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Inside LeBron and Savannah James's Home: The Objects They Live With

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In this Vogue home tour, LeBron James and Savannah James walk through the objects in their Los Angeles house that mean the most to them. The tour moves from recovery equipment and championship trophies to clothing, gifts, art, furniture and a car. Throughout, the two keep returning to the same themes: what each object says about their routines, their history together, and their three children, Bronny, Bryce and Zhuri.

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0:21

The Hyperbaric Chamber: Shared Idea, Divided Opinion

The tour opens with what Savannah calls "the James family hyperbaric chamber," a device LeBron loves and she does not. LeBron clarifies that they both like the idea of hyperbaric therapy. The problem is this particular unit. He describes it as a "little cocoon" that is too small and claustrophobic for his wife. Savannah says she enjoys the benefits, but the tight space feels like a coffin to her. LeBron agrees they need to get a bigger one.

The chamber has some history. LeBron says it dates from his second stint in Cleveland and has been with the family for a long time since he brought it to Los Angeles. When he asks whether Savannah was using it back around 2014 or 2015, she says no. She understood the benefits then but wasn't listening to him, and only now gets it.

They also use it very differently. LeBron says Savannah treats a session like a mini vacation, bringing her iPad, phones and magazines; she calls it "a spa moment." LeBron just goes to sleep: he doesn't want to talk to, see or hear from anybody while he's inside.

1:25

Two Championships, Two Kinds of Meaning

LeBron then sits with his championship trophies. He says sports have taught him a great deal about life, and that each trophy marks a meaningful moment and a meaningful point in his life.

He starts with his first NBA title, in 2012. He says he took a lot of media scrutiny for going to Miami in the first place. Even so, he knew why he had made the decision and what his purpose there was. Putting in the work and then getting the reward, he says, was gratifying. Savannah adds context: they had come close in the first year, and coming back to reach that moment again in the second year and actually win took a lot of mental strength. LeBron jokes that the first-year loss happened because the family wasn't there that year.

The second trophy he highlights is the 2020 championship, his first after moving to Los Angeles. He describes it as a historic year, won in the bubble amid the pandemic and "the craziness of the world." In his view, sports bring goodwill and happiness into a lot of homes. Being able to bring a title back to Los Angeles at that moment was, he says, another feat that was awesome.

2:34

A Louis Vuitton Denim Jacket and "Quiet Luxury"

Next is a Louis Vuitton denim jacket, presented as an all-purpose piece. The couple says nobody can go wrong with a good denim jacket: it works over a sweatsuit or over nice trousers with a t-shirt. They note that jean jackets get a bad reputation with the younger generation, which they say teases millennials for wearing them with everything. They defend the garment anyway.

What they like about this jacket is its restraint. They point out the nice detailing, but say that unless you really know this jacket, you probably wouldn't recognize it as Louis Vuitton. They frame this as their general taste: they like things that feel good and look good, and they don't need a visible label. Savannah calls it a "quiet luxury moment."

3:14

Savannah's Ugg x Palace Travel Slides

Savannah admits her next object is "not so quiet": a pair of slides from the Ugg and Palace collaboration, covered in patches. She calls them her travel shoes and says they have been around the world "literally three times." She values them for practical reasons. They make extra pat-downs at TSA security easy, and on a plane she can kick them off quickly and lie down to sleep.

She has worn down the backs, which she acknowledges isn't how they're meant to be worn, but she did it for ease and comfort. She says she'll keep them until they fall apart. LeBron jokingly calls them her fourth child. She says they aren't, but they're definitely one of her favorites. He also asks the brands, half-seriously, to send her a new pair right away.

4:26

The Cartier Crash: An Anniversary Gift Six Months in the Making

Savannah then shows a Cartier Crash watch she gave LeBron. It has a skeleton face, so you can see the movement and the inner workings of the watch. She says she found it a beautiful gift and something she wanted to see him wear.

Finding it took about six months. She got it in the summer, but their anniversary isn't until September, so she had to hold onto it. She says it was "burning a hole in my pocket," and they agree that was literally and figuratively true. She also notes, with some irony, that receiving gifts is not in either of their top three love languages. LeBron's response is low-key ("it's cool," "I appreciate it"), but he thanks her, and he singles out this gift in particular.

