The rear facade of the Georgian-style residence, built in 1770 by Benjamin Noxon. For details, see Resources.
Through a door framed by Boston ivy, a view of design researcher Alyse Archer-Coité's backyard in Poughquag, New York.
Alyse Archer-Coité, in Totême, and her mother, Gloria, with ArcherCoité's long-haired calico, Pip, in the sitting room. Antique Azande burial sculpture (left).
Analyse Archer-Coité knows design. That much is evident in her work: as an editor at several independent print and digital art and interiors titles; as former programming director at the defunct Brooklyn architecture and urbanism incubator A/D/O; and, now, at Apple, where she leads research for the tech titan's industrial design team.
What she did not know, until recently, was just what moving herself full-time from Brooklyn to the hamlet of Poughquag, New York, two hours north of the city, would mean, beyond the evident allure of space and fresh air. “The day after I got the keys, we got a foot of snow," says Archer-Coité, recounting her earliest days in her stately 1770 Georgian retreat, all hipped roofline and elegant red brick. “When the snow stopped, I realized I didn't have a shovel. It was a very quick initiation to life in the country,” she adds, laughing now, but with an air that indicates the story is only funny in retrospect.
Before the storm, Archer-Coité had enlisted two friends-fellow “city-ots,” she jokes, using a local term of not quite endearment—to help her settle in overnight. With her car snowed into the garage and no way to dig themselves out, they decided to go on a run. Along the route, her nearest neighbors offered to plow her driveway; they struck up a conversation about the house, and an enduring friendship ensued.
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The Empire Strikes Back - A 19th-century gem in Cambridge, Massachusetts, gets a tour-de-force restoration thanks to Frances Merrill of Reath Design.
Is it possible to simultaneously go back in time and leap forward? This was the challenge a couple set for themselves upon purchasing a salmon-pink 1869 house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not far from Longfellow House, the National Historic Site that served as George Washington's headquarters during the revolution. We loved all the beautiful old details of this house, the homeowner says.
Just Like That, But Cheaper. -One writer tried to replicate a classic ELLE DECOR interior in his apartment. Could he do it for $500?
It was all about the green curtains. In 2008, to my great surprise, I was offered a ninemonth fellowship based in New York City. I had lived there twice before, both times unsuccessfully, meaning I had failed to create any kind of significant social life, and so this was a chance not only to do research for my new novel, but also an opportunity to get things right. I swore I wouldn't let the city break me a third time.
And How! - Decorator Nick Olsen transforms a Sag Harbor home into a Hamptons retreat with an irreverent humor.
If you must go to the Hamptons, however-because it is devilishly good fun, after all-you may notice an apparently modest, low-slung cottage on Sag Harbor's Main Street and think, with a comfortable sort of feeling, Now that is how a house should look. Nestled amid the Botox bars, helipads, and club-staurants, it could almost set the sordid world aright both a rebuke and a solution to the chaos that surrounds it. A real home.
You Stay Here
At a Martha's Vineyard compound, Steven Gambrel and Tom Kligerman have made a guest retreat so good, visitors may never want to leave.
WHAT'S IN THE MIX?
Rayman Boozer brings his mastery of color and pattern to the renovation of a Harlem duplex for a young family.
Now You See It
A modernist beach house's discreet profile hides killer views and knockout interiors by Rafael de Cárdenas.
CIRCLE D'AMOUR
For an object lesson on how to design a Paris love nest, look to Pierre Yovanovitch.
PARK AND RECREATIONS
With the rise of electric vehicles and a fresh focus on design, the once overlooked garage is becoming a future-forward source of joy and energy at home.
But This is My Home - One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse.
One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse. My husband and I moved into the Kallis House in Los Angeles six years ago. It was designed in 1946 by the modernist architect Rudolph Schindler, and it's believed by many, including Frank Gehry, to be among Schindler's best. The house is eccentric, perched on the lip of a hill, with a butterfly roof and a shaggy exterior made of grape stakes. The interior is an unfolding series of surprising angles, with a wonderful wide view of the San Fernando Valley.
A SISTER STORY
Jewelry designer Brent Neale Winston and her decorator sibling, Ramsey Lyons, recast a historic Long Island home.
