The living room of the home that actress Ellen Pompeo shares with her husband, Chris Ivery, and their daughter, Stella Luna, includes furnishings both old and new—a vintage dhurrie underfoot and a custom-made sofa by designer Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, who decorated the house.
Bunk Room
Concerned that the flip side of having a lot of big windows to grab the views would mean a hot, glary interior, White designed two shady spots. Outside the master bedroom, a trellis of woven willow branches filters the light into graceful shadows. A pergola with retractable canvas panels softens the sun pouring into the living room. "When the wind is moving, you get a slight clattering of canvas and all the fittings," White says. "It sounds like you're on a sailboat."
The bunk room's beds and cabinetry are custom made, and the oak floors are by Exquisite Surfaces.
A Mirrored Desk
In the master bedroom of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s weekend house in the Hamptons, a 1940s mirrored desk from Laurin Copen Antiques and a portrait of Parker and Broderick by Pamela Hanson; the vintage armchair upholstered in apple-green Chinese silk is a flea-market find.
Living Room
Of course, light is not just a measurement of lumens but a mood as well, and Bridges delivers it with graceful pieces, such as the bull's-eye mirror over the living room mantel, framed in a wreath of bronze tendrils. The furniture has light-on-its-feet tapered legs, the upholstery is trim and tight-backed, the window treatments clean and columnar. Pairs of exuberant sconces dance above each mantel.
Bridges is equally adept at handling another challenge posed by many historic brownstones: the heavy-handed beauty of the original architectural details. Infused with character, these irreplaceable moldings and doors can overwhelm contemporary designs and crowd airy spaces. But here, crisp edges and a judicious use of sugary-white paint allow Bridges to celebrate the original craftsmanship while keeping its temperament gently in check, and to create a compelling interplay between the light trim and the dark mahogany doors and wood floors.
An Hervé Van der Straeten mirror hangs above the living room's original mahogany fireplace; an ottoman by George Smith is covered in a Lee Jofa fabric.
A Hamptons Home With a French Accent
Amy and Todd Hase with their daughters and miniature donkeys Simon (left) and Cowboy.
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