5:14

The Cold Plunge: Twenty Years of Persuasion

At the cold plunge, LeBron calls it one of the best places in the house. He describes it as recovery at its peak, especially because he trains and works out so much, and says it "will reset everything." Savannah disagrees. She says she is cold all day and calls herself a cold-blooded person, so getting into something else cold feels like torture.

LeBron says he has been trying to get her into it for 20 years. She says she has done it and can give "a solid three minutes," but no more, and agrees he can stay in the longest. About their sons, Savannah says both Bronny and Bryce will use it. She thinks Bryce is closer to her end of the spectrum, while Bronny will simply get in.

6:09

Dessert Row

In the kitchen, the couple shows "dessert row," which Savannah says is LeBron's favorite part of the house and a favorite of guests. That day it held funfetti mini cakes, a chocolate cake LeBron says you'd need a "Willy Wonka golden ticket" to get, what Savannah thinks are called bomboloni (cream-filled donuts, which LeBron doesn't recognize and jokingly calls nasty-looking), pecan-covered brownies, and a richer s'mores brownie.

Savannah says they have dessert so often that she decided to make it "a thing." Friends and family now know to ask Chef D at the end of dinner what's on dessert row. She calls LeBron the biggest offender: chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cake and ice cream every single day. LeBron's defense is that he runs up and down the court. He says he doesn't need every dessert and doesn't eat candy, but he has "one tooth" that's very sweet on chocolate chip cookies and ice cream.

7:26

A Basquiat and the Crown

LeBron presents a Basquiat work, which he calls "Minor Success." He reads it as coming from the start of the artist's career, when Basquiat was making the rounds. He says that in some early works Basquiat didn't have the money or resources to put them on canvas, and that this is among the first works where he began using the crown. That motif, LeBron says, resonated with him and with the family.

He also explains some details. In his account, the A's in the middle are a nod to Hank Aaron, the Atlanta Braves baseball great, whom Basquiat admired. Another element represents the cars constantly moving through New York City. LeBron says they feel humbled to own a piece by "such a legend," and that living with it every day is really cool.

8:06

The Couch Where the Big Conversations Happen

The couch is one of the oldest things in the house. Savannah jokes that the only older thing is LeBron. He has his own spot on it, and when someone sits on his "body print," they apologize. The couple says this is where they end up at the end of the night: they eat dinner and watch movies here. Over time they have changed and redecorated other parts of the house, but they say they never once considered replacing the couch, because "it just fits."

Asked about the most important conversation that has happened there, they point to Bronny's decision about whether and where to go to college. They say they had many of those conversations with him on this couch. LeBron adds that when you're talking about your kids' future, it doesn't get any better than that.

9:02

A Bracelet Carrying Three Heartbeats

Savannah calls her bracelet one of her favorite objects in the house. It holds the heartbeats of her three children, and LeBron's initial is on the clasp. She received it for her birthday and says she cried, because she is sensitive to thoughtful gifts like this. For her, it is a way to keep her kids' heartbeats with her, especially when she travels or is away from them.

She then describes what each child has taught her. Bronny, her firstborn, taught her unconditional love; she calls the connection in that first moment indescribable, "just like true love." Bryce taught her that she could love even more, which she describes as an expansion of her ability to love another person. Zhuri taught her patience and gave her a great deal of purpose. Savannah says having a girl felt very different from having boys and put things in perspective about who she wanted to be and how she wanted to show up for her daughter.

10:15

The Mercedes-Maybach LeBron James Edition

The last object is LeBron's Mercedes-Maybach LeBron James Edition. He says it is one of two. The family keeps this one, and the other is being auctioned, with all proceeds going to the LeBron James Family Foundation to support its ongoing community work with the families and kids in its programs.

The detail he values most is an inscription of three dates: October 6, 2004; June 14, 2007; and October 22, 2014. These are Bronny's, Bryce's and Zhuri's birthdays. As he puts it, the kids are always with them when they're riding. Savannah's favorite feature is simpler: the reclining rear seat, where she can put her feet up and probably take her shoes off on the way to wherever they're going.

11:09

Closing

The tour ends with jokes about how long the crew has been there. LeBron says they've been there since 8 a.m., that the family is tired, and asks whether the crew doesn't need to go home. Savannah ends on a warmer note: they don't open their home to many people, and having the crew there has been "unbelievable."

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