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William Abranowicz
Creating a home on Shelter Island, New York for his family, architect Cary Tamarkin paired back design ideas to the essentials. He simplified the house by using concrete floors, built-in furniture, and lots of wood. The interior decorating is by their neighbor, designer Suzanne Shaker.
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Ocean-Front Living
A covered breezeway divides the upper level into two distinct zones: the living and bedroom sides.
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Coming in from the Beach
A ground-level entryway "is also a place to leave your shoes and hang your hat and towels."
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Sitting Room
The horizontal line and blue cushions of the built-in sofa connect to the water view. Interior designer Suzanne Shaker added Hans Wegner's Cp5 lounge chairs from Suite NY and Carlos Motta's Asturias armchair from Espasso to echo the house's modern mood. The paper-and-bamboo Akari lanterns from the Noguchi Museum are in harmony with the Japanese-inspired handmade aesthetic. A shaggy Bravoure carpet by Danskina is the same soft gray as the concrete floors.
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Wood and Concrete
In the dining area, a Saarinen tulip table is surrounded by Hans Wegner chairs.
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Light-filled Kitchen
The kitchen is dominated by a luminous glass-and-steel window. "It's a great connection to the street," Tamarkin says. "I like to wave to people passing." Plywood cabinet doors have routed-out circles instead of knobs, a gesture inspired by "some Marcel Breuer dorm furniture." Countertops are pre-cast polished concrete, unstained—like the cypress walls—so they'll gain patina over time. The integral wall clock is a Tamarkin signature.
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Living Room
Tamarkin calls the built-ins he designed "elegant camp furniture." They're all made of inch-thick fir plywood, including the living room's platform sofa.
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Outdoor Space
On the covered porch outside the living area, Tamarkin can tell time from shadows cast by the slatted cypress sunscreen overhead.
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Modern Vintage
Sliding slatted doors on the master bedroom's closet keep clothing from getting mildewed. Tamarkin copied them from a photo of a 1930s house in a vintage book.
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Bedroom
The guest room's simple bed frame was made with painter's linen stretched over a wooden platform and the ends of leftover cypress beams.
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Cheery Stripes
To create privacy between the bedrooms and family room, Shaker installed a striped curtain wall based on one in a 1950s Marcel Breuer house. She used a vibrant Malabar stripe because Tamarkin and his wife, Mindy Goldberg, a film producer, also wanted to add "a burst of color."
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Bright Black Bath
In the master-bath shower, the walls are clad in black porcelain tiles that soar up to a wall-to-wall skylight.
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Serene Sleeping Space
Relaxed and uncontrived, the master bedroom has old-growth cypress paneling glowing on its ceiling and walls. The linen fringe bedcover by G.T. Design is from Ruby Beets Old & New; the bamboo chair is a vintage find from Home. The painting is by a neighbor, Margaret Garrett.
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Kid's Room in Wood
Like her 14-year-old brother, Eli, 11-year-old Lucy Tamarkin has a built-in plywood daybed that runs the length of her bedroom. Inspired by a ship's bunk, it sleeps two children longways. Linens are stored in the drawers below.
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Making Use of Outdoor Space
The outdoor shower off the master bedroom is Tamarkin's favorite spot in the house.
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Indoor/Outdoor
Painted cement board panels were inspired by Charles and Ray Eames's midcentury house in Pacific Palisades, California. The color was chosen by architectural color consultant Eve Ashcraft, who used #7495 by Fine Paints of Europe.
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Source: https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/house-tours/g1051/modern-beach-house-decorating-ideas-0411/