Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are sharing their stunning New York City home!
The Live with Kelly and Mark hosts offered an inside look at their chic townhouse during a video tour with Architectural Digest on Tuesday, Dec. 10. During the tour, Ripa, 54, opened up about how their longtime home, where they’ve lived for 12 years, has become their “favorite place on earth.”
“We’ve moved several times in our lives, but no matter where we go, for me, this is my forever home,” Ripa says while showing off the couple’s sprawling primary bedroom. “When I walked in here I was like, ‘this is the final place where I will live.’ I love this house so much.”
Consuelos, 53, notes that their bedroom was influenced by “a beautiful hotel” in Europe. “It’s sexy, it’s peaceful, it’s quiet. That was the feeling we were going for,” he adds.
Ripa notes that “just about every light fixture” comes from a flea market in Paris so everything is one-of-a-kind.
“And don’t think we’re crazy about putting a mirror in front of our bed. It hides a TV,” Consuelos says. His wife quips, “Yeah, we don’t stare at ourselves. We watch Judge Judy in here.”
Another design detail they both love are the giant paintings of their kids’ eyeballs that adorn the hallway. The married couple of 28 years share three children together — Michael, 27, Lola, 23, and Joaquin, 21.
“They don’t live here anymore, so when we leave our bedroom it feels like they’re still with us,” Consuelos says. Ripa adds, “And I could stare at my kids’ eyes forever. I just think they’re great.”
While showing viewers around Consuelos’ cigar lounge, Ripa notes that the room has a “special ventilation system that sucks the smoke out of the sky” so it “never smells like cigars.”
Referring to it as “the ultimate guys’ room,” the Riverdale alum then shows his wife where he keeps his cigar stash hidden inside a side table humidor.
“Okay, just so you know, I’ve lived here as long as he has and I did not know that was there,” Ripa says with a smile.
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Moving into the kitchen, the Live Wire author says the space is “really is the heart and soul” of their home.
The spacious room features access to their garden and includes a dining area, center island and a designated coffee corner as they’re “fussy coffee drinkers,” Ripa admits.
See more of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’s N.Y.C. home on archdigest.com.
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