JULIANNE MOORE’S HOMES: A LOOK AT THE OSCAR WINNER’S STUNNING RESIDENCES

Julianne Moore’s homes are a clear reflection of how important good design is to the Oscar-winning actor. The May December star once told The New York Times that her mother, a Scottish psychologist and social worker, really influenced her appreciation for objects and design. “I don’t think I really saw it growing up, how much my mother cared about what was beautiful,” she said. “She was always telling me where to look.” As a result, Moore has taken great pains to create spaces that are both inviting and aesthetically pleasing. She counts architects and designers like Vincent Van Duysen and Daniel Romualdez as friends, and her husband, writer-director Bart Freundlich, is also a design aficionado. His brother, Oliver Freundlich, is an architect who has helped the couple to realize their design dreams, specifically at their home in Montauk. Below, we’re sharing a peek inside each of the residences Moore has called home over the years.

West Village duplex

Moore and Freundlich met in 1996 on the set of his film The Myth of Fingerprints, which she starred in. They began dating shortly after that, and welcomed their first child, Caleb, in December 1997. Five years later, they welcomed their daughter, Liv. In 1999 the couple purchased a second-floor duplex in the West Village for $911,500. The three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom loft featured exposed brick with high ceilings, hardwood floors, and a total of 18 large windows overlooking the city. There was also an open galley-style kitchen and a windowed home office; the primary bedroom boasted an ensuite bathroom and four closets. The 2,573-square-foot pad was supplemented by a 225-square-foot terrace that offered prime outdoor space and a view of the garden below. The couple eventually sold the duplex for $1.95 million in 2002, trading it in for a penthouse in the same building.

West Village penthouse loft

The penthouse in question opened up when a couple relocated to Florida, so Moore and Freundlich picked it up for $2.65 million in October 2001. The couple had the place completely gut renovated with the help of Moore’s brother-in-law Oliver, just in time for the arrival of their daughter, Liv. The broker who sold the penthouse unit to the couple said at the time, “The whole feeling was romantic and airy, and you don’t feel like you’re in the city. Just imagine being in your room with a large skylight, and you have a wall of glass doors facing west that open to a planted terrace. It was very special.” They listed the penthouse for $3.9 million in late 2002, likely in preparation of purchasing what would eventually become their longtime town house.

West Village town house

In 2003, Moore and Freundlich got married after seven years together. The pair tied the knot at their West Village town house, which they had just purchased for $3.5 million. “For years I dreamed about living in a town house in the West Village,” Moore told Architectural Digest in 2017. “The first time I walked into this one, I knew this was it—I fell in love.” The wedding was held in the garden at the rear of the five-story home, with the couple’s two children and a few other loved ones in attendance. Not long after that, Moore and Freundlich remodeled the town house to their own specific needs and aesthetic. (When they purchased it, the town house had been divided into apartments.) Freundlich’s brother Oliver and his then partners Ben Bischoff and Brian Papa got to work renovating the home over the next year and a half, including swapping the basement kitchen with the light-filled living room. “I cannot recommend more strongly putting your kitchen somewhere with lots of natural light,” she said. “It changed everything. Now we use the whole house.” The couple tried to maintain the 1905 home’s Greek Revival roots while adding some more warmth. Another big change was hiring Brian Sawyer of the landscape firm Sawyer/Berson to completely transform the backyard, where they had wed. Moore and Freundlich put the house up for sale in 2009, listing it for $11.995 million, to no avail. They listed it again a few years later for $12.5 million to no success; they listed it a third time and finally sold it for $15 million in 2021.

Fort Pond cabin

The couple began looking for a vacation home a few years after they wed, settling on a $1 million country cottage on Fort Pond in Montauk, which they bought in 2007. The relatively modest abode measured about 1,000 square feet and comprised three bedrooms and one bathroom. The house was built in 1940, and retained much of its original features despite several rounds of renovation, including original flooring, custom shiplap walls, and exposed wood beam ceilings. A wood-burning fireplace and screened-in porch added to its rustic charm. Situated on a .69-acre lot, the property also featured a custom-built pool house, a saltwater gunite pool, and direct access to the pond. The couple put their holiday residence on the market in 2015 for $3.5 million, and at first failed to find a buyer. They listed it six years later for $2.85 million and sold it for $2.9 million shortly after that.

Montauk mansion

Moore and Freundlich’s next Montauk property was decidedly more private, and also substantially larger. In 2019, they purchased a 10-acre property several miles from their Fort Pond cottage, working again with Oliver to design their dream home. The pandemic caused them to pause the renovation, but eventually they were able to bring their vision to life. Moore retained the two-story, 4,000-square-foot structure of the home but replaced a lot of its materials, including adding red cedar in place of the house’s light gray shingles on the exterior, and a stripped-down, minimalist aesthetic for the interior. Moore had Oliver implement what he called “the three-material rule,” using primarily clay-finished walls, white oak floors, and Belgian bluestone in the kitchen and bathrooms. “I’m very consistent,” she told The New York Times. “I cannot bear a variety of material, and I don’t like a lot of colors.” The home features a double-height foyer with direct views through the house to the ocean; a screened porch off the kitchen overlooks a swimming pool and vegetable garden. “My mother used to tell me, ‘You’re never finished with a house,’” Moore told the Times. “It’s like an organism that keeps going.”