Summer House’s Paige DeSorbo Shows Off Her 'Dream' Apartment: It's the 'Ultimate Princess Palace' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Kelly Marshall/OTTO/CB2

Kelly Marshall/OTTO/CB2

“I used to look into the building and just be like, ‘Oh, my God, I love this so much. I would die to live there,’” theSummer Housestar recalls to PEOPLE.

Earlier this year, she found her new home there, when she learned an apartment had become available.

“I freaked out. It truly was fate,” DeSorbo, 31, says. “I didn’t even remember the building when I was looking for a new apartment. And so then when my real estate agent wanted to go look at it, we were about to walk in and he was like, ‘Okay, don’t act like you love it.’ And right when I stepped in the door I was like, ‘No, sorry, I need this apartment.’”

DeSorbo moved into the new abode in April, and partnered with CB2 to design the perfect space.

“It’s honestly my dream apartment,” says theGiggly Squadcohost. “It’s everything I could have ever imagined. I feel like I don’t live in New York City and I live in Paris, and it’s just the ultimate princess palace.”

Explaining her design inspiration, DeSorbo says she opts for larger items in neutral hues, since they’re harder to swap out if she gets tired of them. And she wanted to give the rooms a cohesive look.

DeSorbo says the partnership was a natural fit since she’s “always” had items from CB2. As a longtime fan of the brand’s couches, she was excited tochoose one large enoughto accommodate group gatherings now that she has enough space.

“Living in New York, you never get to have a sectional,” she says. “I just really wanted one so that when people came over everyone could lay on the couch.”

HerSummer Housecastmates Ciara Miller and Amanda Batula have already been to the apartment and “loved it.”

The extra space also means that DeSorbo’s boyfriend,Southern CharmstarCraig Conover,has his own closet to use when he visits from Charleston, South Carolina.

“It’s so funny, when I was moving out of my old apartment, Craig was so sad because when we first started dating, I had just moved into that apartment and so we just had a lot of memories there,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘But when we get into the new apartment in the first 24 hours, you’re going to forget about the old apartment.’ And he absolutely did.”

As for design challenges, DeSorbo says she didn’t want to “disrespect” the space’s natural charm, since it already had its own character.

“I wanted the things that were built in,” she says, adding that she considers the home’s two fireplaces to be “the centerpieces.”

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In fact, the fireplace in her bedroom — which is nonworking and decorative — has become a favorite sleeping spot for Daphne, the cat DeSorbo adopted in July.

source: people.com