spiritually, I knew.” Still, there was much to be done to convert the stately manor from a French aristocrat’s city residence to an American rocker’s crash pad. But Kravitz had the skills and the tools to make that transformation happen: In 2003, he founded Kravitz Design, a studio that specializes in commercial and residential interiors, branding, and creative collaborations. Take the tour at the link in our bio