To provide a vista of the garden from the inside of the house, Cornetta cut a half moon in the ilex hedge.
The living room was designed around the art above the sofa, a two-part relief print by Ed Ruscha titled Old Wood, New Wood.
A two-paneled Japanese screen in the stairwell acts as a backdrop to a pair of leather and chrome Mies van der Rohe chairs, previously owned by producer David Geffen.
Beneath a Murano glass chandelier in the dining room, four more Mies van der Rohe chairs sit around a 1960s Warren Platner table from Knoll.
Tucked behind an inviting plunge pool and fountain, the garden’s patio features furniture from Design Within Reach.
A lava stone Buddha head from Bali is surrounded by topiaried boxwood.
A French fountain greets visitors in the courtyard, formerly the driveway, while dark red beech trees stand sentry behind a gate.
Homeowner and landscape designer Joseph Cornetta.
Like the rest of the house, this guest bedroom is painted in Benjamin Moore’s China White. The vintage campaign chest was once owned by Gloria Swanson; the round mirror is a 1960s Porthole design by Curtis Jere.
After gutting the original kitchen, Cornetta installed cabinetry he designed, a stove and hood by Viking and a Jenn-Air refrigerator. The pantry door is from a hotel in London.
Painted vintage chests with new brass pulls serve as nightstands in the master bedroom; the artwork is by Sergei Belik.