Showing posts with label north fork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label north fork. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Another on the North Fork

I've only met Amanda Brooks once but she's one of those people you feel like you know since they are such a part of life in New York. She recently announced that she and her family will be moving from the city to live in England for a year.  There is much speculation about how this urban fashionista will fare in the English countryside and you can read the whole story in The New York Times here. We'll all be able to follow along on her adventures since she's picked up on her blog I Love Your Style where she left off before going off to work for Barneys.  On it, she posted some photos of her own house on the North Fork of Long Island.  The style is much different than that of the house I posted yesterday but I also like it too.  It reminds me of something you'd see in Europe with a living room that looks collected rather than decorated.  As she says in her post, it's a place where you don't have to worry about sandy feet and wet bathing suits. I have a feeling that her English house will be a place where you don't have to worry about muddy boots or wet coats and I can't wait to see it on her blog. 







Photos by Amanda Brooks

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Herrera in the Hamptons

Summer in New York is all about getting out of town.  Patricia Herrera Lansing and her family head out to a lovely Guy Lowell designed house from 1914. Technically, it's not the Hamptons but "Herrera on the North Shore" didn't quite have the same ring. It was featured in Elle Decor in October 2010 and is also in my files for my future house on Long Island. 

The sofas are from Mecox Gardens, my favorite place to shop in the Hamptons. 

I always think even summer houses need one dark room for watching television or movies on a rainy day. The photo is by Roe Ethridge.

The master bedroom with linens by Matouk. 

Daughter Carolina's sweet bedroom. 

The sunroom features Crate & Barrel sofas and Lulu DK fabric tablecloth. 

Patricia Herrera Lansing and her sister Carolina Herrera Baez and children.

I always associate hydrangea with the Hamptons, and the now the North Fork in this case. 

Photos by Roger Davies