Several years later, the answer to that rhetorical question is this: Behun has created one of the East End's most admired dwellings, a graceful, low-slung, nearly endless expanse of limestone and glass that elegantly mirrors the ocean it faces. "People tell me it's surprisingly warm and peaceful," she says, standing in one of the huge, sun-soaked living areas. The floor-to-ceiling glass walls open, turning the space into a loggia with the Atlantic spread beyond the dunes. "You think it will be overwhelming, but it's really calming instead."
Entry
The challenge was molding the luxurious minimalism that she and her financier husband love into a family home. The couple, who have known each other since high school and have two sons and a dog, relish having guests and multigenerational gatherings. When they bought the property, there was another modern house on the site, but it just didn't work for them. They decided to build from scratch and went all in. With a project of such scope, it made sense to create a significant addition to Southampton's architectural landscape, not just another big edifice on the beach. So they turned to architects Brian Sawyer and John Berson, of the firm Sawyer / Berson.
In the entry, the plaster staircase and the sculpture are custom designs, and the floors are walnut.
Kitchen
Rope-wrapped stools and an Oggetti chair surround a Behun-designed walnut table in the kitchen, the walnut-slab bar is custom made, the 1930s stools are French, and the "hand" barstools came from West Palm Beach; the French metal-and-wicker light fixture is vintage, and the rugs are Moroccan.
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