Inside Gloria Vanderbilt’s Family Homes, Filled With Prints, Flowers, and Plenty of Love

Brooke Bobb

Inside the Life and Homes of Gloria Vanderbilt

<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt at home</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1966</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt at home

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1966
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt</h1><cite class="credit">Photo: Patrick Demarchelier, September 2004</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt

Photo: Patrick Demarchelier, September 2004
<h1 class="title">Anderson Cooper, Wyatt Cooper, Carter Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt in their Manhattan apartment, June 1972.</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, <em>Vogue</em>, June 1972</cite>

Anderson Cooper, Wyatt Cooper, Carter Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt in their Manhattan apartment, June 1972.

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, June 1972
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt in her dressing room</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Gianni Penati, <em>Vogue</em>, October 15, 1968</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt in her dressing room

Photographed by Gianni Penati, Vogue, October 15, 1968
<h1 class="title">Bedroom of Gloria Vanderbilt, 1970</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, February 1970</cite>

Bedroom of Gloria Vanderbilt, 1970

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1970
<h1 class="title">Bedroom of Gloria Vanderbilt, 1970</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, February 1970</cite>

Bedroom of Gloria Vanderbilt, 1970

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1970
<h1 class="title">Bedroom of Gloria Vanderbilt, 1970</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, February 1970</cite>

Bedroom of Gloria Vanderbilt, 1970

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1970
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt in her living room</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, June 1975</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt in her living room

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, June 1975
<h1 class="title">The tower corner of the living room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1971</cite>

The tower corner of the living room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1971
<h1 class="title">Dining room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1971</cite>

Dining room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1971
<h1 class="title">Carter Cooper and Anderson Cooper in their playroom in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper.</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1971</cite>

Carter Cooper and Anderson Cooper in their playroom in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper.

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1971
<h1 class="title">The front porch of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper’s Long Island home</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1971</cite>

The front porch of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper’s Long Island home

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1971
<h1 class="title">Dining room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1971</cite>

Dining room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1971
<h1 class="title">Living room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1971</cite>

Living room in the Long Island home of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1971
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt sits on her bed with her two sons, Anderson and Carter.</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, June 1975</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt sits on her bed with her two sons, Anderson and Carter.

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, June 1975
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt sits in her Manhattan living room</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Horst P. Horst, <em>Vogue</em>, June 1975</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt sits in her Manhattan living room

Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, June 1975
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt in the bedroom of her New York City apartment</h1><cite class="credit">Photographed by Pierre Scherman, <em>Vogue</em>, April 1977</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt in the bedroom of her New York City apartment

Photographed by Pierre Scherman, Vogue, April 1977
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt in the bedroom of her New York City apartment, February 1984.</h1><cite class="credit">Photo: Horst P. Horst / Condé Nast Archive</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt in the bedroom of her New York City apartment, February 1984.

Photo: Horst P. Horst / Condé Nast Archive
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt at home</h1><cite class="credit">Photo: Tony Palmieri, 1967</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt at home

Photo: Tony Palmieri, 1967
<h1 class="title">Gloria Vanderbilt in her Gracie Square penthouse, April 1985</h1><cite class="credit">Photo: Horst P. Horst / Condé Nast Archive</cite>

Gloria Vanderbilt in her Gracie Square penthouse, April 1985

Photo: Horst P. Horst / Condé Nast Archive

Artist and designer Gloria Vanderbilt passed away today at the age of 95. In her long and storied life, Vanderbilt was recognized for her impact on fashion and style, as well as her penchant for designing a beautifully whimsical home for herself and her family. She had a signature quote when it came to matters of the home: “Decorating is autobiography.” Throughout the years, she was constantly changing, painting, embellishing, and reconfiguring her houses in New York City and Long Island. It was like therapy for her, a way to express herself creatively when she wasn’t painting or making her signature “dream boxes” in the downstairs art studio of her Upper East Side apartment. Her original homes had quilts and mismatched tiles, life-size family portraits opposite pink velvet seating, and gingham mixed with chintz and wicker furniture. In her most recent home, she’d painted the fireplaces with stars, the tiles in the bathroom with names of her family and friends, and had a chandelier she hung random objects on; changing them from time to time, of course.

Here, we take a look back at some of Gloria Vanderbilt’s most cheerful and imaginative interiors over the years.

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Originally Appeared on Vogue