Trial-and-Error Arcadia in Chappaqua

Design editor Wendy Goodman takes you inside the city’s most exciting homes and design studios. [Design Hunting]( A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman [Trial-and-Error Arcadia]( Kitty Hawks and Larry Lederman’s Chappaqua gardens have been a three-decade-long journey. The rose garden. Photo: Larry Lederman Thirty-two years ago, Larry Lederman, a lawyer in New York, and his wife, the interior designer Kitty Hawks, bought a small house overlooking a former reservoir in Chappaqua that they nicknamed the “Hawks Nest.” After they finished renovating and expanding the house, Lederman asked, “Where is the garden?” Hawks looked at him and started to laugh, answering, “I hate you,” knowing what they were in for. “This is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,” Lederman says, referencing the 1948 home-renovation comedy starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. “Plenty of mistakes have been made and rectified,” says Hawks. “Doing is the best way of learning.” The stone bridge. Photo: Larry Lederman — Wendy Goodman [TAKE THE FULL TOUR]( Want more on design, real estate, and city life? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. This Week in Design 1. [A Cobalt-Blue Jazz Bar, Monumental Sari Sculptures, and More May Design Finds Plus two new downtown design showrooms.]( 2. [A Very Ornate Park Avenue Time Capsule In a building where Massimo Ferragamo, Barbara Goldsmith, and Danielle Steel all once lived.]( 3. [New York’s Panic-Room Boom From installing electrified doorknobs to ballistics-grade walk-in closets, the city’s ultrarich are feeling ultra-paranoid.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More on Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved