The living room’s custom-made sofas and a René Prou table are flanked by 1950s lounge chairs from and ’60s floor lamps; the suzani pillow is by , and the antique French rag rug is from .
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Pieter Estersohn
The dining room wallpaper is by , and the curtains are of a silk; 1940s dining chairs and a vintage Italian table are grouped under a brass-and-glass chandelier from , and the fireplace is inset with 19th-century Portuguese tiles from .
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In the kitchen, a Viking range, hood, and backsplash of 19th-century Portuguese tiles; vintage lanterns hang from a ceiling crafted of antique wood.
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Limed-cypress walls and a Louis XVI mantel in the den; the Finn Juhl chair and Harvey Probber table are from R.E. Steele Antiques, and the vintage Turkish rug is from .
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In the breakfast room, rosewood chairs by Niels O. Moller and a zinc-top table by David Teague.
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The wallpaper in Maria’s bedroom is vintage, the stool is from , and the circa-1952 Paul Laszlo rocker is from .
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A 19th-century chandelier in the mezzanine.
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In the master bath, a tub, sinks, and sink fittings; the vanity and wall tiles are by , and the floor tiles are 19th-century Italian from .
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A bed by and limed-oak wing chairs in the master bedroom.
Luigi Caiola and Sean McGill with daughter Maria and twin sons William and Adam at their Amagansett, New York, home, which was designed by Fox-Nahem Design and Alveary Architecture.
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This article was featured in the November 2008 issue.
Ingrid AbramovitchExecutive Editor, ELLE DecorIngrid Abramovitch, the Executive Editor at ELLE Decor, writes about design, architecture, renovation, and lifestyle, and is the author of several books on design including Restoring a House in the City.
