Architect Ted Porter's Minimalist Sag Harbor Home Proves that Less is More
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1/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedA primitive Art Deco screen frames an 1894 McKinley armchair in the airy living room. The coffee table in front of the fire is fashioned from a vintage ship’s hold cover.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedA primitive Art Deco screen frames an 1894 McKinley armchair in the airy living room. The coffee table in front of the fire is fashioned from a vintage ship’s hold cover.
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2/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe stairway was rotated and repositioned to allow light to flood into the house.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe stairway was rotated and repositioned to allow light to flood into the house.
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3/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedIn the living room, a canvas by architect and homeowner Ted Porter adds colorful contrast to an early-20th-century sideboard and an F40 Cantilever sofa by Marcel Breuer.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedIn the living room, a canvas by architect and homeowner Ted Porter adds colorful contrast to an early-20th-century sideboard and an F40 Cantilever sofa by Marcel Breuer.
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4/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe library features a desk chair from Knoll and an area rug designed by Frank Gehry.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe library features a desk chair from Knoll and an area rug designed by Frank Gehry.
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5/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedIn the dining room, Elsa Peretti candlesticks are massed on a Gubi table from Suite NY.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedIn the dining room, Elsa Peretti candlesticks are massed on a Gubi table from Suite NY.
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6/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe ceramic tile in the kitchen is from Artistic Tile and the range is from Thermador.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe ceramic tile in the kitchen is from Artistic Tile and the range is from Thermador.
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7/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe bed in a guest room is a Porter family heirloom. The throw is from Cusco, Peru.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe bed in a guest room is a Porter family heirloom. The throw is from Cusco, Peru.
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8/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe master bedroom features a ceiling fixture from FlosFlos, Anglepoise sconces from YLighting, a Blu Dot coatrack, and a Hudson’s Bay Company blanket.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe master bedroom features a ceiling fixture from FlosFlos, Anglepoise sconces from YLighting, a Blu Dot coatrack, and a Hudson’s Bay Company blanket.
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9/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe cement floor tiles and ceramic wall tiles in the master bathroom are from Nemo Tile & Stone.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe cement floor tiles and ceramic wall tiles in the master bathroom are from Nemo Tile & Stone.
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10/10Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe living room’s enormous picture window and a screened porch look onto the backyard, where a sunken pool lies beyond a row of beech trees.Photographs by Jeffrey Gray BrandstedThe living room’s enormous picture window and a screened porch look onto the backyard, where a sunken pool lies beyond a row of beech trees.
This article appears in the July-1 2019 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).
