Category Archives: COTTAGE LIVING

Perennials on Parade + Shopping for an Instant Cottage Garden

Posted on July 24, 2019 by

The morning after I got back from my Italian vacation — April 3rd, I think it was — I called my plumber out on the East End of Long Island and said, “Charles, would it be jumping the gun to … Continue reading →

Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Season’s End on the East End

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

I’VE CLOSED UP SHOP in East Hampton for the winter. Had to. My house has no heat, and the nighttime temperatures have dipped into the 40s and even 30s. Yes, I have a fireplace, a space heater, down comforters and … Continue reading →

Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, RENOVATION | 12 Comments

1920s Sarasota

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

                          I’M JUST BACK from Florida’s Gulf Coast, where I attended Sarasota Mod, a conference aimed at educating the public (and hopefully saving) the city’s stock of innovative post-WWII … Continue reading →

Posted in ARCHITECTURE, COTTAGE LIVING, FLORIDA, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, TRAVEL | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Last Suppers

Posted on April 22, 2014 by

THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE IS OVER. I’m officially in contract to sell my East Hampton, N.Y. cottage, after a long winter of offers, negotiations, anticipation and disappointments. Closing will be on or before May 15 — five years to the … Continue reading →

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Paint Ho!

Posted on September 30, 2013 by

FIRST THERE WAS AEGEAN OLIVE, a green-brown (center top), as well as a brown-brown and a purple-brown. I stared at those three patches all summer. Then it became September, and a friend suggested we get on with it, and paint … Continue reading →

Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS, RENOVATION | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Rockaway Bungalow Storm Story

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

TWO WEEKS AFTER SANDY, my friend M., who has invested huge sums of money and energy fixing up a 1930s bungalow, above, in the far reaches of Queens, New York, has just had her first experience with FEMA. A few … Continue reading →

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Anything but Snail Mail(boxes)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

THESE WHIMSICAL — OK, kitschy — mailboxes were photographed by my wasband (wubby?) in upstate New York. I like to express my individuality indoors, but when it comes to something right out on the road for all passersby to see, … Continue reading →

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