A Table Runs Through It

At his rental on the North Fork, a designer cut a window in a wall to make room for dinner.

- BY WENDY GOODMAN

The Dining Area Michael Yarinsky, co-founder of Office of Tangible Space, installed a dining table to connect the kitchen with the living room. The chairs are vintage Josef Hoffmann. The pendant light is by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for Foscarini.

THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER Michael Yarinsky's rental in Southold comprises the top floor of a 1940s two-story shingled building that once served as a social club.

The ground floor had been an event hall with a stage; the upstairs needed a refresh. “It was set up kind of like a bachelor pad,” Yarinsky says. “It was all carpeted, and there were smoke stains and that kind of thing.”

With the permission of the landlord, who is a friend, Yarinsky began a renovation six years ago. For his first order of business, he reached for a signature move to open up the small boxed-in kitchen.