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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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The Great Room Becomes a Greater Room
IT’S GETTING ON FOR SPRING, and I’ve got a decorating project to look forward to. Naturally, this makes me very happy. It’s been a while since I had an opportunity to indulge this passion of mine, since I’m a designer … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, INTERIOR DESIGN, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR RENT, RENOVATION
Tagged Hamptons, summer rental
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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
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Hamptons Beach House for Monthly Rental
UPDATE 6/11/15: July is spoken for. Looking for a Bohemian idyll à la Jackson Pollock and friends, mere meters from the water? Located in Springs (East Hampton), a five-minute walk from uncrowded, miles-long Maidstone Beach and a short distance from … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged beach cottage, beach house, bungalow, cottage, East Hampton, Hamptons, Maidstone, modern, rustic, Springs
7 Comments
ISO Brooklyn Pied-a-Terre
EMBRACE CHANGE, DON’T BATTLE IT. A fortune cookie said it, so it must be good advice. I like that action verb “embrace.” Not “welcome” change, receptively — no, no, go out and give it a big hug. Reach for it, … Continue reading
Posted in MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged BROOKLYN, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum, East Hampton, Hamptons, pied a terre, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Springs
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Showering Al Fresco
Basic: my new outdoor shower OUTDOOR SHOWERS are practically synonymous with summer life in the Hamptons. That you can wash the sand off after returning from the beach and before entering the house is peripheral. The real point is that … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged cottage, East Hampton, Hamptons, outdoor shower, rain shower head, Springs
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Wackadoodle Hamptons Architecture
NO ONE COULD ACCUSE THESE HOUSES of being cookie-cutter. While cruising the East Hampton listings in the $600-800,000 range, these two, er, unusual houses came up. They’re not entirely out of context. The Hamptons have long been known for outrageous … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HAMPTONS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 19th century, architecture, beach house, Butterfly House, East Hampton, Eero Saarinen, farmhouse, front porch, Hamptons, Henri Gueron, Henry T. Howard, Jackson Pollock, modernist, Palm Springs, post-modern, rya rugs, shingled, Springs, TWA Terminal
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