SEARCH casaCARA
CATEGORIES
-
Recent Posts
- Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- Ninth Year in East Hampton: Same Old is Damn Good
- Tough Life: A Week in the Yucatan
- Live the Beachy Life This Summer…Rent My Rustic-Modern East Hampton Retreat!
- Ongoing Philadelphia Renovation Still Ongoing
- London: Summing Up
- Two Days is Not Enough for Enchanting Edinburgh
- Old York, Old York
- The British Museum, Housing the World’s Treasures for Us All
- London: Victorian Holland Park, Preserved in Amber
Top Posts (Last 48 Hours)
- Ninth Year in East Hampton: Same Old is Damn Good
- Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- Ongoing Philadelphia Renovation Still Ongoing
- Autumn in Amagansett
- FOR RENT: Philadelphia 1 BR, Prime Queen Village, Private Yard, $1,300/month
- The Joy of Troy
- Porch Season Approacheth
- The Hanging Gardens of Brooklyn
- BOOK REVIEW Garden Guide: New York City
- Ornamental Edibles
EXPLORE by clicking on any of the tags below
19th century Amagansett annuals antiques architecture Art Deco Atlantic Avenue barn beach cottage beach house Benjamin Moore Boerum Hill boxwoods Bridgehampton BROOKLYN Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Heights brownstone Brownstoner brownstones bungalow Carroll Gardens CATSKILLS cedar-shingled cedar shingles Clinton Hill Cobble Hill Colonial Columbia County compost cottage cottage garden cottages daffodils deck decorating deer deer-resistant deer fence driveway East End East Hampton farmhouse ferns Fishtown for rent for sale Fort Greene front porch furniture garden Gardiner's Bay Gowanus Greek Revival Greenport Hamptons Hamptons Cottages & Gardens house for sale Hudson River HUDSON VALLEY Italianate Jackson Pollock Kensington LONG ISLAND Maidstone beach Maidstone Park Maui Mexico mid-century modern Montauk NEW YORK CITY Northern Liberties North Fork Open Days outdoor shower Park Slope perennials PHILADELPHIA pied a terre Prospect Heights Queen Village REAL ESTATE Red Hook renovation rental rhododendrons row house row houses rustic Sag Harbor Shelter Island Southampton Springs townhouse Victorian vintage Williamsburg window boxes wisteria yard salesRecent Comments
- Marianne Davies on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- cara on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- P. Lynch on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- cara on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- coppermaven on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- Justine Cullinan on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- melanie charnas on Done! Philadelphia Attic Duplex Reno
- cara on FOR RENT: Philadelphia 1 BR, Prime Queen Village, Private Yard, $1,300/month
- karen bruno on FOR RENT: Philadelphia 1 BR, Prime Queen Village, Private Yard, $1,300/month
- cara on To France or Not to France?
ARCHIVES
Blog Stats
- 1,058,501 views
Tag Archives: Amagansett
Hamptons August Rental, Walk to Water
SPEND A WEEK OR FOUR this August living the beachy life in my idyllic modern rustic/Bohemian chic summer house in East Hampton (Springs), N.Y. Built in the 1940s as a fishing bungalow, with a c.1970 addition, the house is 1,400 square feet … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged Accabonac Harbor, Amagansett, August, beach cottage, beach house, bohemian, boho, bungalow, cottage, East Hampton, for rent, Gardiner's Bay, Hamptons, Jackson Pollock, Maidstone beach, Maidstone Park, modern, rustic, Springs, Springs General Store, summer, summer rental
5 Comments
June in the Country
THE MONTH OF LONGEST DAYS is drawing to a close, and I feel compelled to celebrate it with a blog post before it fleets by. The alliums, lush purple just two weeks ago, are already browned on their stalks. Those are … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS
Tagged Amagansett, East Hampton, Fish Farm, Multi Aquaculture Systems, Open Days
1 Comment
Garden Inspiration: Late-Season Lushness in Amagansett
HERE, TO MANY, IS WHAT THE HAMPTONS is really about — not the ocean beaches but the native oak woods and the gardening that is possible within them, with the help of a sturdy deer fence. This green and lovely … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Amagansett, Bayberry Nursery, carex, carex Morrowii 'Ice Dance', cedar-shingled, clerodendron tichotomum fargesii, cottage, deer fence, deer fencing, ferns, hakonechloa, hostas, hydrangea, Japanese maple, ligularia, liriope, natural swimming pool, Paula Diamond, stockade fence
Leave a comment
Lazy Point ‘Grandma’ Beach Cottage 450K
I DON’T OFTEN PICK UP those glossy real estate brochures you see piles of on Main Street in East Hampton. They feature mostly multi-million dollar properties, not the sad fixer-uppers I’m interested in. However, I did grab one the other … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged Amagansett, beach, beach cottage, cottage, for sale, house, Lazy Point, Mulford Lane, Napeague Bay
3 Comments
Springs in Winter
LIVING THE COUNTRY LIFE, and loving it. I came out to my East Hampton cottage shortly after New Years, with an open return ticket back to New York City. Twelve days later, I’m still here. In my cottage in the … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Amagansett, East Hampton, Nellie's, Springs
2 Comments
Garden Envy in Amagansett
The heavenly tented pool pavilion I COULD GO IN AND OUT of grand oceanfront estates all day long, then come back to my humble cottage and still be happy with the place. I can wander five hedged, manicured, topiaried, statued, … Continue reading
AUGUST RENTAL: COTTAGE NEAR BAY, SPRINGS (EAST HAMPTON), N.Y.
WANT TO RENT my bright and comfortable 1940s cedar-shingled cottage in Springs, N.Y. (5 miles north of East Hampton village) August 1-31? It’s on a landscaped half-acre with a view into peaceful woods from the back deck. The house is … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged Accabonac Harbor, Amagansett, August, beach house, cottage, deck, East Hampton, Gardiner's Bay, Jackson Pollock, kayaking, Louse Point, Maidstone beach, Montauk, outdoor shower, paddleboarding, rental, Sag Harbor, screened porch, skylights, Springs, Springs General Store, Springs Historic District, swimming
2 Comments
