Grandly Simple

Located in Bridgehampton, New York, this beautiful family home boasts cascadingly high ceilings, a very crisp white palette and ample amounts of square footage in each room. Shown in Architectural Digest’s December 2010 issue, read more about how exactly it all came together by clicking here.

All images courtesy of Architectural Digest

A Dream Vacation Home in Bridgehampton

The new issue of Traditional Home is on newsstands now and it is their ever inspiring Before & After issue.  One of the house’s featured inside is a family vacation home located in Bridgehampton, New York.  Owners Greg and Nina Richter began the renovation of what used to resemble an oversized barn in 2006.  To compare the before and after pictures is an impressive sight.  And while I only included the after images here, you may visit the entire photo collection on the Traditional Home website. 

With the help of architect Stuart Disston and interior designer Ken Gemes, this renovation is stunning, inviting, and casually classic.  Have a look.

The architect completely restructured the unsymmetrical structure in the front of the home and extended the roofline to create two graceful gambrels.

The exterior of the back of the house was also restructured with the addition of the right chimney which matched the one already in use. The beauty of this particular chimney is that it is multi-functional with a fireplace in the sunroom as well as a grill on the porch.

SJP’s Home in Bridgehampton

To have a summer home to escape to during the hot weather inland would be ideal.  Someday, someday – this will be a reality.  A coastal home most definitely would be my choice.  I simply can’t wait to utter the words, I’m going to my house on the beach for the week, I’ll see you when I return (refreshed, invigorated and rearing to go!).

Since it is that time of year when so many people on the east coast escape to the Hamptons, I thought I’d share with you Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s home in Bridgehampton.  Decorated by Eric Hughes, their home is very low-key, casual and comfortable.  At first it was nothing that I expected, but the more I began to ponder why someone with such a fashionable profile might want a home with such simplicity and calm, it made complete sense.  Photographed by William Waldron for Elle Decor (May 2006), the furniture and decor is an eclectic assortment of high and low end – a little IKEA here, a few pieces of beautiful art there. Have a look.

Built in 1865, the prominent landowner displayed his favoring of a Victorian style.  The lush, full green landscape isn’t over powering, but clearly done with a master plan in mind (landscape design by Ricks Lee).

All major kitchen appliances are by Viking and the print (possibly to remind them of home?)is Uno la Mela by Enzo Mari from Moss.

The Egyptian handblown-glass chandelier from Liza Sherman Antiques hangs above the dining room table surrounded by a collection of vintage chairs.

In the master bedroom, the curtain panels are from IKEA, and the ceramic lamp is by Christopher Spitzmiller.

The 1940s mirrored desk from Laurin Copen Antiques  adds an old Hollywood feel and a portrait of Parker and Broderick by Pamela Hanson sits above.