ItвЂ™s a win-win, and itвЂ™s why everything on iStock is only available royalty-free. We want you to feel inspired.What's a royalty-free license? Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that content. We want you to feel loved, to feel safe, to feel relaxed. And вЂњwhen you come into our home, thatвЂ™s exactly what we want you to feel. ThatвЂ™s what our art is about,вЂќ Keys states. вЂњWhen you hear a song or something weвЂ™ve produced, the foundation is to make people feel good and feel loved.

TheyвЂ™re all too eager to swing open the doors to вЂњDreamlandвЂќ as soon as itвЂ™s safe to do so again. Known in the industry for their legendary house parties, Keys and Dean are consummate hosts who need no excuse to throw a bash. вЂњWithout even knowing it, he gets to absorb this excellence.вЂќ вЂњWhen Egypt is practicing piano, he has a Basquiat behind him and the Toyin in front of him,вЂќ Keys marvels. That can be really special.вЂ™вЂ‰вЂќ The room also houses KeysвЂ™s first baby grand, a gift from the record label that signed her when she was only 16. вЂњShe was going to get rid of that piece, and I was like, 'Toyin, I donвЂ™t think you should.

вЂњI watched her finish that piece in front of me,вЂќ Dean says, referring to one of a pair of remarkable Odutolas that has pride of place in the library/music room. African sculptures-a vintage Baga Nimba ceremonial shoulder mask from the early 1900s is a treasured standout-also abound. Vintage Africa chairs by Afra & Tobia Scarpa quietly dazzle, as does Jordan CasteelвЂ™s vibrant Fallou and a multimedia drawing by Nigerian American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. On the main floor, Derrick AdamsвЂ™s hypnotic ode to leisure, Floater 74, rests above the custom ebonized-oak table by Kelly Behun Studio in the formal dining room. They are not intimidated by this place at all.вЂќ TheyвЂ™re running around enjoying themselves. When you look at a home like this, you think people are living in it stiffly-theyвЂ™re not. Fashion styling by Jason Bolden.Д¬unningham, who has since become friends with the Dean family, says that вЂњitвЂ™s nothing like you would imagine. Kasseem Dean (in a Saint Laurent shirt and trousers) and Alicia Keys (wearing a Brunello Cucinelli Dress and Bottega Veneta Shoes) poolside. вЂњThe interiors donвЂ™t in any way shout theyвЂ™re simple and timeless,вЂќ says Behun, later adding, вЂњIt was never going to be about trying to upstage the natural surroundings, the architecture, or the art.вЂќ The palette leans heavily on colors that harmonize with the views-golden sands, caramel browns, buttery cognacs. Keen on making the home more family-friendly and less like a place a вЂњsuperhero would live in,вЂќ Behun brought in warmth by introducing wood elements, Moroccan wool rugs, and seating upholstered in soft fabrics like shearling and cotton velvet. Being remote would normally be an obstacle, he was so in tune with what he knew he wanted, and thatвЂ™s why everything just clicked.вЂќ Erected in 2007, the cantilevered structure comprises floor-to-ceiling glass, white concrete, grand walkways, manicured courtyards, and floating staircases. вЂњHe lives and breathes that house he understands every square inch of it.

вЂњThey might as well make a sculpture of her the Statue of Liberty.вЂќДЄ hectic schedule, however, didnвЂ™t keep Dean from being a hands-on collaborator during the nine-month-long project, says Behun. вЂњSheвЂ™s Miss New York,вЂќ Dean, himself a Bronx native, declares. ItвЂ™s worth noting that one of KeysвЂ™s biggest and most beloved hits to date is вЂњEmpire State of Mind,вЂќ the 2009 collaboration with Jay-Z that has become the unofficial anthem of the city that never sleeps. Still, he worried that his wife, born and bred in ManhattanвЂ™s HellвЂ™s Kitchen neighborhood, would veto a move to the West Coast. вЂњWhen your screen saver comes to life, itвЂ™s unbelievably crazy,вЂќ he exclaims. When the coupleвЂ™s real estate agent, Stephen Sweeney, called with news that the house was again available, Dean was elated. вЂњI was low-key manifesting it,вЂќ he states. During that time the multilevel manse, named after the neighboring Razor Point Trail, appeared and disappeared from the market, but the producer remained hopeful. Dean set a picture of CunninghamвЂ™s singular creation as his phoneвЂ™s screen saver for eight years.

It took some time for that dream to become a reality.

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