{"id":366782,"date":"2026-10-07T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366782\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:34:52","slug":"julianne-moore-manifested-her-dreamy-manhattan-duplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366782\/","title":{"rendered":"Julianne Moore manifested her dreamy Manhattan duplex"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Julianne Moore\u2019s apartment, a two-bedroom duplex smack in the center of New York\u2019s West Village, was one she always wanted. \u201cI had spotted it when I was wandering,\u201d she confessed to Architectural Digest ahead of their November issue<\/a>. A subconscious manifestation, perhaps.\n <\/p>\n

\n Today, she shares the space \u2014 which sits on top a 1920s building originally constructed as a residential hotel \u2014 with her film director husband Bart Freundlich. But even such a light-filled, serene apartment with impeccable city views still needed an eight-month renovation \u2014 according to Moore\u2019s standards. She is passionate about design, after all.\n <\/p>\n

\"Moore<\/p>\n

\n \u201cMost of the changes we made were cosmetic,\u201d said architectural designer and Moore\u2019s brother-in-law Oliver Freundlich, who worked with her on the renovation \u2014 the sixth project the duo has taken on together. The pair \u201cdid a lot of editing,\u201d he said, like installing a pantry for the kitchen, fitting a closet in the bedroom, and furnishing with both pre-owned and newly bought pieces.\n <\/p>\n

\n French mid-century chairs purchased in Paris in 1995 now live in the kitchen, vintage Anglepoise lamps sit atop bedside tables, and vintage tortoise shells hang from the library walls. \u201cThe trick was to make the place functional but without losing any of the magic,\u201d said Freundlich. They therefore made resourceful decisions, like putting up shades made from fabric once used for curtains and leaving enough floor space for Moore to practice her beloved yoga.\n <\/p>\n

\"Making<\/p>\n

\n As an actor, Moore has played characters whose jobs have ranged from a linguistics professor in \u201cStill Alice\u201d (2014) to a horse trainer in \u201cEcho Valley\u201d (2025). In her most recent role in Jesse Eisenberg\u2019s \u201cThe Debut,\u201d Moore portrays a housewife who struggles as a method actor after being cast a small part at her local community theatre. It is an ironic role, given the Academy Award discreetly tucked away on a shelf in her library. If anything, she\u2019s more suited to play an amateur interior designer. \u201cBelieve me, Julie scrutinized every switch and knob,\u201d said Freundlich.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cMy taste is consistent, though it has evolved,\u201d Moore told AD. Designing her new home was a playground for her creativity. \u201cI love modernism. But this apartment is prewar, and you have to address that,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s not tiny, but it\u2019s not massive, either, so materials and choices become even more important.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Her West Village town house, which had a beautiful garden that was featured in AD twice (March 2012 and November 2017), was more grand than her duplex\u2019s terraces. Yet, the city views from her new outdoor space \u2014 of water towers, decorative brick and tilework, arches and columns and rooftop gardens \u2014 help soften the transition.\n <\/p>\n

\"Moore<\/p>\n

\n The plan to downsize was fueled in part by this point in Moore\u2019s life and career, with an emptying nest and \u2014 and unlike many other well-known actors \u2014 her commitment to be an engaged downtown New Yorker. \u201cLives change,\u201d she said. Plus, her big holiday house in Montauk freed her from the need for a larger compound in the city.\n <\/p>\n

\n The result? \u201cIt feels very serene here,\u201d she said of her new home in the midst of the metropolis. \u201cI wanted a sense of history, of time, of all the people who have lived here before us. We\u2019re just passing through. That\u2019s the magic of New York City.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julianne Moore\u2019s apartment, a two-bedroom duplex smack in the center of New York\u2019s West Village, was one she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-366782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}