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Home port: the living room/bar at Baron’s Cove
BARON’S COVE The 1950s Sag Harbor resort has a whole new look that delivers nautical swank in spades ONCE A MODEST Hamptons haunt for the likes of Paul Newman, Art Garfunkel, and Truman Capote, Sag Harbor’s oldest resort is having a delightful 21st-century renaissance. At the harborfront inn, which reopened this year, designer Colleen Bashaw melded Baron’s Cove’s hip, midcentury heyday with the town’s legacy as a busy whaling port—and it works. Many of the airy guest rooms still
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string together roadside-motel style, with white wood railings and a retro curve that embraces a pool deck. But whether you’re in town to shop the bustling boutiques or sail the South Fork, the new lobby house will likely be your settle-in spot at day’s end. Bashaw borrowed inspiration from neighboring sea captains’ houses, as well as visits to the local whaling museum, for the living
room/bar. Head to the second-floor restaurant for dinner, then tuck into a barrel wing chair by the fire for a nightcap. Glossy black woodwork, ship dioramas, vintage maps, and a hearth inlaid with antique Delft tiles recall the look of captains’ quarters—just be sure and order up a choice splash of scotch for good measure. Rates start at $179; 844/227-6672 or baronscove.com.
BY R ACHA EL B U R R OW A N D ELLEN MCGAUL EY
