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The living room is the heart of the home. “Especially when you’re at the beach,” says Manhattan interior designer James Huniford. Because of the particular joys of entertaining in the Hamptons—a mood set by the sun, the sea, the thrill of the getaway—Huniford’s approach to a Hamptons living room creates a relaxed environment geared towards social gatherings, from intimate moments with one or two friends, to large parties where a never ending parade of guests may be marching through the front door.
Though national home furnishings chains are seeping onto the South Fork more and more—think Ethan Allen, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, and the upcoming Home Goods—there is a generous assortment of local emporiums, each with its own distinct personality.
Geoff Kuzara, who grew up on a small subsistence farm at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, still lives part of the year in that state while also residing in the Hamptons. Having spent his childhood with drill presses, lathes, welders, farm machinery, and livestock learning the basics of engineering and fabrication, it’s no wonder he’s gone on to produce hundreds of wheel-thrown stoneware pieces, dozens of chairs, tables, benches, custom furnishings, and countless small sculptures from multiple materials.
In 1979 Michelle Murphy and Robert Strada, a young couple who’d known each other only eight months, began to look for their perfect Hamptons house. Real estate agent Ceil Ackley took them to a shingle-style Amagansett house built in 1894 to give them an idea of the sort of old-world house they sought. Alas, it wasn’t for sale. Yet the pair fell so in love with the authentic relic of times past that a deal was soon struck.
British rocker Roger Waters of Pink Floyd “has beenat war for three years over a right-of-way that gives his neighbors on Quimby Lane access to Sag Pond,” according to Richard Johnson in the New York Post. Apparently Waters’ neighbors have objected to the rock star’s builder, Benzz Krupinski, driving equipment down the shared right-of-way, so they blocked traffic with a chain.
Perhaps the ultimate Hamptons pool is one being built in Southampton as we speak.  Made by the Tortorella Group it boasts two outer walls made entirely of glass—the better to view the ocean. Another Tortorella pool, in Sagaponack, has been elevated to allow people to walk underneath and look up through its glass floor.
John Tarbet and his wife, Jennifer, had their eye on the house at 29 Huntting Lane in East Hampton for quite a while. The Queen Anne-style abode, which was built for the family of prominent merchant and farmer Henry D. Hedges in...
You’ve learned how to prepare kale in 18 different ways. And you’d never think of eating a nonorganic strawberry, but have you considered how toxins are seeping into the air from just about everything in your home? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, our indoor air is three times more polluted than outdoor air. And we spend 90 percent of our time indoors. What to do?
Michael Braverman, an iconic name in Hamptons real estate—a former partner in Braverman Newbold Brennan, the prestigious brokerage firm purchased by Sotheby’s in 1997—is now associated with Douglas Elliman where his former crony Paul Brennan holds court in the Bridgehampton office.
There are lots of waves being made in Ditch Plains, Montauk lately, but they’re not the surfing kind. Two storms are brewing on land regarding the quality of life and conservation of this legendary surfing beach and its community. Residents and beachgoers have already signed a petition protesting one new development and are concerned about another that could threaten the very nature and character of this surfing oasis.