The Baker Home 1650
Any construction that’s been standing for greater than two centuries has to evolve fairly a bit, and the Baker Home 1650 in East Hampton is hardly an exception. As its identify implies, the Baker Home was constructed in the course of the Seventeenth century. It was shortly offered, in 1650, to its namesake, Thomas Baker, one in every of East Hampton’s founders. When James Harper Poor bought the home, in 1899, he modified nearly every part, together with the identify. That stated, his circa-1911 renovations reworked the Baker Home (which he renamed As You Like It as an homage to his favourite playwright, William Shakespeare) into the grand but gracious home taking on residence on Predominant Road as we speak.
In actual fact, he was so happy with the renovation that he insisted his daughter, Mildred, get married in the home’s gardens. Her authentic 1915 marriage ceremony invitation and the next newspaper announcement boast pleasure of place on the foyer’s partitions.
As we speak, the distinctive mattress and breakfast makes a case for informal luxurious in an completely intimate setting. Paying homage to manors within the English countryside, the lodge boasts two principal buildings: the Baker Home, the property’s authentic Cotswold-inspired Seventeenth-century construction, and the Carriage Home, a two-suite outpost that sits on an acre of lush gardens behind the principle home. The property additionally incorporates a famend hand-dug spa full with a counter-current pool, sauna, steam bathe, and a soaking tub. And don’t miss a dip within the extremely Instagrammed infinity pool.
Marram
Comprising 96 minimalist visitor rooms and suites embellished in an array of heat neutrals, an open communal lounge, and a counter-service café providing decadent South American fare, Marram is shaking up Montauk’s boutique lodge scene in a giant approach. There’s even an on-property surf shack housing a surf college helmed by the famed Engstrom siblings.
Although the lodge options loads of coveted facilities, maybe its greatest draw is the elegant design that subtly references the quiet metropolis’s grey morning mist, expansive sand dunes, and, after all, the wild grass after which the lodge is called. With white oak lumber beams alongside the size of the visitor rooms’ ceilings, hand-textured plaster partitions, polished concrete flooring, handwoven and naturally dyed In Residence rugs, and reclaimed Suar wooden decor, Marram’s fastidiously outfitted interiors emphasize the concept of “barefoot luxurious.” What’s extra: The rooms’ partitions function the work of surf photographer Brian Bielmann and Rhode Island musician and artist Sean Spellman, enigmatic and attention-grabbing reminders that Montauk is a stylishly laid-back East Coast surf city.