Escape to a Summer Holiday Fantasy at a Hamptons Show House

With a Maserati and piano in the garage, a beach-inspired dining area and crisp white curtains enclosing an elegant backyard patio, the first-ever Holiday House Hamptons is meant to encapsulate a carefree summer fantasy. Or at least, the fantasies of 24 designers from around the country each assigned a space in a shingled gambrel-roof new home by Villadom Custom Homes and designed by McDonough & Conroy Architects.

Each room in the sprawling 7,900-square-foot home is inspired by a different holiday with a strong emphasis on celebrating women and breast cancer survivors. All proceeds from the show house benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.)

2013 Holiday House Hamptons: 4 Fair Hills Lane, Bridgehampton, New York; through July 21, 2013; open Fridays–Mondays, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Thursdays until 8 p.m.; $30 general admission. More info

Kitchen and dining room: "Summer Solstice"
Design team: Duneier Design (this photo and next)

Inspired by the longest day of the year and summer entertaining, Jennifer Duneier incorporated bright pops of warm-weather colors for a festive, summertime vibe. "I was inspired by the clean lines of the white Arclinea cabinetry, which was selected first," says Duneier. The polished traditional moldings mix with with a tiled accent wall, and a custom stainless steel hood ties it all together. Duneier applied her go-to color, turquoise, to the 12-foot ceiling.

Light fixtures: Confetti Glass Collection, Avram Rusu Studio; countertops: Carrara marble, ABC Stone, Ital Marble; accent wall tiles: Shelly Tiles; appliances: Sub-Zero & Wolf


Drapery fabric: Robert Allen; accessories: Gracious Home; furniture: Artistic Frame; rug: Stark Carpet





Lower-level lounge: "The Ladies Lounge"
Design team: Design House (this photo and previous)

Maria Greenlaw and Suzanne Caldwell of Design House mixed modern and ethnic materials and pieces in honor of International Women's Day. This room features a pair of Barcelona chairs, a vintage lacquer altar table and a very special upholstered alcove (this photo) covered in DH Textile fabric for relaxing next to a fiddle leaf fig plant. The space is inspired by the family members of both of the designers who have battled breast cancer.

Art: Mark Humphrey Gallery; window treatment fabric: Peter Dunham Textiles; window treatment trim: Samuel & Sons; alcove fabric: DH Textiles; window treatments: Paul Sciacca; upholstery: Christopher W. Swift; wall covering installation: Nino Rosa


Media room: "Bastille Day"
Design team: Guillaume Gentet (this photo and next)

This playful media room, dedicated to the designer's grandmother, is meant for a modern Marie Antoinette. The cheerful pink tone of the room was inspired by the reflective pink-stone surfaces of the Petit Trianon (a wedding-present château given to the young queen) in Versailles, France.

Sweet treats from Ladurée adorn a trio of modern tables from Roche Bobois, which provided most of the furnishings in this space. Muriel Valette-Roger of About Details reproduced delicate Marie Antoinette bows once used on the queen's dresses for the chair detailing and upholstery as well as the beading on the Louis XV chairs.

Consoles: Volutes, Roche Bobois; sofas: Tangram, Roche Bobois; drapery fabric: Verel del Belval, Creations Metaphores; Place Vendôme mural: Chesley McLaren


The paneled walls are finished with an accented pink patina, and many of the large rectangular picture moldings above the level of the chair rail enclose swaths of pink Venetian plaster. This means that wall surfaces alternate between a pink patina, antique silver-leafed surfaces and the mica-infused pale pink Venetian plaster.

Marie Antoinette illustration: Chesley McLaren


Garage: "In Search of the Sublime"
Design team: Inson Dubois Wood (this photo and next)

The team at Inson Dubois Wood took on the task of designing an unfinished garage to be an elegant sanctuary, pairing a grand piano with a Maserati. An antique high-pile shag rug warms up the concrete floor, while a trio of glossy car-hood-like lacquer lounge chairs add seating.

