As I have mentioned many, many times before: I have a ‘thing’
for houses….
I have movies that I love
BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE
I have television shows
that I love BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE, and ok, I will admit it…
I have people I love
BECAUSE OF THEIR HOUSE (if I love their house – how could I NOT love them,
right?)
Well, one of my all-time
favorite properties has to be Ina Garten’s home in East Hampton. You can join
me on a backstage pass tour of her East Hampton home,
garden
and ‘The Barn’. It's earthy, elegant, simple, and oh so Ina. Are you as excited
as me?
Well, come to find out,
she also has a current residence in Manhattan. She just recently purchased a two-bedroom
apartment at the corner of Park Avenue and 62nd Street in Manhattan
for $4.65 million. The couple purchased it from former Travel + Leisure editor-in-chief
Nancy Novogrod and her husband John, an attorney (can you even imagine?)
According to the listing, the pre-war
apartment in "impeccable, move-in condition" features a 36-by-19-foot
living room with 10-foot ceilings and a wood-burning fireplace, "a
magnificent, ultra-chic, almost-square corner library, also with a
fireplace," and two bedrooms (the master has a fireplace, too). The
recently renovated kitchen is "perfect for an enthusiastic cook."
Sounds like it's met its match, huh?
The
following photos are courtesy of Town and Country Magazine
(one of my favorite
magazines)
The large
living room has four windows along east 62nd Street.
Oh my goodness, be still my heart!
Built-in
bookshelves in the library, which has a corner view.
...and those bookshelves, I could die!
...and the piece of resistance -
Here's where
the Contessa will be cooking.
And sleeping.
The dining
room connects to the foyer and living room.
The living
room's 10-foot ceilings make the apartment feel airy.
What a beautiful place to call home (when in NYC, of course)
for a beautiful couple.
