Port-of-Call

Couldn't resist posting some pictures of the airy, light-filled Sagaponack home of antique dealers Chris Mead and Zoe Hoare. The most appealing part: not one inch is conventional... as the house was built in 1748 from a ship's bowed hull. Hoare happily states:

I like to imagine that if the original owners came back, they'd feel right at home here, where we honor the past and would rather fix what we have than buy something new...

Photographed by Tim Street Porter (read more here)