New York studio BoND has "brought back the simplicity" to this modernist home on Fire Island by stripping away finishes from previous renovations and adjusting the internal layout.
The 1,100-square-foot (102 square metres), two-bedroom home is a Sears Modern kit house ? the blueprints and building supplies for which were originally ordered from the American retailer's catalogue.
BoND stripped back the remnants of a previous renovation to bring back the character of this modernist house
The building is one of the oldest at the eastern end of the barrier island, which lays along the Atlantic Coast east of New York City.
It was bought in 2021 by an art collector who was "drawn to the building's slim profile, with its gently peaked roof, inspired by California mid-century Modernism", according to BoND. Cedar panelling is installed vertically and diagonally in the lounge area
However, the interiors were marred by a 1999 renovation and required updating and reconfiguring to bring the dwelling back to its original
"BoND's aim was to de-complicate the interior and bring back the simplicity of the original design, while also blurring the boundaries of the rigid modernist floor plan," said the studio.
Large expanses of glass bring in plenty of natural light
Colourful finishes were stripped away, replaced with natural materials like cedar panelling installed both vertically and diagonally in the lounge.
White-painted walls, ceilings and structural beams h...