Sunday, July 1, 2012

Sunday By The Sea - Yurt Therapy At The Beach

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan. I love that name. To you and me he is the founder of the blog-website Apartment Therapy. Once a school teacher, now a lifestyle expert of renown, with three books under his belt, it would stand to reason that his beach house wound be adorable. And it is.

Max Gillingham-Ryan out of the city apartment and at the beach in East Hampton
Max's house is in the part of East Hampton not known for huge estates and uber glam. It's in a section called The Springs (where I once had the cutest cottage). It's an area where the dwindling population of locals live, the carpenters, fishermen, and artists.

One of the many barns on the property
Max's mom owns a house and 18 acres on what was once Fireplace Lodge, a summer camp with rolling meadows. It has been in the family since the 1970's, and Max bought a modest house on a adjacent lot to the family compound. I say compound because several barns and yurts have been erected over the years, and Max loves to decorate them all.

The dining room inside the barn
As reported in The NY Times, Max "believes in self-reliance and patience, qualities that must come in handy as a designer and as a parent. (He is separated from his wife, Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan, a food writer and founding editor of The Kitchn, Apartment Therapy’s food site; they share custody of their daughter, Ursula, 5.)"

Like many bloggers and decorators Max did the DIY art work in his living room

Cute side table vignette in Max's living room

A bedroom in one of the yurts

The master bedroom in Max's house

The modest East Hampton house in The Springs of Max Gillingham-Ryan

Read the entire article by Elaine Louie, photos by Eric Striffler in The NY Times
 
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3 comments:

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  3. Hello Valorie, I am coming out of my shell and getting back into the land of blogs. I just corrected my blog roll and put in your new blog address (which isn't so new anymore!).

    Love the DIY art - although it is DIY, it still takes an expert eye and hand to be able to create something that works. Plus, the arrangement is unexpected, and that is part of the beauty!

    Have a wonderful week, and a happy 4th!
    Holly

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