An enormous tree shades Anita Madeira’s circa-1770 house in Bridgehampton.
In a small studio tucked in a corner of the property’s deep backyard, the artist creates mixed-media collages.
Two works by Madeira hang in the sitting room, where a door is studded with the metal tops from Veuve Clicquot champagne corks.
Inspired by Picasso, Modigliani, and de Kooning, among other artists, Madeira has been painting portraits on the dining room chairs.
The open living room and kitchen is the oldest part of the house.
Madeira’s bedroom includes a thrift-shop chest and a mirror that cost $2 at a tag sale.
Madeira’s daughter, Nell, found the ladder, now used as a towel rack in the house’s only bathroom, in the backyard.
The 18th-century ceiling beams in Nell’s room are notched and numbered, in case the house was ever disassembled and rebuilt on a different parcel of land.
Artist Jim Gingerich drew the chalkboard mural of Gibson Beach in the guest bedroom; the photograph is by Long Tran.
