Relax Awhile In This Sweet Hamptons Sun Room

There’s something magical about a sun room—especially one nestled in a naturalistic landscape, cooled by ocean breezes. The sun room extension that designer Kevin Greenberg added to his client’s Water Mill saltbox seizes on its sublime setting in look, feel and sentiment. “Our client wanted a place to relax and entertain guests that would link the house with the gardens beyond,” he reflects. “We knew we wanted the connection to nature to echo through the material choices, so the texture of every surface is meant to hearken to the world outside.”

In turn, oak paneled ceilings, faded terra-cotta tile floors and shiplap wall paneling finished in pale-blue mottled lime plaster line the interior, which is wrapped on three sides by glazed doors and windows. Blinds and furnishings in cane and rattan tie visually to the beach grasses just beyond the glass, and a palette of creams and indigos (“a more organic riff on the blue-and-white nautical palette of beachside communities the world over,” per Greenberg) is brought to life with a bevy of thoughtfully sourced textiles, from naturally dyed linens to antique French indigos and vegetable-tanned leather picked to patinate in the sun.

Down to the last detail, the space honors the natural, off-duty beauty of its environs. “At its essence, being in the Hamptons is about ease and taking time to reset,” says Greenberg. “I’d like to think you’d be happy to come back to this room to relax after a day of salt and sun, as the light draws down and the sounds of summer evening fill the air.”