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Latest on Hamptons Reno: My Go-To Great Room
IT ONLY TOOK FIVE YEARS to get there, but the great room at my place on the East End of Long Island is finally livable. The final phase of its transformation this spring: a bout of quickie decorating in the newly insulated … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, INTERIOR DESIGN, RENOVATION
Tagged great room, Hamptons, winterizing a summer cottage, yard sales
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Hamptons Pre-novation: End of Phase 1
GREETINGS FROM THE LAND of rhododendrons. They’re pink, it turns out, the stand of old rhodies at the eastern Long Island property I bought in March — hot, gaudy pink, immensely cheering on a foggy 57-degree morning. I’ve been living … Continue reading
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Tagged arborist, awning windows, carpenter ants, cottage, East Hampton, great room, painted plywood floor, prenovation, renovation, rhododendrons, termites, window locks
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