Decorator Wendy Seewagen’s white stucco home sits at the top of a knoll in Water Mill.
The den is furnished with an Arper Loop sofa and a copper and lead on wood work by Seewagen’s son Eric Slayton.
A single Marc Newson Orgone chaise longue from Cappellini and a bronze and travertine sculpture frame a sweeping view of the public spaces.
In the kitchen, a stainless-steel and leather bench sits at a concrete and granite island; the geometric oil on wood is by Seewagen.
A circa-1960 rosewood credenza in the den is accented with a Seewagen-designed bronze-and-limestone sculpture and a three-dimensional canvas.
Barcelona couches flank a John Dickinson African table in the guest room; the photographs are by Elena Lyakir and the wooden sculpture is by Henry Moretti.
A concrete and bronze sculpture by Eric Slayton. looms large in a corner of the master suite.
A Herman Miller rosewood desk with chrome legs and a nickel chair by Philippe Starck sit beyond a composite screen. The macassar ebony–and-nickel Dominique torchère dates from the 1930s.
The master bedroom includes a Karl Springer end table, a Mark Kostabi sculpture, and a circular bookcase from R. E. Steele Antiques.
An Eames-designed plywood folding screen and a console topped in black concrete line the wall of a bathroom. The African shield is from New Guinea.
An Ultrasuede ottoman, a 1940s aluminum sphere, a pair of sconces by Raymond Loewy, and a 500-year-old totemic figure from New Guinea inhabit the entry. All interior walls in the home are painted Benjamin Moore’s Distant Gray.
A Seewagen-designed metal sculpture sits at the far end of the pool.
The downstairs living room is furnished with a chrome and cotton-upholstered sectional and two hulking Chinese cabinets.
Saarinen-style chairs surround two bronze and macassar ebony tables in the dining area.
In a nook facing the kitchen, an abstract bronze and marble nude sits on a Karl Springer table, flanked by a pair of 1960s Italian fiberglass and white leather chairs.
This article appears in the September 2015 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).