A montage of famous faces flaunting their wooden décor inside their homes is going viral on TikTok.
Dubbed Celebrity Wood Brags, the two-part supercut, which is based on Architectural Digest’s popular home tour videos, was shared by the content creator. karolyn mackenzie.
Many of the featured celebrities can’t help but dive into the rich histories of the wood in question, as the clips reveal.
For example, Dakota Johnson leads the camera crew through her backyard to highlight an outdoor dining table and chair set that, she explains, “was made from the wood of Winston Churchill’s yacht.”
Dakota Johnson, 33, is very proud of her dining table and chair set that was made from wood from Winston Churchill’s yacht.
Michael Imperioli, 57, boasts a custom electric guitar made from wood from old New York buildings, including the Chelsea Hotel and the now-shuttered Chumley’s speakeasy.
Aaron Paul, 43, explains that the wood framing of his Idaho home originated from three barns built by the Amish in Wisconsin more than a century ago.
Aaron further explains that he and his wife sourced the 120-year-old wood for their home because “we wanted it to feel like it’s been here forever.”
RuPaul, 62, says of a wooden ‘sewing box’ that once belonged to actress and singer Ann-Margret
On her tour of the AD house, Kirsten Dunst, 41, says her bathroom door came from the Jackie O.
‘I’m not lying!’ she adds vehemently.
Meanwhile, in another clip, The Sopranos actor Michael Imperioli, 57, shows off an electric guitar from his guitar collection, noting that the wood for the custom model was sourced from old New York buildings.
“So the neck on this guitar was made from wood that was salvaged during the renovation of the Chelsea Hotel,” he says, adding “which is a place I lived in at one point.”
He further notes of the guitar that “the body was from an old saloon called Chumley’s,” a speakeasy that opened in Greenwich Village in 1922 and closed permanently in 2020.
As the video continues, Kristen Dunst, 41, says her bathroom door was once part of Jackie Onassis’s building.
And behind her is RuPaul, 62, who, showing an ornately carved wooden box, says: “It’s a sewing box, and it was owned by the one and only Ann-Margret,” the iconic performer of Hollywood fame. Bye Bye Birdie.
Many famous faces expressed their pride in a variety of wooden elements that serve both structural and decorative purposes in their luxurious interiors.
“So we bought these three barns in Wisconsin that were built by this incredible Amish community 120 years ago,” Aaron Paul, 43, said of the origins of the wood frame on his Idaho mansion.
Patrick Dempsey, 57, expressed his fondness for a floor-to-ceiling log wall in his living room.
Troye Sivan, 28, boasts that his kitchen has “lots and lots of wood”
Chelsea Handler, 48, shows off a dining table made of wood with origins on the ‘docks’ of Venice, Italy
He added in AD’s original video that they “sent” the material because “the main thing with this house, we wanted it to feel like it’s been here forever.”
Other celebrities like Peter Sarsgaard, 52, casually offers during a tour of his home with his wife Maggie Gyllenhaal, 45, “We have a lot of teak, too.”
And Australian singer Troye Sivan, 28, declares from his kitchen: ‘And then just wood, lots and lots and lots of wood. I love wood.
Elsewhere, Tyrese Gibson, 44, gestures broadly toward a living room ceiling, declaring it’s clad in “the most expensive wood I’ve ever seen.”
A glance at Patrick Dempsey, 57, reveals the actor sneaking into his living room, which features an imposing collection of firewood stacked against the far wall.
Tyrese Gibson, 44, highlights ‘the most expensive wood you’ll ever see’ on his local tour
Rainn Wilson, 57, has an outdoor table that was handcrafted by Parks And Recreation alum Nick Offerman
Hilary Duff, 35, specifies that her table is ‘epic’ because it is made of ‘one solid piece of wood’
Vanessa Carlton, 42, shares that her large wooden dining table is ‘like a tree’
She then pauses to comment, “My favorite part of this room is really the wood.”
In Celebrity Wood Brags Part 2, the focus is on ‘Epic Tables’.
First up is Chelsea Handler, 48, who ushers the AD camera crew to her dining room table before announcing that “the wood on this is from the docks in Venice, Italy.”
Next, Jensen Ackles, 45, draws the team’s attention to the porch, which he notes is “home to this giant cypress table,” explaining: “It was a sunken log. So it was buried in the West Bank. from New Orleans.
But showing true Hollywood street cred was Rainn Wilson, 57, displaying an outdoor table handcrafted by Parks And Recreation alum Nick Offerman, 53.
From her dining room table, Hilary Duff, 35, enthuses: “The epic thing about this table… [is that it’s] a single solid piece of wood.
Lastly, we see Vanessa Carlton, 42, sprawled across a colossal dining room table, proudly declaring, ‘This is like a tree!’
Viewers have been poring over the comments on the two TikTok posts to share their reactions.
‘I love this. Rich people love to talk about wood,” joked one amusing commenter.
“I didn’t realize I needed a Wood Brags compilation video,” another admitted.
‘Why do they sound like me? … I love the history of wooden objects hahaha,” someone else gushed.
“Recently found out there’s a whole world of rich wood people lol,” another person quipped.
Echoing the sentiment, one commenter chimed in: “Okay, but salvaging wood to create new pieces with meaning is great and it’s fun to have a bit of history in your home.”
