Hoda Kotb shares a glimpse inside the sleek Manhattan apartment she shares with her two young daughters – and the whimsical decor they have helped to create – two years after her split from fiance Joel Schiffman

Hoda Kotb is a fixture on television screens every morning as one of the hosts of Today, so it’s no surprise that she chooses to live in Upper Manhattan to ensure she can easily travel 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 good look inside her New York City apartment, where she is raising her adorable daughters, Haley, seven, and Hope, four .

Hoda left New Orleans to move to the Big Apple many moons ago when she got a job at NBC News and struggled — like everyone else — to find a decent living situation in the city that never sleeps.

In a 2018 article with Architectural Digest, the broadcaster opened up about a particular apartment viewing, saying, “The lady said, ‘There’s the apartment I want to show you.’ Here is the bedroom, now look here. turn, here’s the living room.”

“I stood in a room and I couldn’t believe they were renting that,” Hoda said, before adding, “Oh yeah, they’re going,” and we have beautiful outdoor space. They opened these doors and there was this kind of window box and they said, “Look, you can grow things!”

Hoda didn’t end up renting that apartment, but she admitted it wasn’t because the space was so small, but simply because she didn’t move fast enough: “People demolished that apartment in five seconds… I do that too.” do not get it. “I don’t understand New York prices or New York outdoor space,” she said.

Of course, outdoor space is even more important to Hoda these days, as she raises her two girls in New York City, and luckily she owns a four-bedroom waterfront home on Long Island – where her daughters can spend plenty of time outdoors and on the water . 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 from her photos on Instagram, as the room is decorated with pink toys, giant teddy bears and children’s books.

In fact, many of the windowsills in Hoda’s living room are covered with her daughters’ belongings, as well as a few of her own, such as 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 color white is certainly a recurring theme throughout the apartment, as all the walls and cabinets are neutral, as is Hoda’s open kitchen – with a large island that doubles as a breakfast bar.

Hoda hasn’t shared many photos from her kitchen, but the modest space can be seen in the background of an adorable photo of mom Sameha cuddling Haley and Hope.

As well as sleek silver and perspex bar stools, she also has a large stainless steel sink and various appliances on the counter – and a busy-looking calendar on the wall next to several of her children’s drawings.

In 2016, Hoda admitted that her apartment wasn’t exactly organized, saying, “I’m in my apartment and I’m looking at my kitchen, and it’s revealing.”

‘Every cupboard door is open and has been that way since the last time I needed anything inside. In this drawer are two old BlackBerry phones, a turkey baster, and an old checkbook. Is that a driver’s license? Yes – expired in 2013.

‘With this drawer I could win Let’s Make a Deal. I guess I’m just disorganized,” she joked.

In a recent Easter video posted to Instagram on March 31, Hoda gave her followers a glimpse of how messy her home can be as she shared images of her round glass dining table and matching chairs, which were covered in colorful toys and accessories.

The girls have their own multi-coloured seat covers for the adult chairs and also have their own miniature table and chairs, which are right in front of their huge indoor trampoline.

This is also the space where Hoda chose to place her Christmas tree, and last year she shared an adorable photo of her girls standing on the windowsills as they helped her decorate the windows with tinsel.

As for the other greenery in her space, the TV presenter has placed one particularly large plant, as well as a few small ones, near the window in her living room – close to her cream-colored sofa, which is in front of a large flat. TV screen and is flanked by a wall covered in framed black and white photos.

Hoda is clearly a fan of framed photos and has many on her windowsill in front of the dining room table, with a sweet family snapshot featuring ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, who used to live in the apartment, proudly displayed on the wall between the photos. the kitchen and living room.

Wooden floors add to the apartment’s neutral décor, but Hoda has a large cream rug under the sofa and gray rugs in her hallway.

The mother of two appears to have plenty of closet space in her living room with built-in storage and a shoe rack next to a full-length mirror – which is located to the left of a sliding door, which could well lead to a bathroom.

Hoda doesn’t really share photos 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’s moving because her daughters are attending a gathering. new school.

The TV star did not reveal where her new home would be, but she will no doubt be based in Manhattan to balance motherhood with her busy career at Today.