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"&amp;quot;We would love to be able to pack up this house and ship it to Florida every winter,&amp;quot; says Veronica Swanson Beard of the bayfront home in Southampton, New York, where she spends weekends with her husband, Jamie, a real-estate developer, and their sons, two-year-old Clarke and newborn Halsey. With interiors inspired by Palm Beach\u2014coral-pink walls, crocodile textures, tropical prints, acres of sisal\u2014the property would certainly be a perfect fit amid white sand and palm trees. The casualness of the place is key. &amp;quot;I spent my childhood in formal houses where we couldn&amp;#039;t sit in the living room,&amp;quot; says Beard, who was shuttled between Florida and Northern California in her youth. &amp;quot;With this house, I wanted everybody to feel they could plop down anywhere in a wet bathing suit and just relax.&amp;quot;  Her decorators, Chiqui and Nena Woolworth, share that sensibility\u2014which should come as no surprise, since they are Beard&amp;#039;s aunt and cousin, respectively. All three women have a particular affection for Palm Beach in the late 1960s, a time and place that proved seminal in the family history, since it was where fashion designer and society renegade Lilly Pulitzer introduced Beard&amp;#039;s parents to each other. (Her father, frozen-food scion W. Clarke Swanson Jr., owns the award-winning Napa Valley winery Swanson Vineyards; her half-Cuban mother, Elizabeth, is &amp;quot;the CEO of my father,&amp;quot; Beard says with a laugh.) That the septuagenarian, nearly-always-barefoot Pulitzer is one of Beard&amp;#039;s idols is clearly reflected in the free-spirited verve of her Southampton home, where flora- and fauna-motif fabrics and snappy colors join forces with groovy vintage furnishings (&amp;#039;70s cocktail tables) and earthily evocative pieces (a twig chandelier, woven-rope planters). &amp;quot;I love everything about Lilly&amp;#039;s early days,&amp;quot; Beard says. &amp;quot;She created the first resort uniform with those little shift dresses. Bright colors; long, tan legs\u2014it&amp;#039;s so iconic.&amp;quot;  Jamie Beard&amp;#039;s side of the family has had a major influence on the house as well. Artist Peter Beard is his uncle, and several of his hand-illustrated photographs of African wildlife adorn the walls of the residence, their subjects echoed in the decor. An elephant-gray stri\u00E9 finish is painted on the walls of the entrance hall, antelope-spot carpeting bounds up the staircase to the bedrooms, and the red walls of the study are embossed with a crocodile-hide pattern. &amp;quot;We wanted to be playful with the animal theme,&amp;quot; Veronica Beard explains, adding slyly, &amp;quot;After all, this place has a history of wildlife.&amp;quot; Long before she and her husband built this home with Connecticut-based architect Kelly F. Faloon, the site was occupied by a well-worn cottage shared by 15 rakish bachelors known far and wide for hosting summer-weekend bacchanals. &amp;quot;It had been something of a party shack,&amp;quot; Beard notes, describing a raucous atmosphere straight out of Animal House. Harking back to that era is a sassy caveat painted on a large piece of driftwood and proudly displayed in the entrance hall: IF WE GET DRUNK ON FRIDAY AND ASK YOU TO SPEND THE WEEKEND, WE DIDN&amp;#039;T MEAN IT.  These days, the property, located on a long, thin strip of land flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and Shinnecock Bay, is infinitely more peaceful. &amp;quot;I grew up watching the most magnificent sunsets over the water,&amp;quot; Beard says. &amp;quot;In this house\u2014because it has east and west exposures and massive windows\u2014I&amp;#039;ve been able to reclaim that tradition.&amp;quot; The setting sun drenches the living room in a pink-orange glow, an effect the Woolworths reproduced by painting the walls with a nuanced coral stri\u00E9 finish. Against this warm background are sofas clad in a crisp green-and-white zebra-stripe fabric and white rattan chairs with ebullient floral cushions. Potted ficus trees and white hydrangeas add to the civilized-jungle feel. The dining room shares the same views and color scheme, and has emblems of their families on full display: a Peter Beard photograph and a table built around a 400-pound grapevine. Upstairs in the bedrooms, it&amp;#039;s flower power all the way, with complementary blooms splashed across walls, headboards, and beds dressed in D. Porthault sheets. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t get enough of those,&amp;quot; the vivacious Beard says. &amp;quot;My mother has the most amazing collection of Porthault, and my sisters and I are always trying to steal shams whenever we visit.&amp;quot;  As charming as the interiors are, the family tends to congregate on the porch, which overlooks a majestic swath of marshland. &amp;quot;For a good portion of the day, you&amp;#039;ll find much of our property underwater,&amp;quot; Beard says, pointing to a greenbelt that disappears with the tides. &amp;quot;Our Labrador retriever, Jake, spends most of his time out there.&amp;quot; And while the dog is exploring the undergrowth, Beard, her husband, and their children spend their downtime barbecuing, walking to the beach, and zipping around town in a vehicle that would surely bring a sympathetic grin to the idiosyncratic Pulitzer: a battered old Jeep CJ-7 from the &amp;#039;70s that, Beard says, &amp;quot;looks like it belongs to a drug runner.&amp;quot; When asked what others must think of the car\u2014after all, this is the Hamptons, where Hummers and sports cars abound\u2014Beard just tosses back her blond hair and laughs. It&amp;#039;s a reaction that perfectly encapsulates her engaging style: sunny, knowing, and devil-may-care.  Click here to see the resources. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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