Behind the Privet in Bridgehampton

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 [The Hidden Dutch Colonial]( Nicholas Howey and his late husband, Gerard Widdershoven, did little more with this 1925 Bridgehampton house than paint it — and fill it with art. The living room. Photo: Tria Giovan Back in 2008, Nicholas Howey and his husband, Gerard Widderhoven, who died in 2020, found this 1925 Dutch Colonial in Bridgehampton on an acre of land surrounded by privet. It had five bedrooms, a barn, and a three-car garage so that Howey, an artist, had his dream of having a separate studio, and Widderhoven, the founder of the design gallery Maison Gerard, could fill the house with finds. The couple didn’t do much more to it than paint when they moved in. The décor is simple and ­colorful — a lifetime of collecting. “Gerard was always finding things,” Howey says. The primary bedroom. Photo: Tria Giovan — 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 Well-Engineered BQE Plan, Inspiration Not Included The city’s latest proposal rearranges the triple-cantilever section and declines the opportunity to do much more.]( 2. [Apothecary Lamps, Shaker-Inspired Wall Hooks, and More Debut Design Collections New work from a design residency at Colony in Tribeca.]( 3. [Faust Goes to Fidi The producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust.]( [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