Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten lists her Upper East Side pied-à-terre for nearly $2 million after upgrading to a bigger apartment just blocks away

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Ina Garten, aka The Barefoot Contessa, is selling her Upper East Side pied-à-terre. 

The popular Food Network cook and hostess recently listed her one-bedroom apartment at 71 East 77th Street for $1.97 million. 

But that doesn't mean she'll be leaving the neighborhood. 

Ina and her husband Jeffrey bought a larger two-bedroom apartment just blocks away in August. 

Ina Garten is selling her Upper East Side pied-à-terre for $1.97 million. The one-bedroom apartment is located on East 77th Street 

The kitchen is quite roomy and comes with state-of-the-art equipment, to no surprise. When the Gartens bought the apartment, they turned it from a two-bedroom to a one-bedroom unit

The Food Network cook and her husband Jeffrey bought the apartment in a co-op building in 2004 for $1.2 million

Designer Daniel Romualdez was hired to re-decorate the place, decking it out with fabric wallpaper and parquet floors. 'I wanted it to feel like a refuge - a place for her to curl up and recharge,' the designer told Food Network Magazine in 2014

The Gartens won't be moving out of the neighborhood. In August, they bought a larger apartment just a few blocks away. Above, a view of their old apartment's bathroom 

They also spend a lot of their time in the Hamptons, where Ina's show is filmed, and in Paris. 

The couple bought the approximately 680-square-foot 77th Street co-op apartment in 2004 for $1.2 million and turned it from a two-bedroom into a one-bedroom unit with a double-height living room.

Designer Daniel Romualdez was hired to re-decorate the place, decking it out with fabric wallpaper and parquet floors. 

'I wanted it to feel like a refuge - a place for her to curl up and recharge,' the designer told Food Network Magazine in 2014. 

In addition to their New York City apartment, the couple has a main home in the Hamptons and spends a lot of time in Paris. The couple pictured on their wedding day in 1968 on the right 

'This sophisticated apartment is as charming as its current owners!' the listing boasts. Stribling & Associates' Alexa Lambert, Merrill Curtis and Marc Achilles are the listing brokers. Above, an exterior of the building 

The wood-burning fireplace, muted bedroom and spa-like bathroom add comfort. And of course, the kitchen is state of the art and large enough to crank out the Barefoot Contessa's most-complicated hits. 

'This sophisticated apartment is as charming as its current owners!' the listing boasts. 

Stribling & Associates' Alexa Lambert, Merrill Curtis and Marc Achilles are the listing brokers. 

The Gartens' new home is located on Park Avenue. They paid $4.7million for the two-bedroom, 2,450-square-foot unit.