Homes - Interiors

Interior: Home in the Hamptons

By: Bethany Lyttle

Photography: Stacey Van Berkel-Haines

Canadian-born designer Amanda Nisbet relied on bold colours when designing this beach house in the Hamptons.

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Which is why, when asked to design the interior of a six-bedroom house in Quioque, N.Y., just a few hundred feet from the Atlantic Ocean, Amanda cautioned her clients about relying too heavily on a nautical palette. "I wanted them to have a look that was cosy in January yet classic in July," she says. "The challenge was the size of the house," says Amanda, referring to the 6,000-square foot Hamptons home. "It's very long, with an entry hall that's two stories high. How do you get a space that big to give a first impression that’s warm and soothing in bad weather but airy and fresh in good weather?" She began by asking herself what rooms her clients and their guests would see when they first walked in.