Hoda Kotb is a permanent fixture on television screens every morning as the host of Today. So it’s no surprise that she chooses to live in Upper Manhattan so she can easily commute to NBC’s Rockefeller Center studio.
The 59-year-old TV star is very active on social media and often gives her 2.4 million Instagram followers a sneak peek inside her New York apartment, where she raises her adorable daughters, Haley, seven, and Hope, four years old.
Hoda moved to the Big Apple from New Orleans many moons ago when she landed a job at NBC News and struggled – like everyone else – to find a decent living situation in the city that never sleeps.
In an article in Architectural Digest in 2018, the channel opened up about visiting a particular apartment and said, “The lady said to me, ‘This is the apartment I want to show you.’ This is the bedroom, now look right here, turn around, here’s the living room.
Hoda Kotb pictured in her upper Manhattan apartment with her daughters Hope and Haley
The New York home is full of toys belonging to daughters Haley, seven, and Hope, four.
As well as giant teddy bears, books and a telescope, Hoda also has a trampoline in the open-plan living room.
“I was standing in a room and I couldn’t believe that’s what they were renting,” Hoda said, before adding, “Oh yeah, they’re going,” and we have a nice outdoor space .” They opened these doors, and there was like a planter and they said, “See, you can grow things!”
Hoda didn’t end up renting that apartment, but she admitted that it wasn’t because the space was so small, it was just because she didn’t move fast enough: “People took this apartment in five seconds… Yes I don’t understand. I don’t know the prices in New York or the outdoor spaces in New York,” she said.
Of course, outdoor space is even more important to Hoda these days, as she raises her two daughters in New York City and, luckily, she owns a four-bedroom waterfront property on Long Island — where her Girls spend a lot of time outdoors and on the beach.
But it seems the family spends most of their time in the Manhattan apartment, due to Hoda’s job and the girls’ school.
This is evident in her Instagram photos as the space is decorated with pink toys, giant teddy bears and children’s books.
In fact, many of Hoda’s living room window sills are covered with her daughters’ belongings as well as a few of her own, like a telescope and an acoustic guitar.
Hoda’s apartment gets plenty of natural light thanks to the building’s huge rectangular windows and her choice of simple white blinds, as opposed to heavy curtains.
The white color is definitely a recurring theme throughout the apartment as all the walls and cabinets are neutral, as well as Hoda’s open kitchen – which features a large island that doubles as a breakfast bar.
Hoda gave fans a glimpse into her kitchen by posting this photo of mom Sameha cuddling Haley and Hope
At Christmas, Hoda decorated her deep windowsills with ornaments and stockings while her daughters helped her string the wreaths from the window.
Hoda’s living room has a cream-colored sofa, a large television on the wall, and lots of framed photographs.
There is also a huge built-in mirror next to the kitchen and gray rugs in the hallway.
Hoda hasn’t shared many snaps of her kitchen interior, but the modest space can be seen in the background of an adorable photo of mom Sameha cuddling Haley and Hope.
In addition to elegant silver and plexiglass bar stools, it also has a large stainless steel trash can and several appliances on the counter, as well as a busy calendar hanging on the wall alongside various drawings created by his children.
In 2016, Hoda admitted that her apartment wasn’t exactly organized and said, “I’m in my apartment looking at my kitchen, and it’s eye-opening.”
“Every cabinet door is open and has been since the last time I needed something inside. In this drawer, two old BlackBerry phones, a turkey baster, an old checkbook. Is this a driving license? Yes – expired in 2013.
“I could win Let’s Make a Deal with this drawer. I think I’m just programmed to be disorganized,” she joked.
In a recent Easter video posted to Instagram on March 31, Hoda gave her followers a glimpse of the mess in her home by sharing images of her circular glass dining table and matching chairs, covered in toys and colorful accessories.
The girls have their own multi-colored seat covers for the adult chairs and also have their own miniature table and chairs, placed right in front of their huge indoor trampoline.
Hoda’s living room looked rather different in this selfie she took with her Today co-host Dylan Dreyer a few years ago.
Hoda admitted she was “disorganized” and over Easter she gave fans a glimpse of her messy glass dining table
In a sweet Instagram photo, Hoda’s daughter admired the Manhattan sunset from one of the apartment’s huge windows.
It’s also the space where Hoda chose to place her Christmas tree, and last year she shared an adorable photo of her daughters standing on the windowsill as they helped her decorate the windows with garlands.
As for other green plants in her space, the TV host has one particularly large plant, as well as a few smaller ones, placed by her living room window – close to her cream-colored sofa, which sits in front of a large apartment. television screen and is flanked by a wall covered in framed black and white photographs.
Hoda is clearly a fan of framed photos and has many on her windowsill in front of the dining table with a cute family photo that includes her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, who lived in the apartment, taking pride of place on the wall between the kitchen and living room.
The hardwood floors add to the apartment’s neutral decor, but Hoda has a large cream rug under the couch as well as gray rugs in her hallway.
The mother-of-two appears to have plenty of storage space in her living room with built-in storage as well as a shoe rack alongside a large mirror – which sits to the left of a sliding door, which could well lead to a bathroom.
Hoda doesn’t really share snaps online taken in one of the bedrooms of her Manhattan apartment, but she recently revealed on an episode of her podcast, Making Space with Hoda Kotb, that she was moving because her daughters were going to attend to a new school.
The TV star hasn’t revealed where her new home will be, but she’ll undoubtedly stay in Manhattan so she can juggle motherhood and her busy career at Today.