I’m usually pretty envious of celebrity homes, as they have top of the line furniture that retails for thousands, original art pieces and gorgeous homes to display it all. They hire interior decorators to plan it all out with small details that make a difference, and the result is often perfect-looking. I love modern furniture and art, and am envious of Kanye West’s art and Paris Hilton’s Eames La Chaise chair, which retails for nearly $10,000 and sits, mostly unused, by her pool and jacuzzi.

John Mayer shows his New York city loft in the upcoming edition of Elle Decor, and I’m kind of relieved that it’s nice but not my style. It’s like he went into the furniture showroom and just picked up a few sets and put them together with some prints for the wall and generic accents. It’s attractive enough, but feels sort of hotel-like. Armani is said to have designed it. Mayer is doing a great job for a 31 year-old bachelor, I have to give him that. He’s not a candidate for Queer Eye or anything, but his place could use some extra touches. Who am I kidding, I wish my place looked half as put together:

What should you expect to find at Mr. Mayer’s New York City apartment?
Mexican food!

The 31-year-old Grammy winner admits he’s not a great cook, except for one thing. “I make fantastic fajitas after a late night out,” he says in the new issue of Elle Decor, which features a six-page spread on his new SoHo pad. “I can rock a skillet.”

Wanna see what Mr. Mayer’s 2,500-square-foot spread, including his master bedroom, looks like?

The place was actually designed with the help of Italian fashion powerhouse Giorgio Armani because Mayer loves the way he feels in his clothing.
The master bedroom is simple and sleek with an Andy Warhol print above the bed. The adjoining bathroom features a marble tub.
Scattered throughout Mayer’s home are photos of music legends like Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. “It’s intentional that there’s not a lot of music gear here,” Mayer said. “I can be a person, not a musician, in this apartment.

However, Mayer’s office does include his many Grammy statuettes, at least two guitars and a wall full of framed awards and magazine covers.
The living room includes a sofa that Mayer insisted had to fit at least three friends with their feet up as well as be deep enough to double as a twin bed.
“After I finally figured out how to behave, and how to dress, I wanted to get the next best thing—my apartment—right,” he said. “It’s the last piece of the style puzzle.”
If only is his love life could come together just as nicely.

[From E! Online]

2,500 square feet is huge! Earlier this year there were stories that Mayer had purchased a new home in LA, but according to The Real Estalker he’s leasing a home “behind the guarded gates of the high priced horsey community of Hidden Hills, CA.” He also owns a home in Pacific Palisades, CA where he was living with two roommates, a married couple. John Mayer has it pretty well, and now we can see how he lives when he’s on the east coast at least. The bastard. What’s his pick up line, “want to come back to my place for fajitas and see my Armani furniture?”

Interior photos by Simon Upton for Elle Décor and found on Elle Decor’s website, where there are more.