New York-based interior designer Tamara Magel is well-known for her luxury residential design work in the United States, especially in the Hamptons, Palm Beach, New York City, Connecticut, Aspen and Westchester. Her portfolio is diverse and includes grand coastal retreats, classic country residences and elegant city apartments.

In many of her projects, Magel allows white and warm beige to dominate the colour palette, using it in walls, ceilings and floors. She also employs the same colour scheme in furnishings and accents in which she favours rounded shapes. The overall effect is elegant and chic but also harmonious and calm.

In a recent renovation in Sagaponack, NY, she managed to achieve just that: a harmonious, luxurious balance. The renovation ended up turning into a complete gutting and restructuring of the older building to meet the summer residence needs of a family of five. Additional bedrooms, and more spacious and open public rooms were at the top of the clients? need list.
Magel not only had the distinctive style and approach that suited the clients, she also has a direct personal connection to the area where she built her own property from the ground up not long ago.

For the Sagaponack renovation, she took her cues from the colour scheme of the beach using the white of sand-bleached seashells and the warm hues of the sandy beach as the basis of the palette.
White oak wood was used for the custom-created millwork. Giving structure and framing the views, she...