When it comes to home aesthetics, American Chinese actor Daniel Wu’s Los Angeles mansion is anything but ordinary.
The 50-year-old actor, who studied architecture at the University of Oregon, showed off his fancy family pad he bought after selling his Oakland home back in 2022.
From the moment the crew steps into the expansive courtyard, Daniel shares that he bought the house because it reminded him of a traditional siheyuan, a type of residential compound in Beijing.
The Decoded actor reveals that visitors will notice the oblique angles along the courtyard walls, which according to him is “good fengshui”. After all, is it truly a Chinese home without good fengshui?
The unmissable swimming pool is one that Daniel had put in as he wanted to include the five elements – water, earth, fire, metal, and wood – in his house.
Now, before you think it is all about an Asian influence, Daniel then unveils a living room where an eclectic aesthetic is peppered with artwork and knick knacks.
While he proudly showed off a painting by his daughter, 11-year-old, Raven, whom he shares with his wife, American model, Lisa S, we think the most interesting “art” in the house is by Daniel himself.
A mobile phone with an arrow through it.
Daniel says it was the result of a failed archery practice session.
“I was trying to film myself shooting at a target, so I put the phone on top of the hay bale and meant to shoot the hay bale, but the arrow went high and went through the phone.”
Daniel says the phone was still working even after the incident and decided to keep it with the arrow intact as a quirky keepsake.
Guess that’s one reason to upgrade your phone, right?
Other parts of the house such as the master bedroom and kitchen were also featured, and were no less quirky.
A departure from the outdoors, the kitchen’s red and white symmetrical lines is a nod to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 science fiction film 2001: Space Odyssey, according to Daniel.