A crisp white color scheme in a beach getaway is one thing, but when designer Celerie Kemble’s clients told her they wanted to live in their Hamptons house year-round, she knew it needed to shift in a seasonless direction. “The goal was to make things bright, textural, and warm but still hold up to beach house life with children and dogs,” Kemble says.
To give the minimalist interiors an eclectic spin, she and designer Kristen Blood put texture and color at the forefront. Woven and patterned wallpaper now cover the walls in nearly every room, and flatweave wall-to-wall carpeting and custom rugs, suitable for any weather, pad the floors. The inspiration for the rich color palette came from the family’s art, with its “cobalt, beet, olive, turmeric, and coffee,” Blood says.
PRIMARY SUITE
It needed to feel cocooning.
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The parents asked for their room to feel like a refuge. “The gentle undulation of the catchweed wallpaper and soft colors create a breezy and calm atmosphere,” Blood says. The tailored pleat curtains are an element the firm loves to use in every project. Here, they’re rendered in a gauzy sheer fabric that accentuates the bay window.
GUEST ROOM
The wallpaper makes it feel much bigger.
Lots of consideration went into making this room comfortable. Kemble and Blood chose intricate paneling and chinoiserie wallpaper to highlight the angles of the walls and ceiling, which helps it feel cozy, not cramped. “Painting the trim and ceiling panels red and sticking to a very simple color palette made one of the smallest guest bedrooms in the house feel like a special, jewel box space in a well-appointed hotel,” Blood says. The homeowners added the finishes touches: carafes and bedside table books.
