When Luann de Lesseps isn’t on the road for her cabaret tour, the Countess unwinds in her bright and airy luxury apartment on the Upper East Side.
The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 58, invited inside her stunning Manhattan pad for an exclusive tour of her luxe home.
“What I love about this space is that there is so much light,” she told us of her modern living space, adding, “There’s floor-to-ceiling windows which I love. It gives great city views.”
De Lesseps said she thought the apartment was “too good to be true” when she first stumbled upon the abode during the coronavirus pandemic.
The “Money Can’t Buy You Class” singer livened up the living room with assorted plants and an eclectic collection of art.
“Plants, for me, give it life. I think they’re so important in order to make it feel homey,” she explained, noting that she also has “a lot of art” by her children, including a piece by 29-year-old daughter Victoria.
“It just makes the room for me,” Lesseps said of the painting of a woman filled with 500 smaller female bodies.
“A great piece of art really does make a room,” she continued.
The cozy space also features art by a Brooklyn-based oil painter, visual artist Peter Tunney and Brazilian sculptor Romero Britto.
De Lesseps told us she uses her living room as a rehearsal space for her cabaret shows and has a set of bongos as well as a white piano, which she admittedly cannot play but still “absolutely” loves.
The open-concept room, which also has pink Art Deco dining chairs and a colorful seating area, is cluttered with special tchotchkes and mementos, including her 16-year-old makeup chair from her first season of her hit Bravo show.
The reality star’s kitchen is simple with white marble countertops and a coordinating backsplash, sleek cabinetry, silver hardware, recessed lighting and updated…
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