Vincent Kartheiser may have played the hugely successful ad executive Peter Campbell on AMC's hit drama Mad Men, but, in real life, the actor doesn't mind keeping it small. Real small. According to Dwell, the A-lister lived in a 580-square-foot — no that's not a typo — L.A. cabin while starring on one of the most successful shows of all time.
Working with designer Funn Roberts, Kartheiser commissioned a top-to-bottom renovation of what was once multiple rooms into a (relatively) big, open space with "Japanese-industrial" style. This included custom teak cabinets for the kitchen, a bathroom hidden "behind custom Japanese-inspired fiberglass-and-steel sliding screens that glow when illuminated from behind," a private courtyard with a custom-built "dry sauna with a ceiling made from 2,500 pieces of wood," and a bed on a pulley system that could be raised up to the ceiling when not in use. In other words: They created the nicest efficiency apartment imaginable.
In an April 2014 interview with Vulture, Kartheiser revealed that the renovation was born out of necessity, because he "bought it at a bad time and would've been taking a loss if he'd moved." He said, "Of course, I won't know until I sell the property if I get the money back out of it."
Unfortunately, Real Estalker reported that Kartheiser purchased the cabin for $547,000, listed it for $808,000, and eventually sold it for $650,000. Any chance those designer renovations clocked in at under $100,000? Not likely.
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