![]() ![]() ![]() Working with RLW4 Builders, she added a master bedroom suite, constructed a dormer for her daughter Victoria’s bedroom, and put up a new roof and cedar siding, among other fixes. It was early fall, and I walk onto the property and say: ‘Oh, my God, this is exactly what I've been looking for.’” “A couple of margaritas later, we go to the house. “I found it through a girlfriend of mine, who is a broker,” she explains. “If you’re not in love with this house and you’re not in love with the Berkshires, then it’s a lot.” - Sam Cochran Luann de Lesseps’s Hamptons HavenĪfter nearly a year’s renovation, the 19th-century Greek Revival home is ready to host the refined dinner parties for which the reality star is known. “The house, you have to love it,” says Medley, who has always dived head first into the renovation process, with a sigh-poring over books about Stanford White (to whom she and Watson attribute Blue Stone Manor) and tapping the Berkshires’s expert artisans to revive original light fixtures, escutcheons, pulls, and panelling. Collaborating with interior designer Marshall Watson, a longtime friend, she has brought the property back to life not once but twice-first upon moving in with Richard and again after a pipe burst while she was at Andy Cohen’s baby shower, knocking out the heating system and flooding the rooms. Fortunately, Medley, by turns RHONY’s sympathetic voice of reason and masterful pot stirrer (“ Jovani!”), has personality to spare. ![]() By that point, the property had lost some of its character-the decorative detailing, systems, and gardens all having fallen into states of disrepair. “I would drive by with Dad and say, ‘I’m gonna own this house one day,’ and he would say, ‘Of course you are, princess.’” That wish came true in 2005, when her late husband, Richard, gave her the house as a surprise wedding present. “Even as a kid I had Champagne tastes and caviar dreams,” she jokes. Growing up just down the road, Medley always had her eye on the house, whose stone walls and foundations had been laid by her grandfather and great-grandfather, both masons. Nicole Martin’s Mediterranean-Style Miami Manse Below, AD tours the luxe homes of some of the franchise’s biggest stars. Nearly 20 years and over 20 spinoff series later, it’s clear that audience demand for an inside scoop on the affluent is enough to establish a slot of appointment viewing every Sunday evening-whether it’s for well-known versions of the program, like the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, or full cast reboots of years-old editions, like the Real Housewives of New York. The Bravo show, which debuted in 2006, is the brainchild of TV host and media mogul Andy Cohen, who pondered how the intrigue around beloved hit soap operas like Desperate Housewives might translate into the realm of reality television. In the new millennium, the Real Housewives franchise has picked up where Lifestyles left off, serving as a window into the lives and homes of the well-to-do but with an added emphasis on unpacking the salacious drama of the elites’ social circles. A passionate advocate of education, she founded The Eva Longoria Foundation which helps Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship and earned a Masters in Chicano Studies presenting her thesis on "Success STEMS From Diversity: The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers." Eva has also contributed writing to publications on the subject of education.Decades ago, The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous gave viewers exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the sumptuous worlds of society’s upper crust. She also has a contract with L'Oreal and has been named one of the most beautiful people. After Y&R, Eva became well known worldwide thanks to Desperate Housewives (2004), where she played a main character, Gabrielle Solis. After landing roles on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), General Hospital (1963) and co-starring on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), she auditioned for and won the role of Isabella Braña on the popular series, The Young and the Restless (1973). After graduating from college, she entered a talent contest that brought her to Los Angeles, where she was spotted and subsequently signed by a theatrical agent. The youngest of four sisters who grew up in a Mexican-American family on a ranch near Corpus Christi, Longoria attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. ![]() Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born on Main Corpus Christi, Texas to Ella Eva Longoria (née Mireles), a special education teacher & Enrique Longoria Jr., a rancher. ![]()
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