The Hamptons beach cottage of Jayma Cardoso makes you want exhale slowly, abandon your shoes and flop on a deckchair with a spritzer.
As co-founder of hip Montauk hangout the Surf Lodge – a boutique hotel with a bohemian, surfy feel – