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JULY 2023 ISSUE
Like decorators, fashion designers are masters of taste & creativity, ever providing us with an accessible means by which we can express our personal style and share it with others. I was so charmed by the title of Lela Rose’s new book Fresh Air Affairs: Entertaining with Style in the Great Outdoors; I knew it would resonate with Private Brokerage’s splendid new listings. Especially now that summer is here and our impulse is to entertain loved ones al fresco! Ms. Rose, whose fresh take on romantic silhouettes appeals to the likes of Kate Middleton, makes a point of staging outdoor fashion shows. “There’s enchantment in every puffy cloud,” she observes. Similarly, she says, “When you host under the open sky, you provide the dinner and nature provides the show,” just don’t skimp on imaginative table settings and good conversation!
Each of the properties featured in this issue of The Luxury Space has an outdoor living area as carefully curated as the interiors. The party never ends at Killearn, the Tristram Coffin-designed Greek Revival in Millbrook where the elegantly furnished covered terrace includes antique side tables and brick fireplace—with candelabra on the mantle, naturally. And imagine guests on the terrace of Belvedere House, the masterpiece of stone and glass with panoramic pastoral views of Kinderhook: everyone soaking in the Jacuzzi, sipping Kir Royale and listening to birdsong. A solar-powered farmhouse on 33 acres in Chatham—featured on the cover of this newsletter—boasts an exquisite stonewalled herb garden with a pergola-covered dining courtyard. Name a better place to savor a Caprese salad with basil you reach down and pick yourself! Embrace the whims of nature when entertaining en plein air; your guests couldn’t ask for more than a delicious meal, a gentle breeze and a butterfly floating by.
Tony Cutugno Senior Vice-President Private Brokerage
“Flowers are proof the universe loves us and wants us to be happy.”
- Lela Rose
Pamela Sartorius Managing Director Global Business Development
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Raze the Roof
Fresh air boosts mind, body and soul and does wonders for creativity. Think what it did for Impressionist painters. Picture lunch and pomegranate gimlets poolside under billowing canopies. The Tuscan villa vibes are enhanced by the trickling fountain of a stone grotto. Splendido !
OFFERED AT CONTACT $5,900,000 MARC MACLEAN | M. 917.922.4131
Killearn
BEDROOMS 7 BATHROOMS 6.1 SQ FT 10,108 ACRES 68.26
Killearn Road | Millbrook, NY
Contemporary Lake House
Lake Drive | Rhinebeck, NY
Bird Watching
Build it and they will come. That is, commission a fabulous architect to construct your dream house on the shores of picture-perfect, tree-lined Long Pond Lake in the heart of Rhinebeck and expect a morning serenade by a chorus of local birds while you sip salted caramel latte on your wrap-around terrace.
OFFERED AT CONTACT $3,400,000 VICKI HICKMAN | M. 845.389.9952 HARRY HILL III | M. 914.489.7143
BEDROOMS 4 BATHROOMS 3.1 SQ FT 3,800 ACRES 3.4
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Into the Woods
More and more hosts are throwing garden parties farther afield—that is, literally in the middle of grasslands, meadows of wildflowers or under the shade of ancient trees. When you’re on 96 acres in Kinderhook, there’s no shortage of natural options for lunch, including foraging flowers for the table.
OFFERED AT CONTACT $2,650,000 ANDREW GATES | M. 917.755.2640
BEDROOMS 5 BATHROOMS 4.2 SQ FT 6,800 ACRES 96
Belvedere House 235 McCagg Road | Kinderhook, NY
119 Keeler Lane | North Salem, NY
Twilight gatherings, aka “sundowners”, are increasingly popular (whose soul isn’t stirred by a sunset?) and there are endless possibilities at this enchanting colonial farmstead in North Salem. Maybe by the 1930s pool (built for polo-playing) or on the pool house’s brick terrace with its wisteria-covered arbor.
Sundowner
OFFERED AT CONTACT $2,250,000 CECILIA HELLER | M. 914.318.4992
Fantastical Keeler
BEDROOMS 3 BATHROOMS 3.1 SQ FT 2,733 ACRES 2.68
Nord Farm
Celebrate the Fourth of July
Legend has it George Washington enjoyed cheese from this 18th century former dairy farm—so imagine the Independence Day bash you could throw on your ancient stone-walled terrace. Crunch on crudites from your organic vegetable garden and sip tequila watermelon coolers known as Red, White & Booze!
OFFERED AT CONTACT $2,195,000 JODY ROSEN | M. 914.907.3300 MARY PALMERTON | M. 914.843.4158
BEDROOMS 4 BATHROOMS 3 SQ FT 3,360 ACRES 11.71
809 N Quaker Hill Road | Pawling, NY
French Country Manor
Grillades aka BBQ
Joyeux 14 juillet ! July sees not only our Independence Day but France’s Bastille Day on the 14th. If you’re lucky enough to live in a French style manor in Katonah, gather friends on the terrace for a yummy grillade, aka barbecue, and wash down with a bourbon limonade!
OFFERED AT CONTACT $1,950,000 TRACY CUNNIFF | M. 914.960.1319 NANCY MUSICH | M. 914.299.3068
BEDROOMS 5 BATHROOMS 5 SQ FT 6,104 ACRES 5.3
9 Partridge Ridge Road | Katonah, NY
Houlihan Lawrence Private Brokerage, directed by Senior Vice President Tony Cutugno, is a boutique-style service supported by a team of luxury specialists. With personalized service and guidance to both agents and sellers, Private Brokerage has been entrusted to represent high-net-worth clients and leverage our international relationships to successfully market the top properties in New York City’s northern suburbs.
Global Business Development, headed by Pamela Sartorius, cultivates strong relationships with corporations, relocation management companies and real estate brokers around the world, ensuring a strong channel of clients moving to and from our area.
Together, Private Brokerage and Global Business Development capitalize on our exclusive partnerships and affiliations with the world’s top luxury real estate networks —a combination no other area brokerage can offer – and are adept at serving the needs of our discerning clients.
