Live like Marilyn! Inside the stunning New York hotel suite where the iconic actress lived with her baseball player husband Joe DiMaggio - and it's now $1,200 per night

• e-mail

It was the hotel suite that became a love nest for Marilyn Monroe during her short-lived marriage to baseball player Joe DiMaggio.

And now guests can stay inside the stunning New York hotel room that played host to the newlyweds in the 1950s from $1,200 per night.

The Lexington Hotel Autograph Collection on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue has unveiled its Norma Jeane Suite, in honour of Monroe's real name.

The Norma Jeane suite at the Lexington Hotel Autograph Collection in Manhattan, where Marilyn Monroe and second husband Joe DiMaggio once lived 

Guests can stay inside the stunning New York hotel room that played host to the newlyweds in the 1950s from $1,200 per night

The suite has a subtle colour palate of black, white and pink with only flashes of red honouring the actress's love of bright lipstick

DiMaggio and Monroe, left, met in 1952 and married in San Francisco two years later. The bride was 27 years old, and her groom, pictured right, was 12 years her senior

The suite has been renovated with the couple in mind with subtle touches of both Broadway and baseball memorabilia to commemorate them.

As guests enter the suite, they are greeted with a marble entry foyer with pictures of both Monroe and DiMaggio dotted around the room.

It has a subtle colour palate of black, white and pink with only flashes of red honouring the actress's love of bright lipstick.

Guests in the suite can enjoy a spacious living room with huge sofas where they could watch Monroe's movies on the 55-inch high-definition flat-screen TV.

Guests in the suite can enjoy a spacious living room with huge sofas where they could watch Monroe's movies on the 55-inch high-definition flat-screen TV

As guest enter the suite, they are greeted with a marble entry foyer with pictures of both Monroe and DiMaggio dotted around the room

The suite even boasts a dining room big enough for four people meaning guests can entertain friends at the Manhattan hotel 

The suite also boasts a sofa bed and dining area for entertaining as well as a fully-equipped kitchen and coffee maker

The suite also boasts a sofa bed and dining area for entertaining as well as a fully-equipped kitchen and coffee maker.

While folding doors open up to a 200-square foot terrace that has sweeping views across Manhattan.

The suite also has a baseball bat in the umbrella stand and shopping bags from Bloomingdales', Monroe's favourite store, in the wardrobe.

Meanwhile the Lexington Hotel Autograph Collection is also just several blocks away from the subway grate where the actress filmed the infamous scene from The Seven Year Itch, where her skirt blew up outside a food store at 51st Street and Lexington Avenue

Folding doors lead out on o a 200-square foot terrace where guests can relax and soak up the sun in the summer 

The terrace also boasts magnificent views of midtown Manhattan and has a sofa so guest can relax and even dine outside 

DiMaggio and Monroe met in 1952 and married in San Francisco two years later. The bride was 27 years old, and her groom was 12 years her senior.

Both had been married before: Monroe to the son of her guardian's neighbour in West Virginia, 21-year-old James Dougherty, and DiMaggio to the singer Dorothy Olsen, with whom he had his only child, a son named Joseph DiMaggio III.

Their torrid marriage lasted only nine months but the union is said to have had a lasting effect on the baseball star. 

Monroe died in 1962 aged 36 from a 'probable suicide' following a drugs overdose. DiMaggio was said to be devastated by her death. 

He lived until the age of 84 and died in Florida following a bout of ill health in January 1999.  

The Lexington Hotel Autograph Collection which stands on Lexington Avenue in the heart of Manhattan in New York City 

The hotel is just blocks away from the subway grate where Monroe filmed the infamous scene for the Seven Year Itch, where her skirt blew up