Andy Cohen Dips Into a Dreamy Beach Lifestyle at His Family-Friendly Hamptons Home

At his beach house in the Hamptons, Andy Cohen begins and ends every day with a dip. “The ocean is my absolute therapy,” says the television producer and host, who can otherwise be found lounging in his hot tub or soaking up the sounds of the Atlantic with his kids from the home’s splendid indoor-outdoor rooms. That hard-won sense of serenity has been a long time coming for the endurance entertainer, host of marathon reunion episodes, talk-show interviews, podcasts, and New Year’s Eve specials. As they say in the biz: Roll the tape.

Andy Cohen unwinds in the hot tub with some effects of parenting and the ocean in the distance.

Cohen’s Hamptons beach house was designed by architect Gordon Kahn and interior designer Jackie Greenberg.

Long before any of Bravo’s Real Housewives strutted, schemed, or screamed in the sand, Cohen was just a wide-eyed kid in St. Louis, fantasizing about the waves. “The beach represented a literal and metaphorical paradise,” he recalls. “It was something to aspire to, a vacation destination.” When, after college, Cohen moved to Manhattan, he retreated to the Hamptons every chance he could get, renting a house on Noyac Bay for nearly three decades. “I loved being on the water. In my mind, the only thing that could get me to move would be beachfront property.” On this sublime stretch of coast, of course, a slice of paradise is hard to come by. Dare to dream, he thought.

In the living area, Sergio Rodrigues chairs and a Sollos sectional frame a Max Lamb table; rug by Kvadrat and artwork (leaning on wall) by Peter Dayton.

Art: © Sterling Ruby/Peter Dayton / ARC Fine Art LLC of Amagansett, New York.

Cohen with designer Jackie Greenberg, his friend since junior high school

Cohen’s outdoor shower

Art: Kueng Caputo / Salon 94 Design ©️Kueng Caputo

The spiral staircase leads to Cohen’s outdoor shower (above).

Then, seven years ago, Cohen snagged a rare vacant plot for sale—modest in scale, at roughly half an acre, but blessed with pristine ocean frontage and perfect for the family escape of his imagination. “I wanted a house that was as simple and connected to nature as possible, nothing precious or fancy, someplace you could track sand into,” he reflects. For guidance, he turned to architect Gordon Kahn, with whom he had recently renovated an apartment in New York City. “Gordon gets my references,” he notes, citing the sybaritic modernist Horace Gifford as an enduring inspiration. To round out that creative team, Cohen called interior designer Jackie Greenberg, his lifelong friend whom he met growing up in Missouri. With his circle of creative trust complete, he then let the professionals get to work.

Distinguished by Douglas fir cabinetry, the kitchen opens onto the dining area, where Vico Magistretti chairs by Cassina surround a Pierre Chapo table; the lantern is by Isamu Noguchi and the toy piano was a gift from Cohen’s friend actor Ellen Barkin.

Art: Gaetano Pesce / Salon 94 Design; John Gill / Harvey Preston Gallery; Morten Løbner Espersen / Jason Jacques Gallery; Martino Gamper / Anton Kern Gallery.

Noguchi Akari 30A Pendant

Vico Magistretti “Carimate” Dining Chair for Cassina

Fish Design Vase by Gaetano Pesce

Hawkins NY Simple Linen Napkin

To build on the beach is to navigate a complex set of guidelines, among them height restrictions, strict size limits, and floodplain codes. Accordingly, the house is raised 14 feet above the ground, with rooms arranged primarily on one level. The exception is the second-story primary suite, a serendipitous loophole afforded by a rise in the dune. “We were very careful to look at the topography of the site,” reflects Kahn, who found inspiration in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian houses (hence the staggered, broad flat roof) and Jack Hall’s 1961 Hatch House on Cape Cod, a matrix of indoor and outdoor rooms. To maximize flexibility but minimize the square footage, they carved alfresco voids from the volumes, including a covered living area. “Everything was built to the millimeter,” Kahn says of the house, which spans some 2,450 square feet with a total of four bedrooms, including ones for Cohen’s son, Benjamin, and daughter, Lucy. “There was no more space anywhere.”

