Welcoming Northwest Peach Farm for Family Get-Togethers

Do you remember Sam’s Creek with its amazing Mahogany, glass and Travertine silhouette? Part of the same architects’ portfolio - Sag Harbor-based studio Bates Masi Architects – today we take a virtual tour through a residence built for family get-togethers. Located on a 10 acre lot in East Hampton, New York, USA, the 7,000 square foot Northwest Peach Farm is home to the client’s extended family when they visit from England.

Reconnecting with family and nature during these short, usually month-long periods implies the existence of a functional collection of spaces that can be enjoyed by each family member. Overlooking the fields of a former peach orchard, interiors were designed to be social spaces that are in constant connection to the surroundings.

“For example, in the kitchen, rolling cutting boards ride in tracks down the long island, turning meal preparation into an assembly line for everyone’s participation. Those not cooking can make a selection from the wine room where the bottles cast a pattern of shadows through a glazed wall into the main entrance. The dining table can be configured for the evening: stainless steel tubes running the length of the table can be rotated to reveal candleholders, flower vase holders, or flat surfaces for hot dishes. At other times, the tubes can be removed and the trough filled with ice for chilling drinks.

For a change of pace, there is dining on the roof deck at sunset, barbequing on the terrace, lunch in the shade of the pool house canopy, or breakfast in the screened porch. Each space is unique, making each meal special. Even the morning routine becomes an event. In the kids’ rooms, a ribbon of stone traces their morning ritual. Starting as a nightstand by the bed, it becomes a bench for their pile of clothes, a desk for checking their email, a sink in the bathroom, and, finally, the shower floor. In the parents’ master closet, hidden steel hooks pivot up from the mahogany bench to hang the day’s outfit choices.”