Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sandra Lee List Westchester Home For $2 Million
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his longtime partner, Sandra Lee, are downsizing. The couple have officially listed their Westchester County, New York, home for $2 million. Lee shared their plans to do so with The New York Times earlier this month, in response to a Page Six article claiming that the couple were thinking of selling because they were headed for a breakup.
Lee explained that while the pair remain together, they simply "don't need the house" now that Cuomo's daughters are adults. Nicknamed “Lily Pond” for the body of water in the front yard, the spacious abode was originally built in the 1940s and spans 4,129 square feet, with six bedrooms and six bathrooms. “It’s very cozy in here, even though there are a lot of references to history and politics and sort of a gravitas,” Lee told People magazine earlier this year. She’s updated and renovated the home in the more than a decade since she first purchased it, so much of the home’s aesthetics reflect her love for clean white lines and gold detailing. One of the best-known rooms in the home is the “Founding Fathers dining room,” which is decorated with framed copies of handwritten letters by George Washington, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and others lined up along one wall. An antique wooden refrigerator and 19th-century ballot box sit at the far end of the room.
Other rooms of note include Lee’s office, where she’s filled the built-in bookshelves with dozens of antique books and gold-framed family photos all printed in a sepia tone “to match the frames,” she told People during the home tour. The house still retains its original brick floors, doorknobs, and “bulky, beautiful” hardware with plenty of “places to plop” throughout the home. According to the Semi-Homemade creator, perhaps the most important thing to note about the home is that it is a reflection of the family that she and Cuomo raised in the house. “This house smells like cookies and feels like heaven,” she told People. The couple plan to live in the home until it is sold; after that, they will split their time among three different homes: her apartment in New York City, the governor’s mansion in Albany, and the Hamptons. “Lily Pond is probably the most beautiful perfect house on this planet, and that is the truth,” she told the Times. “It’s a family home and it should be loved and cherished by a beautiful family that deserves it.”
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
