Jeff Bezos’s ‘party pad’ renovations: How Amazon boss is turning a $23m former MUSEUM into a mansion with whiskey cellar, elevator, ballroom, solarium and kitchen exclusively for catering parties

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos purchased the former Textile Museum in Kalorama, Washington D.C., in 2016
The Washington Post’s owner dropped an additional $12 million in 2017 to expand and renovate it
Bezos and his wife MacKenzie will use the pad as both a family residency and an entertaining pad
The property, which includes two houses, will have 25 bathrooms, 11 bedrooms, five living rooms, five staircases and three kitchens, among other luxuries

Richest man in the world Jeff Bezos purchased the former Textile Museum in Washington D.C. in 2016

This is where the richest man in the world plans to entertain the country’s political elite.

As part of his takeover of Washington D.C., Jeff Bezos paid $23 million for the former Textile Museum in Kalorama, Washington D.C., in 2016.

The 27,000-square-feet home was already the biggest in the city, but the Amazon founder and Washington Post owner dropped an additional $12 million in 2017 to expand and renovate it.

Bezos and his wife MacKenzie will use the pad as both a family residency and an entertaining pad. Surely they will have good guests, as their wealthy neighbors include the Obamas and Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

The Washingtonian obtained copies of the blueprints for the former museum’s renovations, and they reveal just how extravagant Bezos’ pad in the capital will be.

The home will have 25 bathrooms, 11 bedrooms, five living rooms, five staircases, three kitchens, two libraries, two workout rooms, two elevators, a walk-in wine room, a whiskey cellar and a huge ballroom for parties.

The old museum includes two separate buildings: the Pope house, where Bezos and his family will live, and the Wood house, where the magnate will entertain.

The Amazon founder paid $23 million for the former museum and dropped an addition $12million in renovating and expanding it

The old museum includes two separate buildings. The Pope house, pictured above, is named after its designer John Russell Pope, who also designed the Thomas Jefferson Memorial

The two buildings date back to the early 20th century and are connected by a walkway.

The Pope house is named after its designer John Russell Pope, who also designed the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Bezos’ version of the Pope house will have four stories, with the lower level serving as the main living area where his family will stay.

The two buildings date back to the early 20th century and are connected by a walkway

The floor plans for the Pope house show there will be a big whiskey cellar on the upper left and a walk-in wine room at the center. It will also feature a bar, a family kitchen, and an elevator

The floor plans show there will be a big whiskey cellar on the upper left and a walk-in wine room at the center. The Pope house will also feature a bar, a family kitchen, and an elevator.

The upper floors of the the home will include an exercise room, a TV room and a kitchenette in addition to the large kitchen in the first floor.

The Wood house, on its part, will include everything needed for entertaining, including a grilling area, staff changing rooms and offices, a kitchen for catering parties, a coat room and multiple bathroom stalls.

The Wood house, pictured above, will mainly serve as an entertaining hub for the Washington Post’s owner’s friends

The nearly 1,500-square-feet Wood house will also have a bar, a limestone fireplace and a balconied promenade with iron guardrails

Guests will be greeted with a slab marble staircase and then move into the ballroom.

The nearly 1,500-square-feet structure will also have a bar, a limestone fireplace and a balconied promenade with iron guardrails.

The main floor will also include a 36-foot-long gallery, a solarium and two terraces.

The upper floors will have four guest bedrooms and bathrooms as well as housing for staff.

The Wood’ house’s upper floors will have four guest bedrooms and bathrooms as well as housing for staff

The outside area of the property will have newly planted trees, stone paths, two fountains, a garden pavilion and a pergola

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