Tag Archives: beach cottage

Hamptons Beach Cottage, $1,000 Per Sq.Ft.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

I ADORE EVERYTHING about this new-to-market cottage, except the price. I pass it almost daily on my walks down to Gardiner’s Bay. It’s in Maidstone Park, a neighborhood of many un-“improved” pre-war cottages, a few houses away from a magnificent … Continue reading →

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Look Book: White Wood Floors

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

GET READY to be blinded by the white… The photos in this post were among my inspirations in deciding to give my own worn tongue-in-groove floors, left, a whitewash. They may look OK here, but trust me, they’re bad in … Continue reading →

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Fire Island Forever

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

Just to clarify, in response to a confused e-mail: I refer to several different Fire Island communities in the post below, but all photos were taken this week in Ocean Beach. IN THE ANNALS of my personal real estate regrets, … Continue reading →

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Shipshape ’30s Beach Cottage 599K

Posted on May 16, 2010 by

UPDATE: This cottage closed in September 2010 for 520K. ONE OF MY FAVORITE COTTAGES has just hit the market. A friend and I were out for a walk Sunday morning and noticed the realtor’s sign. We were gazing over the … Continue reading →

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What a Little Blue Can Do

Posted on October 15, 2009 by

TODAY I’M SENDING YOU ELSEWHERE, to an adventures-in-renovating blog called A Brooklyn Limestone in Progress, which I much admire for its creativity, enthusiasm, graphic design, and general professionalism. As part of an extended guest-blogging series, I’ve contributed a post about … Continue reading →

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Bottom-Fishing on the East End

Posted on September 2, 2009 by

I’VE BEEN GETTING FED UP with house prices here in the Humptons. Yesterday my friend Debre and I stumbled upon an old farmhouse with a ‘For Sale’ sign on Old Stone Highway in Springs, below, found the door open (!) … Continue reading →

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By the Sea Under 200K

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

MASTIC BEACH AND SHIRLEY, twin communities 90 minutes east of New York City on Long Island’s South Shore, have the same superb, white-sand beach as Fire Island or the Hamptons, the same mighty ocean and glorious sunsets, but they can’t … Continue reading →

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