How art and paintings shape the look of Meryl Streep’s luxurious homes

Meryl Streep’s homes reflect her acting style, blending art, craft, and beauty. Her Manhattan penthouse featured modern artworks complementing its sleek design, while her Connecticut estate includes a sculptor’s studio, fostering a creative, art-centered lifestyle. Both residences showcase art as emotional anchors, deeply integrated into her life.

Meryl Streep’s homes are as quietly thoughtful as her acting: subtle yet powerful, elegant, and filled with character. From her spacious Connecticut estate to her Manhattan penthouse, her living spaces combine art, craft, and a love of beauty into everyday rooms. In each property, paintings and artworks are not just décor; they feel like emotional anchors, tying the spaces to her life, her career, and her family.Here’s how art and paintings are inside Meryl Streep’s home

Meryl Streep (photo via Wikimedia Commons/ Lee jeong woo from the official Flickr account of the Republic of Korea)

An art‑filled penthouse in New York

Meryl Streep’s Manhattan penthouse features a bright, airy layout with wrap‑around terraces over the Hudson River, and its walls are hung with modern‑style artworks that match the sleek, contemporary feel of the space.The penthouse was first put up for sale in August 2018 at a price of $24.6 million. A year later, in August 2019, the price was reduced, and the Tribeca apartment was relisted by Juliette Janssens and Allison Koffman of Sotheby’s International Realty for $18.25 million.Even though Meryl Streep sold the apartment for less than the original asking price, Janssens told The Wall Street Journal that the final sale price was still considered strong compared with other sales in New York.According to home‑design coverage by Apartment Therapy and the Independent, the art is chosen to quietly complement the architecture rather than overpower it, creating a gallery‑like but still homely atmosphere. The paintings and framed pieces blend with wooden furniture and botanical touches, turning the apartment into a refined, art‑driven sanctuary.

Contemporary art and subtle colour

In her New York home, the artwork leans toward clean, modern compositions rather than crowded, busy walls, with pieces that show more of the neutral palette and soft blues and greens used in the rest of the décor.The Independent’s tour of the penthouse notes that Streep enjoys plants as much as art, and the combination of greenery and carefully chosen paintings softens the space. Apart from that, the artworks act like visual pauses, letting the eye rest and giving each room a calm, collected mood. The art is not loudly “celebrity,” but understated, consistent with Streep’s generally low‑profile personal style.

Contemporary art- Representative via Canva

Her Connecticut home has a sculptor’s studio

Meryl Streep’s main home sits on a large lake in rural Salisbury, Connecticut, where the house is surrounded by trees, stone walls, and outbuildings, including a spacious studio.It is also noted that the sculptor’s studio was built inside the house for her husband, sculptor Don Gummer (the couple is now separated). The estate is very private, with high walls and seclusion, and the presence of Gummer’s studio naturally encourages a creative, art‑centered lifestyle.The lakeside setting and the working artist’s studio mean that three‑dimensional sculpture and studio works sit along with any paintings or framed pieces inside the house, adding depth to the overall visual language of the home.Disclaimer: This article is intended for general informational and educational purposes only. While it draws on publicly available sources, including references to records and observations about Meryl Streep’s home, some details may vary from the original paintings, art and house decor.