Incollect Magazine Issue 7

Incollect Magazine 45 UPSIDE DOWN BEACH HOUSE, AMAGANSETT, LONG ISLAND For the upstairs sitting room in this “upside-down” beach house (living room and bedroom upstairs to appreciate the view) David Netto designed a furniture plan with seating islands to break up the space, forming rooms within a room. The “library,” partially shown at left, is actually just seating and a bookcase, but the owners reported that it truly is enjoyed for the intended purpose. Three banks of seating face a choice of the ocean, the dunes, or the fireplace, with a band of clerestory windows bringing in more of the incomparable light found only at the beach. A strong horizontal theme in patterns, finishes and furnishings speaks to the omnipresent beauty of the horizon where sea and sky meet. The “Moon” handwoven jute tapestry is by Alexander Calder, dated 1974, and above the fireplace, a plaster wall sculpture by Jennifer Nocon was a custom commission for the house. The library area has an “LC2” sofa designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand for Cassina, Italy, and a zebrawood-topped “Sizzle” side table by Wendell Castle. A pair of bentwood “Paimo” chairs is a 1929 design by architect Alvar Aalto, created for a tuberculosis sanitorium he was building in Paimo, Finland. Photo by Gieves Anderson