ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN: This Plush Amagansett Family Home Defies Stylistic Boundaries

“In the living areas, leathers, wool bouclés and kilims soften clean-lined furnishings that occasionally lean modern. “Amagansett has this fresh, modern vibe about it—more so than the other hamlets in the Hamptons—which we tried to honor,” McNellis says. “Take that vintage travertine coffee table in the living room: It lends a bit more of a cool factor to the space.” As do architectural lighting fixtures—which “break up the white oak ceiling planes,” Litman says—and colorful modern art, including the living room’s groovy collage by Texas artist Kelly O’Connor. “We wanted something more fun and less suggestive that this is a serious room,” the husband says. “It’s a piece that lets people know this is a home where they can let their guard down.”