Designer Visit: At Home in the Hamptons with Glenn Ban
[ad_1]
Over the course of the nearly two decades that Glenn Ban has lived in the Hamptons, he’s moved five times—yet his homes all feel of a piece. Same goes for the projects he designs for his clients. No matter the location, whether it’s a loft in Soho or a house in suburban New Jersey, he manages to infuse each residence with a distinctively coastal casual elegance.
We’re big admirers of his way with antiques and his love for patina (see our posts on his Provincetown cottage rental and his former East Hamptons bungalow), so when we found out he had moved yet again, this time into an 1880 three-bedroom colonial in the same town, we were eager to learn more.
“I love old homes, even though they come with their issues, but the charm most often outweighs the downsides. This house needed a fair amount of help—plaster work, new paint, a good cleaning—but the bones were there,” Glenn reports.
Let’s take a tour to see how he turned the rental into a casual but refined home.
Photography courtesy of Glenn Ban.
Above I like living with different stylesPrimitive English Danish Arts Crafts For me they all seem to work well together as long as I keep scale and tones in mind says Glenn The dining table is by Charles P Limbert who worked in the Arts Crafts style Hanging over it is a Noguchi Akari 21A pendant light
Above An old urn scored on 1stdibs sits atop an old hollowed out piece of wood that Glenn found during a summer on Cape Cod The cabinet is from White Flower Farmhouse on the North Fork At first we were going to paint it black but once we saw it in person we didnt mind the finish and kept it as is<span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 868 class=ezoic adpicker ad style=displayblockimportantfloatnoneline height0margin bottom15pximportantmargin left0importantmargin right0importantmargin top15pximportantmax width100importantmin height280pxmin width336pxpadding top15pximportanttext aligncenterimportant>Above The shutters came with the house although they were placed on the upper part of the window with drapes below I lowered them for privacy and to allow light says Glenn The grandfather clock also came with the house I dont think I would buy one but I like how it adds history to the home He sourced the vintage wicker chair from Nellies in Amagansett and had it reupholstered in a neutral ticking stripe
Above The sofa is new but almost every other piece of furniture in the home is secondhand Why buy new when there are so many beautiful things already availableAbove Art is very important to me I have large photography collection and I love collecting vintage paintings usually abstract but I also love a good still life or landscape says GlennAbove The view from the living room out to the stairs All the walls in the house are painted Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore Its my go to white he says The vintage sconce was purchased at an estate sale in East Hampton<span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 875 class=ezoic adpicker ad style=displayblockimportantfloatnoneline height0margin bottom15pximportantmargin left0importantmargin right0importantmargin top15pximportantmax width100importantmin height250pxmin width300pxpadding top15pximportanttext aligncenterimportant>Above The bed in the guest room survived several moves In its original form it was a Donald Judd inspired plywood daybed that Glenn had a carpenter build I took off the sides and kept it more minimal this time around he says To see it as it once was go here<span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 876 class=ezoic adpicker ad style=displayblockimportantfloatnoneline height0margin bottom15pximportantmargin left0importantmargin right0importantmargin top15pximportantmax width100importantmin height90pxmin width728pxpadding top15pximportanttext aligncenterimportant>Above The secretary desk was an auction find and has proved useful in the main bedroom says Glenn who shares the home with his partner and teenage son Charlie<span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 877 class=ezoic adpicker ad>
Above: A few of Glenn’s favorite things: the old latticed window on the second floor and a small photograph of the ocean by Jefferson Hayman.Above Charlies bedroom hangs a beeswax and linen piece by Nick Theobald The flax linen quilt is from West Elm<span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 879 class=ezoic adpicker ad style=displayblockimportantfloatnoneline height0margin bottom15pximportantmargin left0importantmargin right0importantmargin top15pximportantmax width100importantmin height90pxmin width728pxpadding top15pximportanttext aligncenterimportant>
