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Elle Decor, July 2008

“Frédéric Fekkai and Shirin von Wulffen relish their downtime at a country house where big city chic embraces rural comforts.” “Once Frédéric Fekkai discovered the tiny New York Village of Millbrook 12 years ago, there was no way the celebrity hairstylist and creator of a line of eponymous hair products would establish his home anywhere […]

Natural Order

Designer Edwina Hunt’s earthy hideaway brings argentine attitude to the Hudson Valley Text by Ingrid Abramovitch, photography by Simon Upton, produced by Anita Sarsidi A house and its owner are sometimes destined for each other. That was certainly the case for Edwina Hunt, who swore she never wanted a country home. “I’m a nomad,” the […]

Sometimes the first idea is the best idea.

Eduard and Selina van der Geest knew from the beginning that they wanted to build a barn-style home, and there was no place more perfect for them than the Hudson Valley’s Dutchess County. Eduard had lived in the area for 20 years, and Selina was instantly charmed by the rolling hills and countryside so reminiscent […]

Contemporary Barn

It is not often that weekend retreats are born from drawings on café napkins in Paris, but in the case of the van der Geests’, necessity was the mother of invention. “We always had a dream to have a country place where we could entertain, live and play with all the ease we could think […]

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