STANDING IN HIS CLIENTS’ BREEZY, three-story Water Mill, New York, home feels “a little bit like floating,” says architect and designer David Mann. This is partly because the structure’s main living spaces (including the living room, kitchen, dining room, deck, and even the pool) are located on the second floor, one up from the lower level. It’s also because of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and doors, which offer views of Mecox Bay—not to mention unhindered natural light and open air.
In a house like this, Mann says, what’s going on outside determines much of what happens on the inside. When decorating the 4,600-squarefoot modernist build, designed by Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects in 2010, for new owners, he made sure not to compete with the architecture or the view. Warm neutrals…