Lucy’s headboard is covered in a fabric by Sarah Jessica Parker for Wallshoppe; wall covering by Flavor Paper.

The Elder Statesman Whale Plush

Flowers Carolina by Andy Warhol x Flavor Paper

OPSBarn Mexican Serape-Style Pillow Cover

Cylindrical Blue Vase by Aldo Londi

The guest room features an Andy Warhol x Flavor Paper pattern and a custom headboard in a Paul Smith fabric by Maharam; sconce by David Weeks Studio, quilt by Thompson Street Studio, and needlepoint pillows by Cohen’s mom.

Art: Takuro Kuwata / Salon 94 ©️Takuro Kuwata

The primary bath features Bisazza mosaic tiles.

Benjamin’s room is lined in an Andy Warhol x Flavor Paper print and outfitted with a custom bunk bed by Greenberg that incorporates striped Kvadrat fabric; rug by Max Lamb.

If the house presents as introverted and unassuming from the street, the oceanfront side opens toward the scenery. That natural beauty provided a jumping-off point for the interiors. In the open kitchen, for example, azure tiles and plain-sawn Douglas fir cabinetry nod to surf and turf. The pale beige brickwork that surrounds the home’s four fireplaces likewise invokes the dunes. And, in the primary suite, a spectrum of blues—from the upholstered headboard to the wave-patterned wallpaper—summon the sea and sky.

Cohen’s custom headboard is covered in a Paul Smith fabric by Maharam; sconce by David Weeks Studio; wall covering by Flavor Paper; rug by Max Lamb; and vase by Betty Woodman.

Art: © 2026 Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Upholstered in a Maharam plaid fabric, the living area’s Sergio Rodrigues armchairs have become Cohen’s favorite spot for reading to his kids; artwork by Peter Dayton.

Art: Takuro Kuwata / Salon 94 ©️Takuro Kuwata

“Andy and I have been having fun together since junior high school, and his energy, personality, and joyfulness have never changed,” notes Greenberg. “I knew he loved color and pattern and all things pop. His house had to reflect that.” Rather than simply echo his established tastes, however, she guided him toward new discoveries, such as the Max Lamb coffee tables that anchor the indoor and outdoor living areas, the Kwangho Lee tables that pull up to the deck’s chaise longues, and the Sergio Rodrigues armchairs that can fit a kid on either armrest come story hour. “I am very decisive, but she is really good at pushing me,” says Cohen. In one of several, as he puts it, “big swings,” they tiled bathrooms in vibrant mosaic swirls. “I just wanted it to be super colorful and funky,” says Cohen. “It’s meant to be, quite literally, a fun house.”

Emulate the TV impresario’s color-filled beach house style with an editor-curated selection of furniture and decor inspired by the home.

A James Perse sectional anchors the outdoor living area; cocktail table by Max Lamb and baskets (on console) by Kwangho Lee.

Art: Kwangho Lee / Salon 94 Design

The place is certainly ready to party. When he entertains, long cocktail hours unfold on the roof terrace, tequila and Fresca flowing, before everyone migrates to the dining tables—one indoors for 14, the other outdoors for eight. “I am not a great cook,” Cohen concedes. “But one thing I do know how to do is barbecue.” His happiest gatherings, however, might be impromptu, as local pals grab one of his extra parking spots and make their way down his private path to the water. “There is nothing better than walking down to my beach and finding my friends are already there.”

On the roof deck, the sofa and rug are by Cassina, the table is by Federica Biasi, and the stools and side table are by Kwangho Lee.

Cohen, pictured outside the house, confesses he isn’t much of a surfer but keeps boards ready for his guests and local friends.

Scary Island it’s not. For Cohen, the beach is first and foremost a place to disconnect. “Before coming to the Hamptons, I could never relax enough to nap,” he says. “This is the place where I have learned to recharge.” Now, between jumps in the ocean, he might snooze in any number of favorite alfresco spots. And when the time comes to rinse off, he can just climb the exterior spiral staircase to the primary suite’s outdoor shower, watching the sun set as he washes the day away.

Andy Cohen's home appears in the July/August issue. Never miss a story when you subscribe to AD.