Inside Margot Robbie’s Homey New L.A. LuckyChap Entertainment Office

In most homes it’s not uncommon to find people gathered in the kitchen most of the time, regardless how impeccably designed as other rooms may be. And in the case of the new office of Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment, it holds true, too. “People just end up gravitating toward the kitchen benches anyway, or we do at least,” says Robbie, who founded the media production company in 2014 alongside her husband, Tom Ackerley, and longtime friends Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr, a foursome who were roommates in London.

In their new downtown L.A. office space, “the kitchen is definitely the heart and soul of the entire office,” says Kerr, and it was designed to be. It’s where they hold Monday morning meetings—they made a conscious decision not to have a conference room—and make coffee, bake—hot cross buns, lemon tarts, and carrot cakes are among the group's favorites—cook meals, collaborate and brainstorm ideas, and, on Fridays at 4:30pm, have some wine. Tunes ranging from Elton John to the A Star is Born soundtrack are usually floating through the Marshall speakers. “This was a space we really wanted to feel open and inviting and comfortable, right down to picking the chairs,” says Robbie.

The rest of the office spaces were also designed to foster a collaborative environment, a reaction to some of the issues faced in their former, more closed-off office on the Warner Bros. lot. What they were seeking was a different type of layout, “so we could spend more time around each other and develop our projects that way, and be inspired by the space and and pull from each other,” says Robbie. A free-flowing layout, they felt, would promote creative thinking.

The building they got, however, wasn’t exactly so open at first. As Ackerley describes, it was claustrophobic and dark, with low brown ceilings and a long, narrow kitchen. They turned to designer Cydney Morris of Foxalow Interiors, who had previously worked with Robbie and Ackerley to warm up their home, to assist with the task of reinventing the space. “With Cyd’s guidance and a bit of thinking we completely changed the space,” says Ackerley, adding that the existing walls are all completely new. “The only thing we weren’t allowed to put in was skylights.” (Sophia Lin, the overall design manager of the project, decided to paint the ceiling white and add the pale wood flooring, imbuing the space with plenty of natural light.)

From there, Morris met with everyone individually about their ideas, which coalesced into a vision centered around coastal, airy interiors. She added shiplap to Robbie’s office wall, white linen armchairs, vintage-looking tiles, and an inviting marine blue Farrow & Ball paint on the kitchen cabinets. Kerr describes the look as “beautiful, relaxed Westside living that feels a little beach housey with elements of country farmhouse vibes. Margot and I are from a coastal beach town in Australia, and I guess the boys are from country-style England, so it’s a mesh of both worlds, really.”

For her own office, Robbie says, “I picked the vibe I was after and let Cyd do her thing.” On other decisions, all four personalities had a say. The women were after a more feminine aesthetic in the office, “and we did push for that because the whole ethos of the company is to tell female-driven stories,” says Kerr. In the end, “it didn’t feel like there was too much pushing and shoving at all,” Kerr says of the design process, a fact likely attributable to their strong friendships. That’s probably why, when Robbie is asked what she most loves about the office, her reply is not about the physical place. “I like it," she says, "because my friends are there.”