Before & After: A Mixed-Up Montauk Beach House Gets a Sleek New Look

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Brooklyn-based Descience Lab converts a “shabby-chic” beach house in the Hamptons into a timeless retreat.

The team relocated the staircase so it doesn’t break up the facade.

In many remodel projects, constraints provide fertile ground for creative solutions. Such was the case with this top-to-bottom makeover of a Montauk beach house. The original plan was a mishmash of ideas and tight spaces, so in 2018 the homeowners reached out to Descience Lab to transform it into a more cohesive, open retreat. The design/build workshop specializes in architectural millwork, and they stepped in to remodel the 2,600-square-foot home while preserving the sensitive wetland that surrounds it.

Before: Front Facade

Before: The exterior suffered from a lack of visual consistency.

Before: The exterior suffered from a lack of visual consistency.

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Courtesy of Descience Lab

After: Front Facade

The bay window was squared off, and the cupola was rebuilt so that the scale works better with the massing of the building.

The bay window was squared off, and the cupola was rebuilt so that the scale works better with the massing of the building.

Danny Bright

Clapboard siding was swapped out for narrow horizontal strips of Meranti wood, and the garage now has barn-style swing doors that fit into the facade.
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Clapboard siding was swapped out for narrow horizontal strips of Meranti wood, and the garage now has barn-style swing doors that fit into the facade.

Danny Bright

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