Actor Cecily Strong’s Upstate House Mixes Midcentury Finds With Animal-Inspired Accents
Photography by Matt Dutile
When actress and comedian Cecily Strong came across this house two hours from New York City, it felt like the opposite of the moment. “It was warm and comfortable, and I didn’t want to lose that,” she says. The pandemic had recently taken hold, and Cecily had friends who were already established upstate, so she decided to follow them for the time being and rent a place for herself and her dog, Lucy. And then what was supposed to be a temporary escape grew on her.
“There are farms and horse paddocks around, as well as many picturesque small towns,” says Cecily, one of the longest tenured female stars of Saturday Night Live. “I wanted a quiet home outside of the city that was close enough to commute, where I could invite family and friends and have more space to host them.”
