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"Reconsidering the Beach House\nA Sophisticated Renovation by S. Russell Groves\nIn East Hampton, New York, architect and designer Russell Groves gave a modern beach house \"a fresh outlook.\"\n\nipe wood defines the newly expanded front entrance.\nGroves designed the sofa, armchairs and the travertine-topped low table in the double-height living room, which he opened up with new fenestration and neutral hues. Ralph Lauren Home suede pillows on window seat. Patterson, Flynn Martin rug.\nIn the living room, as elsewhere, Groves selected raw silks, linens and heavily grained wood finishes to offset what he describes as the \"sumptuously restrained\" furnishings. The floors are bleached oak throughout. \"We used very light and warm materials that you might associate with a beach house\u2014but in a clean, modern way,\" says Groves.\nGroves, who wanted the outdoor areas to reinforce the \"relaxed, sophisticated\" mood of the interiors, extended the ipe decking used at the front of the house to the rear deck. The folding chairs are from Janus et Cie.\nThe kitchen/dining room is spare and open. \"It's a modern house in that it gets more asymmetrical, and softer, as you move away from the entrance,\" explains the architect, who designed the barstools.\nA Beatrice Valdes Paz work hangs in a corner of the master bedroom, which offers what Groves calls a \"more glamorous variation\" of the palette and textures elsewhere. He designed the oak vanity. Kravet chair and ottoman silk.\nA walnut double dresser by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings with rattan handles rests below two works by Jonathan Lewis in a guest room. The lamp dates from the 1950s.\nThe below-grade outdoor shower is surrounded by solid-ipe planking, which the architect selected not only for its appearance but for its strength and durability.\nThe fa\u00E7ade at the rear of the residence, frequently the site of weekend entertaining, is marked by varying ceiling heights and newly expanded windows and doors. \"The house was an empty shell when we found it\u2014very streamlined,\" recalls the architect. \"We respected that while putting our stamp on it. It's earthy and natural but also mature and refined.\"\nS. Russell Groves"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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