Author: Photographs by Tria Giovan

A fashion designer gives his Sag Harbor bolt-hole a stylish makeover.

A weekend retreat boasts the best from Litchfield County shops.

Marisa Bistany Perkins uses pattern and texture to create sophisticated interiors.

A six-acre spread in Southampton’s estate section embraces the nature that surrounds it.

Retaining the spirit of the client's childhood house, and all the memories that came with it, was important throughout the project.

The possibilities are endless in a renovated 1960s family getaway in Springs.

In Southampton, a creative couple builds a home as vivid as their imaginations.

An unassuming East Hampton retreat gets a jolt of full-tilt personality.

The ultimate Hamptons hot-spot, located only a few minutes walk from the beach, is ideal for entertaining.

“Designing this space felt a little like doing an HGTV special,” says architect Ken Pursley, musing about the challenge he and interior designer Bronwyn Ford faced in transforming this Vermont house.

“Designing this space felt a little like doing an HGTV special,” says architect Ken Pursley, musing about the challenge he and interior designer Bronwyn Ford faced in transforming this Vermont house.

In Water Mill, designer Vicente Wolf brings a longtime family home back to the future.

In East Hampton, architect Kitty McCoy embraces, rather than erases, the past.

In Shelter Island Heights, Mallory Samson gives a glam update to a stunner from times gone by.

After giving a contemporary pile a refresh, designer Ashley Bradley enlists architect Stuart Disston to start over—from the ground up.

The interiors evolved with the help of designer Jack Deamer, a good friend who, along with the owners, describes the project as a joyous process.

The interiors evolved with the help of designer Jack Deamer, a good friend who, along with the owners, describes the project as a joyous process.

The story of a house is invariably tied to the people who inhabit it. In the case of this utilitarian-chic home in Bridgehampton, the cast of characters includes people from theater, film, and TV.

The story of a house is invariably tied to the people who inhabit it. In the case of this utilitarian-chic home in Bridgehampton, the cast of characters includes people from theater, film, and TV.

Tria Giovan’s elegant and unassuming house in Sag Harbor reflects the frank quality of her prizewinning photographs, proving that simplicity is the ultimate kind of sophistication.

Tria Giovan’s elegant and unassuming house in Sag Harbor reflects the frank quality of her prizewinning photographs, proving that simplicity is the ultimate kind of sophistication.

Shano deftly crafted an elegant and refined environment that’s still eminently livable.

Interior designer Tim Button was tasked with accommodating the couple's art collection while decorating with water in mind.

When sea captain Edwin Sherwood commissioned his three-story Greek Revival house on a main street of Southport in 1837, he certainly had no visions of abstract art hanging on its walls.