Most celebrity mansions are bought. Mila Kunis’s was grown — almost literally. In 2015, Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher bought six acres in Beverly Hills and spent five years building “KuKu Farms”, a fully solar-powered modern farmhouse that Architectural Digest later showcased to the world: reclaimed oak floors, a working cornfield, an entertainment barn — and a 10-foot crystal chandelier hanging in it, just for the joke. This is the story of the Mila Kunis house.
Who Is Mila Kunis?
Mila Kunis (born Milena Markovna Kunis on August 14, 1983, in Chernivtsi, Ukraine) is an American actress. Her family immigrated to Los Angeles in 1991, when she was seven. She became famous as Jackie Burkhart on That ’70s Show, voices Meg Griffin on Family Guy, and starred in films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Black Swan, Ted and Bad Moms. She married her former co-star Ashton Kutcher in 2015; they have two children, Wyatt (born 2014) and Dimitri (born 2016).
| Full Name | Milena Markovna Kunis |
| Born | August 14, 1983, Chernivtsi, Ukraine |
| Spouse | Ashton Kutcher (married 2015) |
| Children | 2 — Wyatt (2014) and Dimitri (2016) |
| Home | “KuKu Farms”, Beverly Hills, California |
| Land Bought | 2015 — six acres (price not publicly disclosed) |
| Build Time | Around five years |
| Architect / Designer | Howard Backen / Vicky Charles |
KuKu Farms: The House They Built From Pinterest Boards
The project began, unusually for a Hollywood couple, with homework. Kunis told Architectural Digest that she and Kutcher made separate Pinterest mood boards — and discovered around 90% of their images matched, most of them houses designed by architect Howard Backen. Backen, known for elegant barn-style homes, got the job, with interior designer Vicky Charles alongside.
The brief was clear. “We wanted a home, not an estate,” Kunis said. Kutcher added that the house should look “like an old barn, something that had been here for decades, that was then converted into a house — but it also had to feel modern and relevant.” Five years of building followed, and the couple moved in just months before the pandemic.
A Farmhouse That Powers Itself
The six-acre property is arranged like a small working farm: a main residence, a guesthouse, a two-storey entertainment barn and a barbecue pavilion. Sustainability is not a slogan here — the entire property is powered by a hidden photovoltaic (solar) system that produces more energy than the family uses. The interiors lean into the barn brief: reclaimed oak floors and timbers, concrete finishes, and walls of glass that open the living spaces to the grounds.
And then there is the humour. In the entertainment barn hangs a 10-foot crystal chandelier — “We thought it would be funny to have this incredibly opulent thing hanging in a barn,” Kunis admitted — alongside a pair of custom-made silver throne chairs. During lockdown, the family even planted a cornfield, harvesting, in Kunis’s words on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, “hundreds and hundreds of ears of corn”.
What Is the Mila Kunis House Worth?
Unlike most celebrity homes, KuKu Farms has no simple price tag: the couple bought land in 2015 — the purchase price was never publicly disclosed — and then funded a five-year custom build. Any single “value” figure attached to it online is an estimate. What is documented is the couple’s earlier Beverly Hills chapter. Their first home together, a 7,351 sq ft East Coast-style house in the Hidden Valley area (five bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms, bought in 2014 for about $10.2 million), was listed at $13.995 million in 2020 and finally sold in early 2022 for $10.35 million. They also own a beachfront house in Carpinteria, near Santa Barbara, bought in 2017 for around $10 million.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Mila Kunis live?
Mila Kunis lives with Ashton Kutcher and their two children at “KuKu Farms”, the six-acre sustainable farmhouse estate they built in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, completing the five-year project around 2020.
How much did Mila Kunis’s house cost?
The land purchase price (2015) was never publicly disclosed, and the build was a five-year custom project, so there is no confirmed total. The couple’s previous Beverly Hills home sold for $10.35 million in 2022.
Who designed Mila Kunis’s house?
Architect Howard Backen designed the property and Vicky Charles (Charles & Co) designed the interiors. The home was featured by Architectural Digest in 2021.
Is Mila Kunis’s house solar powered?
Yes. The whole property runs on a hidden photovoltaic system that generates more electricity than the household consumes — one of the reasons the house is often cited as a model of sustainable celebrity building.
The Bottom Line
The Mila Kunis house stands apart in celebrity real estate because it was designed around a life, not a listing photo: an old-barn look built from scratch, solar panels instead of showmanship, a cornfield next to the pool — and one enormous chandelier in the barn to keep the whole thing from taking itself too seriously. “A home, not an estate” — by every account, that is exactly what they built.
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