Dakota Johnson Revealed the One Popular Home Feature That Gives Her the Ick

Dakota Johnson became a bit of an interior design icon when her green kitchen went viral after it appeared in an Architectural Digest Open Door video back in 2020 (who can forget the famous bowl of limes?). So when she sat down with Vanity Fair to undergo a lie detector test as part of her press tour for Materialists, the brand decided to ask her for a few interior design “hot takes.” And there’s one trend she just can’t get behind.

If you’re unfamiliar with how the series goes, here’s the TL;DR — an interviewer asks a celebrity guest their opinions on somewhat controversial topics, and viewers can see whether they’re being honest or not. Fortunately for Johnson fans, she wasn’t holding back.

When asked if accent walls are a good look, Johnson answered firmly, “No.”

“Never?” the interviewer asked, to which Johnson again states, “No.” Brutal.

Accent walls are often used to draw your eye toward the focal point of the room, like the bed, couch, or fireplace. But they’re controversial in the design community. Some people love them, and others (including Johnson, as it turns out) find them unnecessary. 

“Accent walls in recent years often felt like the room had been cheated a bit — as if one didn’t fully commit to the look, and sometimes it results in the room feeling unbalanced or chintzy,” Gaia Guidi Filippi, founder and principal designer of Gaia G Interiors, explained in an article. 

However, Johnson was a little more open-minded with her other decor hot takes. She said she could be a fan of matching furniture sets (unlike Nate Berkus, who notoriously dislikes matching furniture), but it “depends on who made the furniture set,” she said.

She also gives a pass to “karate-chopped pillows,” saying, “Sure, but why?” And open floor plans are not overrated, Johnson said.

But if you just so happen to strike up a friendship with Johnson, don’t expect her to be completely honest if you ask her opinion about your decor, including your accent wall. She told Vanity Fair that she has most definitely lied about liking her friends’ decor, saying, “You have to. You can’t go in and be like ‘Leslie, what did you do?’ You have to go, ‘Look what you did! Amazing!’”

So, although accent walls aren’t her cup of tea, she won’t yuck your yum about it. And that’s what true-blue friendship is all about.