Art: Jeff Koons and Keith Haring; piano: Faust Harrison Pianos





Living room: "Every Day Is a Holiday"
Design team: Thom Filicia (this photo and next)

Thom Filicia's formal living room showcases his newest collection of furniture and fabric with Kravet. The room is dedicated to Filicia's mother, who passed away from breast cancer. She encouraged his creativity and motivated him to celebrate each day as if it were a holiday. The painting, by Scott Redden, ties together the peaceful feeling of the room, lined with a wood veneer wall covering and dotted with nautical, seaside accents from Creel and Gow.


Mandolin electronic circuitry box: Lorin Marsh Showroom; wall covering: Wood Circle, Winfield Thybony Design; console: Winded Black Oak Strathmore, Vanguard Furniture; stool, table: John Salibello Antiques; drapes: Stinard by Thom Filicia; Kravet and Kirsch natural shades: Calico Corners; rug: Wellwood, Safavieh; sofa: Highbridge Sectional, Kravet


Great room: "Memorial Day"
Design team: Mabley Handler Interior Design (this photo and next)

In the Hamptons, anyone building, renovating or decorating a house wants to be in by Memorial Day to extend the summer season as much as possible. This space celebrates the spirit of being a hub for a summer cocktail party or simply somewhere to unwind. The room is inspired by the designer's friend and breast cancer survivor Michelle Hatch, who created the pillows accenting the upholstery by Aerin Lauder for Lee Jofa.


Carpet: Custom Cool Rugs; lights: Helen Bilt Lighting; wall covering: Phillip Jeffries; landscape paintings: Susan Vecsey


Screened porch: "Arbor Day"
Design team: Huniford Design Studio (this photo and next)

This transitional space is outfitted primarily in stone, wood and mica and gives tribute to Arbor Day. "Given its proximity to the back of the property, we set out to create the perfect indoor-outdoor retreat — a place to enjoy a cup of tea or a cocktail, a mid-afternoon nap or a late summer’s evening by the fire," says designer James Huniford. The showpiece is a custom swinging daybed inspired by a tree swing.

Console: Karl Springer from the Jean-Michel Frank series, Nicolas Kilner; daybed cushion fabric: Duralee; pillows: Lee Jofa and Rose Tarlow fabrics


The palette is inspired by the huge succulent arrangement and the custom copper sculpture over the fireplace. The space is dedicated to the designer's mother, who is a breast cancer survivor.

Plant stand: Russ Steele Antiques; rug: Sacco Carpet





Foyer: "Renewal Day"
Design team: Donna Livingston Design (this photo and previous)

Challenged by the sheer scale of a 22-foot-high foyer, designer Donna Livingston anchored the space with a 17th-century Chinese rug symbolizing a dragon and "great destiny," she says. Artwork celebrating women includes a 6-foot-tall bronze sculpture, a smaller Madonna sculpture by J.D. Hansen on the console and an abstract nude titled "Natural Beauty" by Robert Farber, used in a Newsweek issue on breast cancer.

Painting: "Yonder," by Frank Bowling





Dining room: "All About Yves"
Design team: Richard Mishaan Design (this photo and previous)

The theme of this dining room is a fantasy birthday dinner for Yves Klein, the artist behind the deep, sensual cobalt hue known as Klein blue. With a specially created paint by C2 paint to complement the Klein sculptures, "Winged Victory of Samothrace" and "Venus de Milo," this room excites all of the senses.


Sitting area/guest bedroom
Design team: Lynne Scalo Design

Taking inspiration from Leonardo Da Vinci's quote "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication," designer Lynne Scalo kept everything in her bedroom lounge an earthy, neutral tone so visitors could experience a sense of relaxation in a space layered with soft textures, including billowy white drapes.

Upholstery, end table: Donghia; rug: Merida Meridian; artwork: Jennie Motherwell; accessories: Lynne Scalo Design Showroom





Master suite: "Ella's Hollywood Starlet's 1st Hamptons Birthday Celebration"
Design team: Ally Coulter Designs (this photo and previous)

This master suite is designed for a celebrity starlet's first summer in the Hamptons. The primary inspiration comes from Marilyn Monroe, and the mostly white and reflective chrome palette is meant to exude lightness and a feminine elegance. A custom closet, bathroom and breezy balcony complete the space.

