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"Quick-Change Artist"
by Jorge S. Arango
Hamptons Cottages and
Gardens,
May 2007
Kerry Delrose Outfits a Sag Harbor
Landmark in Less Than 30 Days
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Good Neighbors:
The 1927 house is
only one of three in
town with a
candlestick fence.
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In fact, for years
Bob Tortora-the
local builder and realtor who
bought and renovated the
property in 2004-referred to it
as "the Mommie Dearest house"
because of it's curious West
Coast personality. However, as
everyone knows, appearances can
be deceiving. Under the red
asphalt
Tortora discovered an
original wood-shingle roof,
which he re-shingled. He also
spruced up the exterior with new
stucco, rewired, overhauled
plumbing and refurbished the
original weighted windows.
("Every pane of glass was taken
out, the wood cleaned up, then
the panes replaced,"
Tortora
says.) Save for the original
plaster walls and whatever
moldings and floors were
salvageable, the interior had
been gutted and renovated,
complete with a new kitchen so
well done, says Delrose, "It was
like a gift with purchase."
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Field of
Dreams:
Sunflower-filled
wood pots from Mrs.
MacDougall brighten
the kitchen table.
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Delrose knew the impossibly
abbreviated schedule called for
one- or two-stop shopping. For
most of the furnishings he
tapped Hinson & Company (where
he'd been design director for
years) and Ralph Lauren Home,
which offered enough styles that
he wouldn't run the risk of the
décor looking like it all came
out of the same box. In this
sort of situation, explains
Delrose, "You go to the places
you know will have stock. I
walked through [the showrooms]
like Sherman through Atlanta."
He filled things out with items
from Crate & Barrel and such
favorite local shops as Ruby
Beets in Sag Harbor, Mecox
Gardens in Southampton and
Rumrunner Home in East Hampton.
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