When actor and singer Chrissy Metz first stepped into what her now home, she just knew it was meant for her. “I remember going into the primary bathroom,” the This Is Us alum says, “and they had these really beautiful ornate wood screens. I was like, ‘Yep, I want to live here.’”
In the competitive Los Angeles real estate market, Metz’s decisive moment—and offer—came just four hours after the listing had gone live. For the Emmy-nominated talent, whose decision-making typically wavers between uncertainty and conviction, this was an unequivocal yes. As Metz explains, “For me, it’s either, ‘Well, I don’t know,’ or I’m like, ‘Yes.’ And so if I do ever question anything, it really means no.”
The 5,700-square-foot Spanish Colonial Revival–style residence, located in a lush, gated community, represented more than just increased space and security for Metz. (Metz had experienced a break-in at her prior home.) It was kismet: As she puts it, the place was just “very intentional and very beautiful,” a quality evident in every detail. “Even the archways have vents that are arched,” Metz observes. “I think it’s different because the owner was the builder, and when the builder actually lives in the house, where there’s care that’s taken—it’s just very deliberate and purposeful.”
Krista Schrock and David John Dick of AD PRO Directory firm DISC Interiors were tasked with transforming Metz’s new space into a place that feels like home. Their partnership began unexpectedly—through the team’s design consultation website. “I thought that’s what I was doing [by giving them a call],” Metz says of what she thought would be a quick conversation. “And they’re like, ‘Oh, we thought you just wanted a consult.’ And I [said], ‘Oh, no, no, I need you to do my whole house.’”
What followed was a design process conducted largely via Zoom, with Metz as an engaged client. “I didn’t know how particular I was until we were going through it,” she admits, describing, for instance, her Princess and the Pea–like search for the ideal dining chair. “I must have sat on, I don’t know, 20 different dining room chairs. The chairs have to be comfortable, but your feet have to touch the ground, but the back has to be…I’m like, ‘Chrissy, just pick a chair.’”