![SOUND SOLUTIONS](https://cdn.magzter.com/1396457894/1684867115/articles/Qj4_SvTQM1684877746461/SOUND-SOLUTIONS.jpg)
In 1916, yachting enthusiast Henry Steers purchased the land for his second home, on the banks of Long Island Sound. A U-shaped affair, it was sited on six-acres in the Byram Shore section of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Steers passed away at the home in 1928, but it stayed in the family until the mid1950s. More recently though, the once-grand home was listing toward dereliction. Its pink stuccoed exterior and worn-out interiors could only be called down at the heels. It was bland, dated—and untouched for years.
Enter Charles Hilton, of the Greenwich architecture firm that bears his name. A Classicist of the first order, he was hired to rethink the home’s look, inside and out. “The new exterior style initially was envisioned in a Mediterranean aesthetic with a barrel-tile roof,” he says. “But it was ultimately executed to resemble an English or Irish country house with a new, flat, terracotta tile roof.”
Then Hilton’s work ground to a halt; eventually the house would change hands. When a Filipino couple with four children from Westchester County became its new residents in 2018, they began to articulate a new vision for the home, inside and out.
Their first call was to a contractor who suggested they contact Hilton. “We met with him and he made recommendations,” says the client, a stay-at-home mom whose husband works in finance in New York. “We said: ‘Wow—you really know the house and the area’—and that’s how we ended up with him.”
Esta historia es de la edición Ocean Home June/July 2023 de Ocean Home.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor ? Conectar
Esta historia es de la edición Ocean Home June/July 2023 de Ocean Home.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor? Conectar
![SET IN STONE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/iSkje2HCm1691739421072/SET-IN-STONE.jpg)
SET IN STONE
LUXURY ALUMINUM TABLES FROM MCKINNON AND HARRIS ARE NOW TOPPED WITH NEW RAVENNA MOSAICS.
![LIVING SMALL](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/rCaPVTiBT1691739116872/LIVING-SMALL.jpg)
LIVING SMALL
FOR THEIR OWN WEEKEND RETREAT, TWO ARCHITECTS CHOOSE A PARED-DOWN DESIGN THAT RESPONDS TO THE GLORY OF ITS NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.
![BRIGHT AND BEACHY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/jKRYfseSk1691738860815/BRIGHT-AND-BEACHY.jpg)
BRIGHT AND BEACHY
A DREAM DESIGN TEAM RE-IMAGINES A RHODE ISLAND ESCAPE.
![FRESH START](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/1qrJnTYLE1691738559287/FRESH-START.jpg)
FRESH START
HARRISON DESIGN CREATES THE PERFECT GETAWAY HOME ON GEORGIA'S SEA ISLAND.
![MAKING CONNECTIONS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/xH_nU0vf_1691738252087/MAKING-CONNECTIONS.jpg)
MAKING CONNECTIONS
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARCHITECT TAKES DIRECTION FROM THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS TO CREATE A MODERN, PRIVATE REFUGE IN BEL AIR.
![Pure Genius](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/EVXDHrnRw1691737731292/PURE-GENIUS.jpg)
Pure Genius
Artist and designer Oren Sherman applies his talents and a very personal touch to the modernist home he shares with his husband on Cape Cod.
![ALL IN A LINE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1404170/syy8tmLHs1691736811778/ALL-IN-A-LINE.jpg)
ALL IN A LINE
A CONTEMPORARY HAVEN IN ANNAPOLIS HIGHLIGHTS A LIFETIME OF TREASURES WITH RESTRAINT.
![PRETTY IN PINK](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1321274/M2CARIMxb1684878956661/PRETTY-IN-PINK.jpg)
PRETTY IN PINK
HAMILTON PRINCESS BERMUDA OFFERS THE ART LOVER THE PERFECT GETAWAY.
![ISLAND TIME](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1321274/9NbNznJkC1684878783804/ISLAND-TIME.jpg)
ISLAND TIME
A QUIET, LUXURIOUS GETAWAY ON ST. KITTS IS A HIDDEN GEM OF THE CARIBBEAN.
![Nesting Place](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5989/1321274/p-9ZDtJom1684878623661/NESTING-PLACE.jpg)
Nesting Place
Hutker Architects creates the perfect summer getaway on Martha's Vineyard.