Sunday, August 7, 2011

Billy Joel’s Beach House: Redecorated by Nate Berkus


by HOOKEDONHOUSES on JANUARY 26, 2011

Billy Joel in concert

One of the first celebrity listings I featured, back in early 2008, was the Hamptons beach house that Billy Joel had bought for his young bride Katie Lee. He paid a little under $19 million for the four-bedroom, six-bath vacation home, but when they split last year, the house went back on the market for $22.5m.

Here’s how the house looked in ’08:

Billy Joel's Hamptons Beach house exterior

And how it looks in the listing today:

Billy Joel's Beach house 1

Katie hired Nate Berkus to decorate the beach house (and their townhouse in New York, which you can see here). They became friends, and you may have seen her on his show:

Katie Lee and Nate Berkus-Nate Show

Here’s how the deck that overlooks the beach looked in ’08:

Billy Joel-beach house deck-beach

And today:

Deck-view of the beach

According to the listing, “Terraces on both levels guarantee breathtaking views of stunning Sagaponack land and seascapes.”

Family Room Before:

Billy Joel's beach house family room

Billy Joel's family room fireplace

And the Family Room after Nate Berkus got to it:

Billy Joel's Beach House fireplace now

In this photo the family room the furniture is different, even though they’re both in the current listing:

Billy Joel's Beach House family room now 1

The Kitchen Before:

Billy Joel's Hamptons house-kitchen

And the Kitchen Today:

Billy Joel's Beach House kitchen now 2

The painted floors are interesting. Do you like this look better than the original stained hardwoods?

Billy Joel's Beach House kitchen now

Billy Joel's Beach house kitchen now 3

2 of the 4 Bedrooms in the House:

Billy Joel's Beach House bedroom

Billy Joel's beach house bedroom 2

One of the 6 Bathrooms:

Billy Joel's beach house bathroom

The house used to belong to the actor Roy Scheider (Jaws), who died in 2008.

The Study:

Billy Joel's beach house study

The asking price was reduced from $22.5 to $19.9m last September and lowered again recently to $18.5 million, which is about what he paid for it several years ago. Considering all the work they put into the house, it’s practically a steal! Any takers?

For more photos and information, check the listing at Corcoran.

You can see my original post about this house here and photos of the townhouse he shared with Katie Lee (also decorated by Nate) here.

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