HOME & DESIGN

One of A Kind

By HRES Staff
February 12, 2020

It’s fun to imagine what the gilded age architect Stanford White would have made of Cocoon House, the architect Nina Edwards Anker’s sustainable masterpiece in Southampton, New York. It so happens that Cocoon House shares a plot of land with a shingled cottage which White conceived as a carriage house in 1890...

Attending To The Space

By HRES Staff
November 19, 2019

A visit to residential designer Laura Michaels’s Montauk cottage overlooking Fort Pond in Montauk can be dangerous. If you live in a big house, you might catch yourself wondering if you really need all that square footage...

Lay It Out

By Heather Senison
November 19, 2019

While we settle back into the colder months, many of us are looking around our homes wondering how to make them a little warmer and cozier. One common method is by laying down area rugs...

Designer Showcase: Sarah Rose Reilly

By HRES Staff
October 24, 2019

Not long ago, a young architectural designer named Sarah Rose Reilly took stock of her talents. For the past several years, she’d contributed to residential projects large and small at top-flight Hamptons firms like Stelle Lomont Rouhani and Oza-Sabbeth. She was particularly strong on kitchens and enjoyed working...

History in the Hamptons

By Heather Senison
August 26, 2019

Memorial Day barbecues aren’t the only way to celebrate history in the Hamptons. After several years of ultra-modern being the prevailing trend in home décor, antiques are making a comeback, area designers say. Whether it’s unique finds from flea ...

Keeping an Eye on History

By HRES Staff
August 26, 2019

When the real estate developer Bob Tortora arrived on the East End of Long Island in 1998, Sag Harbor was a quiet town where writers and editors lived. Back then, you could buy a historic house with rickety floors, low ceilings, and drafty old windows

Seacoast Property Management

By HRES Staff
July 24, 2019

Summer in the Hamptons is all about having fun, taking time to be with family and friends and...

Designer Genes

By Heather Senison
July 24, 2019

Local decor buffs are getting a treat this summer: the annual Designer Showhouse is being co-chaired by the acclaimed...

Design Diligence

By Heather Senison
June 26, 2019

To be as successful and helpful as possible, Bridgehampton-based designer Roxane Mosleh took the time to learn the nuts and bolts of her business. Along with a degree in interior design...