SOUND DESIGN

DESIGNER AMY KALIKOW BALANCES COMFORT AND STYLE IN THIS LONG ISLAND INTERIOR.

- MARY GRAUERHOLZ

For homeowners with a young, active family, a child-friendly house can mean different things: extra spaces for children to grow or room to run outdoors. For a professional couple relocating from New York City to Sands Point, a Long Island village, the request was more direct.

Designer Amy Kalikow worked with cabinet and kitchen designer Christopher Peacock on the kitchen, which includes custom surfaces of walnut and white lacquer. Below, The home, set on the tip-end of Cow Neck Peninsula, offers views of Long Island Sound from all points.

“They wanted nothing precious and delicate,” recalls designer Amy Kalikow. “It was very intentional.”

With three children of middle-school age, having interiors that were sturdy was a must, says Kalikow, the principal of Amy Kalikow Design. Kalikow’s challenge was to devise interiors that could withstand running and tumbling, but which were also “elegant and graceful,” as she says, for this very social couple, an attorney and financial advisor.

Today, the new house, on a three-acre lot, is airy, light-filled, and welcoming. Children have plenty of play space, on the first floor and in the kitchen-living area, while adults have their own spaces to congregate. Perhaps best of all, the interior of the home, located on a cul-de-sac at the tip-end of Cow Neck Peninsula, offers views of Long Island Sound from all points. "It's like you're on a boat," Kalikow says.