Chandelier: Baccarat





Home office: "Father's Day"
Design team: Timothy Brown Studio (this photo and previous)

Designer Timothy Brown started with the Kartell desk, and the rest of the space evolved around it. He says, "Somehow it all falls into place with a little sweat." Hunting to find pieces that would work together, Brown found the yellow upholstered chair at a friend's antiques shop, then added personal touches like the Lego phone atop the desk which, was a childhood gift from his mother. The space celebrates the need for fathers to have their own modern yet masculine retreat.

Carpet: gray sisal and mohair overlay, Sacco Carpet; light fixture: Trans.Luxe; desk lamp: Italy, '60s, Gambone, Robert Stilin Shop; sofa, upholstered chair, wooden bookcase: RE Steele Antiques; curtains: Interior Decorating by E&J





Bedroom: "Midsummer Night — The Swedish Summer Solstice"
Design team: Marshall Watson Interiors (this photo and previous)

This luxurious bedroom with fine linens, lush carpeting and rich wall finishes is inspired by the designer's own Continental furniture collection and a Scandinavian palette of summer solstice colors.

Stenciled words from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are featured on oil-glazed walls in a rich buttercup hue by Judy Mulligan. In addition, a Swedish translation fills the inner panels and confirms the lovers', Hermia and Lysander's, proclamation of romance.

Area rug: Doris Leslie Blau; bed, side table, sofa, armchair: EF and LM, Marshall Watson Continental collection; round mirror, teak and resin coffee tables: Mecox Gardens; lamps: English Country Antiques; bedding: Julia B.


Laundry room: "Beach Chic"
Design team: Tamara Magel Home

Inspired by actress Talitha Getty's bohemian-chic, 1960s luxe style, designer Tamara Magel makes laundry glamorous with her graphic printed textiles. The walls are lined with her own Burst wallpaper pattern, and colorful florals and tribal patterns on robes mix with soft, embroidered linens and bleached wool. The countertop is bleached oak.

Accessories: English Country; rug: sisal, Stark Carpet


Bedroom: "Summer of 40 Something"
Design team: James Michael Howard

With a passion for living well and casual elegance, the designer celebrates the freedom of show house design in a bedroom full of objects that mix new and old. Scale was key in this space, and the bed is meant to draw the viewer's eye away from the ceiling toward more interesting pieces in the room.

All fabrics: Hodsoll McKenzie; steel canopy bed, bedding, bed accessories: Mrs. Howard; brown fur throw: Romo Fabrics; upholstered chairs: Mr. & Mrs. Howard for Sherrill, English Country Antiques; area rug: Antique Rug Galleria





Wine bar and hall: "Landscape Majestic"
Design team: Fawn Galli Interior Design (this photo and previous)

Inspired by a colorful, dreamy summer landscape full of gold deer, hot-pink bunnies and buzzing bees, the design team used colorful restrained geometrics to bring the outside in, since this space doesn't receive any outside light. A dynamic sense of mystery, wonder and the unknown is evoked in this underground space through oversize winged creatures and graphic art by Polly Apfelbaum and Hurvin Anderson.

Wallpaper: Eskayel; ottoman: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams; rug: The Rug Company; throw: Silver Peacock


Dutch clipped gables and massive Marvin windows are seen on the exterior of the gambrel-style new build, designed by McDonough & Conroy Architects and built by Villadom Custom Homes.


Patio: "May Day"
Design team: The Design Studio (this photo and previous)

Drawing upon the French Fête du Muguet, or May Day, holiday, the exterior living spaces are meant to capture a serene and elegant atmosphere. As a symbol of this holiday and the idea of renewal, the colors of dogwood blossoms — pink and white — are carried throughout the design. A simplistic color palette, varying opacities of decorative elements and the layering of materials and textures combine in each of the three outdoor lounge areas.

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