Hooked on Houses

The new People magazine issue is on newsstands now, featuring Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s twins Max and Emme. You’ve got to check it out, if only to get a look at that nursery. Wow. It’s like Versailles in there with crystal chandeliers and everything.

Jennifer Lopez–a mere month after giving birth to two babies–is perfectly svelte and glowing like someone who has spent a month at a spa. Keep in mind that she looked like this just a month ago:

I don’t see any lingering postpartum baby weight there, do you? I’d kill to look like that now, and I had my last baby 6 years ago.

In the People magazine photos, there’s no sign of spit-up in Lopez’s hair. No dark circles under her eyes from sleepless nights, or puffiness from hormonal crying jags. She even mentions that she plans to run a triathalon this year because she wants her babies to be proud of their mama. Way to make all the rest of us mothers feel bad about ourselves, J Lo!

Here’s an aerial view of the Lopez-Anthony $3.7 million estate in Glen Head, New York (photo via Showbiz News):

When the couple bought the mansion, it was decorated in a hunting theme that included lots of plaid wallpaper and wooden mallards. The Fall/Winter 2006 issue of Vogue Living featured its remodel:

According to People, Jennifer Lopez declared that money was no object when it came to decorating the nursery for the twins:

Following in the footsteps of Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez called upon the experts at Hollywood favorite baby boutique Petit Tresor. The new mom opened a lengthy registry and had owners Nina and Sam help her design fabulous nurseries for the arrival of her twins! For the nursery, the twins will dream away in Chelsea Sleigh cribs, $1390 each while Mom and Dad relax in Glam Gliders $1,420 each. And when they need changing, the twins will have a Clara changing table, $1780.

Here’s the Clara changing table from Petit Tresor:

And the Glam Gliders (but I see no sign of them in the photo spread; everything in the nursery is ivory, so if they did get these, I’m guessing they didn’t go with this blue):

The French-made cribs feature hand-embroidered bedding. PageSix reported that they spent over $120,000 for the ocean-themed room: “The tiny pair will also gaze upon 18-karat gilded trim and chandeliers in Jennifer and Marc Anthony’s Long Island home, as well as in the nurseries in their Bel Air and Fisher Island homes.”

Just to be clear, when they say it’s an ocean-themed room, they don’t mean they went with this:

Or this:

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No. They’re talking hand-painted murals.

Despite the earlier mention of the Chelsea Sleigh Cribs, they were nowhere to be seen in the People photos. The cribs in the photo spread were from Bratt Decor ($847 each) and looked like this:

Here are the cribs in the nursery itself:

I think it’s lovely. But the folks at Parents Magazine took a different view and declared it a “death trap.” In an open memo to Jennifer Lopez, the editors wrote on their GoodyBlog:

We want those sweet twins to stay out of harm’s way, so we’re begging you…please babyproof! Take the pillows, stuffed animals, and blankets out of the cribs. They’re suffocation hazards. Get rid of the dramatic draped canopies hanging over the cribs, which can cause strangulation. Those cute bows tied onto the crib slats? Choking hazards as soon as the babies are big enough to get their hands on them. And throw a window guard on that open window!

It’s such a pretty deathtrap, though. Without the bows, canopies, draperies, pillows, blankets, and piles of stuffed animals, what would be left? A chandelier, two cribs, and a window guard.

There’s a photo of Jennifer bottle-feeding one of the twins in that off-the-shoulder designer gown she’s wearing in the cover photo that cracked me up. I was lucky to get out of my nightgown at all when my babies were newborns, but she makes motherhood look so glamorous!

I would think she’s able to pull it off with such panache because they have two full-time baby nurses, but in the interview they say that they are such devoted parents that they’re the ones changing the diapers and getting up in the middle of the night with the twins, so that’s not it. Sounds like the nurses have a pretty cushy job to me, since Jennifer and Marc are doing everything for them.

Even J Lo’s diaper bag is better than yours. From Petit Tresor, check out her $1,250 leather Mia Bossi bag with snakeskin trim (don’t worry–it’s practical, too, featuring a washable changing pad, zip-in and zip-out inside lining, cell phone holder, keychain holder, diaper holder, baby wipe holder and a private zippered pocket for personal belongings. Straps are detachable, making it a snap to strap around the stroller).

Pick up the March 31, 2008 issue of People to see photos of the twins. (All rights to the nursery photo belong to People magazine, and rights to the article in Vogue Living belong to Conde Nast.) Thanks to Marie of Watch the Wind Blow By for telling me about the Parents article.

UPDATE: People magazine is reporting that Jennifer Lopez has signed on to do a reality show about her life with Marc and the twins for TLC. Go to People to read the full story. (April 23, 2008.)

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March 30th, 2008 | Tags: celebrity, childproofing, cribs, Decorating, diaper bag, entertainment, Famous Houses, gossip, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, motherhood, New York, nursery, parents magazine, People magazine, Petit Tresor, postpartum, Real Estate, reality show, TLC, twins, Vogue, weight loss | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL