Mindy Kaling Project Remodel

Mindy Kaling lives and breathes creativity. Her ambition and skill ranks her among the most highly creative and innovative people in Hollywood. Mindy Kaling views her world, from work to home, as an opportunity to unleash her creative genius. Does she only act? No, she’s also a show creator, writer, editor, and executive producer. Is she satisfied with a turnkey property? Absolutely not! When she finds a fixer-upper in a great location, she visualizes her dream home.

The Office Kelly

Kelly Kapoor of NBC’s The Office (2005-2013) is the role that brought Mindy Kaling into the big leagues. Casual viewers of the show may not have known that Mindy Kaling was more than just an Indian American customer service representative with the gift of gab and an on-again, off-again relationship Ryan Howard. In reality, in addition to being an actress with hilarious one-liners, Mindy Kaling was a writer and editor for about 20 episodes and director for 4 episodes. While actively behind-the scenes, Mindy Kaling maintained her acting role from the first to the last season – 160 episodes of The Office’s total 187 episodes. The Office showed first year success and won several awards, most significantly in 2007 with a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Mindy Kaling IMDB).

The Mindy Project and Beyond

Mindy Kaling didn’t wait for The Office to cease before creating, executive producing, and writing her own show. In 2012, Mindy Kaling brought The Mindy Project (2012) to Fox network, where she plays the lead character of Mindy Lahiri. Through The Mindy Project, Kaling has won a Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Producer – Entertainment and has amassed an even larger fan base (Mindy Kaling IMDB). Kaling is also an Emmy nominated writer and producer. Her Mindy Lahiri role has garnered media attention from bloggers and online/print magazines. Mindy Kaling graced her first magazine cover with Elle’s Women in Television issue (February 2014). She is already a New York Times best selling author with “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” and plans to write more books.

Mindy Kaling Home

In October 2007, Mindy Kaling became a first-time homeowner to show for her breakout success with The Office. The actress-comedienne-writer paid $1,575,000 for a 2,674-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Beverly Grove neighborhood – $75,000 below asking price. According to Berg Properties, the home is a 1929 Mediterranean one-story bungalow with arched entryways and windows, white stucco exterior walls, and terra cotta roof tiles. The home’s small 0.14-acre lot is big on features: four bedrooms, three baths, high ceilings, arched doorways, dark ebony-stained oak floors, master suite with sitting room, study with fireplace, large formal dining room, and new kitchen. Thanks to media exposure, there is an abundance of photos of Kaling’s home interior online. In addition to Kaling’s frequent posts on Instagram of her interior design, her home has been toured and featured by Parade magazine (September 28, 2013), the newspaper circular which is distributed by more than 600 Sunday newspapers, including The Baltimore Sun and Boston Globe.

Interior Design Color Combinations

Mindy Kaling’s Los Angeles home interior aptly reflects the home’s Mediterranean architecture. In addition to the home’s exposed interior wood beams, and arched doorways and windows, Kaling enjoys a beautiful grand-scale kitchen. Its cappuccino brown granite countertops and warm woods in rich, dark colors extraordinarily represent the home’s Mediterranean design. Kaling loves to fill her home with contrasting colors and bold pattern. She has managed inject every room of her home with saturated tones of lime green, coral, burgundy, blue, and so on. In the kitchen, you’ll find a coral and white chevron rug. Her bed is covered with a chrysanthemum patterned bedspread. The dining room is literately and figuratively the centerpiece of the home with high back chairs covered in fabrics by Italian designer Missoni. Half of the chairs are covered in a multicolored stripe and the rest in a colorful leopard-like pattern for a heavy dose of mismatched pattern perfection.

Mindy Kaling Project Remodel

In May 2013, Kaling purchased an additional home located a mere 5-10 minutes away from her 2007 home – in the celebrity-filled Hollywood Hills enclave called “The Bird Streets.” Kaling paid $1.695 million for her 1926 home with unobstructed, enviable views of downtown LA, Catalina Island, and the Pacific Ocean (LA Times). The home is surrounded with lush palm trees, pine trees, desert scrub, and flagstone pathways which lead to a secluded flagstone courtyard (Dailymail.co.uk). Sounds great right? Well, there’s a catch. “Exceptional opportunity to develop … your dream home” (original Nicholas Property Group listing)” are code words for a home in need of extensive repairs and remodeling. Kaling’s home of 1,599-square-feet, three bedrooms, and four bathrooms will undoubtedly transform into something different altogether. Since Kaling concurrently owns both Los Angeles properties, there is no need to live in a construction zone for the duration of its extensive remodel. When the time comes for Mindy Kaling to move to the new property, she will reside near Hollywood heavyweights – actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Dr. Dre and Nicky Hilton (Redfin blog).

Ideal Mindy Kaling Home

Mindy Kaling doesn’t just love a home with a view, but a spectacular view! If in the market for a Maryland luxury home, Kaling would fall head over heels for Ocean City Md homes on Sunset Ave. The multi-million dollar home should have wall to wall windows and plenty of balconies and decks overlooking Grand Bay & ocean views. For luxury Maryland homes of this quality, one would also expect cathedral ceilings, skylight, and walk-in closets. The gourmet kitchen should have beautiful granite counters, dark wood cabinets, and slate or limestone tile floors. All the main living areas of the home should offer additional water views of the area.

Mindy Kaling Project Remodel recap: How much would you be willing to pay for a home with breath-taking views? How long do you think it will take Mindy Kaling to remodel her 2013 Hollywood Hills home?

Dream big!