Jackie Siegel's partially finished dream home known as Versailles will include a theater inspired by the Paris Opera House, a bowling alley, roller-skating rink, and 30-car garage.
The 47-year-old mother-of-eight from Windermere, Florida, is the star of The Queen Of Versailles, an award-winning documentary chronicling Mrs Siegel and her billionaire husband, David Siegel, as they build their 90,000-square-foot mansion modeled after France's 17th century Palace of Versailles.
Mrs Siegel, who recently resumed construction on the sprawling house after creditors went after her husband’s company, Westgate Resorts, and work on Versailles was halted, told New York Magazine: 'We’re going to inlay the floors with a lot of onyx and amethyst and semiprecious stones.'
Queen of Versailles: Jackie Siegel's partially finished dream home, known as Versailles, will include a theater inspired by the Paris Opera House, a bowling alley, roller-skating rink, and 30-car garage
The mansion is the largest single-family home in America, with a custom-made stained-glass oculus, 10,000-square-foot spa and a commercial kitchen with a Benihana-style grill.
Explaining their master suite, Mrs Siegel, who won the Miss Florida beauty title in the Nineties, said: 'We’re gonna have a round platform with a round bed, and it’s going to have buttons so you can watch TV.'
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The master bathroom will include a Jacuzzi, his-and-hers showers, and a third in the center - in case they 'want to take a shower together.' Gesturing at the space between the his-and-hers showers, she said: 'Because this, is too far to walk.'
The ten staff quarters located inside the mansion each include a jacuzzi and a kitchen.
Mrs Siegel, who was branded as 'tacky' and 'ditzy' after the documentary premiered at the Sundance Festival last year, explained: 'People said, "Why do they need ten kitchens? That’s ridiculous!" But it’s because they’re in the staff apartments.'
Slowly but surely: Mrs Siegel recently resumed construction on the sprawling house after creditors went after her husband's company, Westgate Resorts, and work on Versailles was halted
Grand entrance: The Siegel's 30-bedroom mansion in Windermere near Orlando, Florida, is modeled after France's 17th century Palace of Versailles
Under construction: The mansion is the largest single-family home in America, with a custom-made stained-glass oculus, 10,000-square-foot spa and a commercial kitchen with a Benihana-style grill
The mansion's doors are made from one of world’s last batches of Brazilian mahogany. The former beauty queen casually remarked: 'They had to stop exporting it because they were cutting down the rain forest, or whatever.'
As well as 30 bedrooms, the home will have 23 bathrooms with views over Lake Butler, about 20miles outside Orlando.
Meanwhile, she said that the mansion's mezzanine will be used for 'an orchestra for the people downstairs. Or speeches. Like if the president came.'
Mrs Siegel said that once her dream home is complete she would like to launch her own reality show. But Mr Siegel, 77, said he has no interest in getting back in front of the camera.
He is only intent on finishing work on the mansion which has been under construction for more than five years, after the financial crisis and recession delayed progress - 'but now we’re doing better than ever' he said of his company.
Palace: Mrs Siegel is the star of The Queen Of Versailles, a film on Mrs Siegel and her billionaire husband, David Siegel, as they build their 90,000-square-foot mansion modeled after France's Palace of Versailles
Controversy: Mr Siegel filed suit against the filmmaker, Ms Greenfield, before the documentary even premiered, claiming its depiction of his company's downfall was inaccurate and damaging to his business
In demand: The 47-year-old mother of eight is from Windermere, Florida, and hopes to launch her own reality show after her dream home is complete
He actually filed suit against the filmmaker, Ms Greenfield, before the documentary even premiered, claiming its depiction of his company's downfall was inaccurate and damaging to his business.
Mr Siegel, the founder of Westgate Resorts, a real estate and timeshare business which employs thousands of people across the U.S. - many of whom lost their jobs during the recession - said he was happy for Ms Greenfield to film the house, but 'then the economy changed,' he said.
'I don’t know how it happened, suddenly the focus wasn’t the house. It became the family, and then it became the business.'He added: 'The only thing that’s true about [the documentary] is that my wife is a big-busted shopaholic. Jackie, they could have called her an ax murderer, and she’d have been happy they spelled her name right.'