Meghan McCain at home in her Hollywood loft

A sculptural Phillips Collection console in the Brutalist style adds an unexpected jolt to the front hallway of McCain’s Hollywood loft.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Another view of the hallway.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

McCain’s kitchen is defined by a custom island from Phillips Collection. The Blue Ocean Traders Architect stools are covered in sheepskin from Tandy Leather. McCain named the stag head over the blackboard George Jones.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Another view of the kitchen island.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Meghan McCain in the kitchen of her Hollywood loft.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

The Blue Ocean Traders Architect stools in the kitchen are covered in sheepskin from Tandy Leather.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

A Blue Ocean Traders Sea Made stands sentry between a Clifton metal and glass étagère from Worlds Away, and the curtained entry to McCain’s boudoir.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

McCain perches on one of two River Stone cocktail tables from Phillips Collection. The Ponti G gilt-and-mirror entertainment console is from Worlds Away.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

McCain’s predominantly white bedroom accommodates a mix of silver and gold furnishings, including a mirrored dresser and gold pouf tabouret stool from Worlds Away.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Above a carved wooden camel cart from Global Views, an 8-foot pair of carved wooden wings. “My friends like posing in front of them for selfies and Instagram,” McCain says.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

McCain snuggles with a faux fur throw in her white-and-gold bedroom, a curtained-off space that adjoins the living-dining room of her loft.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

“I like mixing gold and silver,” McCain says of her everyday jewelry, displayed on a metal tray on her dresser.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

By the living room window, a Worlds Away Mark G writing table holds a potted cactus, a skull and a Louis Vuitton calendar McCain got from her mother.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

To add an element of architecture and comfort, designer Claire Wire created a wraparound upholstered headboard for McCain’s bed and added a pair of Worlds Away Savannah G nightstands.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

“Who doesn’t want a golden egg in their living room,” McCain says of her Phillips Collection River Stone cocktail table. Gold table and mirrored console from Worlds Away.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

On one of the bookshelves in Meghan McCain’s Hollywood home, a kachina doll and hand-painted elephant shot glasses remind her of her Arizona Republican roots.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

“I grew up in Arizona,” McCain says. “I’m used to skulls and horns.”  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

The curtains are made from Fabricut Mood in peacock blue by Heritage Draperies in Los Angeles.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

A detail of McCain’s bookcase reveals fashion and film books and a black velvet Marilyn Monroe painting.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

On her balcony, McCain, seated on a custom tufted ottoman designed by Claire Wire, has a sign that reads “Beer,” colorful garden stools and a view of the Hollywood Hills.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

A potted cactus from La Cienega Nursery and a petrified wood side table “remind Meghan of the Arizona desert,” says interior designer Claire Wire. The tufted Egg Chair is from Phillips Collection.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Meghan McCain in the living room of her Hollywood loft, which is furnished with an Allure couch from Blue Ocean Traders and a Greek key accented side table from Worlds Away that displays a glass skull.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)