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Recreate the Hamptons at home with these simple design ideas
Get the contemporary casual look of Hamptons style décor with these five key elements.
20 June 2024
20 June 2024
Detailing on walls and ceilings
Integrate stripes
Shaker-style cabinetry
Use a coastal palette
Hamptons style furniture
This white-on-white interior provided a blank canvas for Lynette Lochhead of Design on James to create the texture, colour and sense of luxury for a Hamptons-style home on Takapuna Beach. Image: Samuel Hartnett
A restrained palette and timber wall panelling provides the perfect elements to create an elegant Hamptons style. Pictured here is the 2021 City Home of the Year by CAAHT Studio and Design on James.
Carefully chosen materials in this dining area in a Takapuna home by CAAHT Studio lend themselves to an elegant Hamptons style. Here, the home opens onto the beachfront, allowing the coastal environs to be drawn into the interiors. Image: Samuel Hartnett
This master bedroom took inspiration from Hamptons-style, embracing its breezy beachfront location. Image: Samuel Hartnett
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