Architectural Digest Takes Us Inside DUFF MCKAGAN And Supermodel Wife's Spectacular 1927 English Tudor Home; Photo Gallery
December 11, 2024, 3 weeks ago
It’s hard enough to undergo a home renovation when you’re on the ground, meeting with the design team and making decisions, reports Kathryn Romeyn for Architectural Digest. But what’s it like when you are Duff McKagan, on tour as a founding member of one of the world’s most legendary rock bands? That’s another level entirely.
As eternal optimists, Guns N’ Roses’ bass guitarist McKagan and his supermodel wife Susan Holmes-McKagan saw only positives as they embarked on a major global excursion and simultaneous multiyear renovation of their beloved home, a 1927 English Tudor on Seattle’s Lake Washington.
The couple, who was married in the home’s backyard 25 years ago, weren’t simply scrolling through Instagram for inspiration, they were living it for some three years on the road. The real-life research mission had them sleeping in, sitting on, and admiring eventual references everywhere they went.
“We’d take pictures, like, ‘Check this out, we can do this at our house,’” the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer says, “There’d be shelves at a hotel in Bangkok…” Holmes-McKagan chimes in, “The bar at Reykjavik Konsulat Hotel [was an inspiration]. And our entry mudroom was directly influenced by the Four Seasons Hotel Washington DC’s natural light and round windows.”
These worldly elements don’t just look good - they conjure happy, meaningful memories for the couple.
But those interior design moves came only after significant architectural work was done by Todd James Bertellotti of ObjectSpace and Paul Moon Design.
“Susan had this vision,” McKagan says, to open up the five-bedroom residence’s small 1920s-style rooms, raise ceiling heights, and reclaim a sense of vintage elegance. The true impetus for their overhaul, however, was climate-related. “It gets hot in the Northwest now, so it was, like, ‘We gotta get AC.’ And Susan says, ‘We gotta get a pool!’ And it just went bananas.”
Read more, and view photos of the couple's Seattle home, at Architectural Digest.
Guns N’ Roses will return to the road on a massive 2025 European and Middle East Tour, headlining stadiums and festivals throughout the summer with special guests Public Enemy, Rival Sons and Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter on select dates.
Kicking off on May 23, the 24 date tour will see the LA legends perform in Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Lithuania and Luxembourg for the first time. The 2025 dates also see the powerhouse rock band return to familiar stages in Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland , Poland, Hungary and Austria.
Go to gunsnroses.com/tour for the most up to date ticket info.
Tour dates:
May
23 - Kingdom Arena - Riyadh, SA
27 - Etihad Arena - Abu Dhabi, UAE
30 - Shekvetili Park 0 Shekvetili, GE (with Rival Sons)
June
2 - Tüpraş Stadyumu - Istanbul, TR (with Rival Sons)
6 - Estádio Cidade de Coimbra - Coimbra, PT (with Rival Sons)
9 - Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys - Barcelona, ES (with Rival Sons)
12 - Firenze Rocks - Florence, IT (with Rival Sons)
15 - Rock For People - Hradec Kralove, CZ (with Rival Sons)
18 - Merkur Spiel-Arena - Dusseldorf, DE (with Rival Sons)
20 - Allianz Arena - Munich, DE (with Rival Sons)
23 - Villa Park - Birmingham, UK (with Rival Sons)
26 - Wembley Stadium - London, UK (with Rival Sons)
29 - Eskelunden - Aaehus, DK (with Public Enemy)
July
2 - Granåsen Ski Centre - Trondheim, NO (with Public Enemy)
4 - Strawberry Arena - Stockholm, SE (with Public Enemy)
7 - Ratina Stadium - Tampere, FI (with Public Enemy)
10 - Darius and Girėnas Stadium - Kaunus, LT (with Public Enemy)
12 - PGE Narodowy - Warsaw, PL (with Public Enemy)
15 - Ferenc Puskás Stadium - Budapest, HU (with Public Enemy)
18 - Ušće Park - Belgrade, RS (with Public Enemy)
21 - Vasil Levski Stadium - Sofia, BG (with Public Enemy)
24 - Ernst Happel Stadium - Vienna, AT (with Sex Pistols)
28 - Luxembourg Open Air - Luxembourg City, LU (with Sex Pistols)
31 - Wacken Open Air - Wacken, DE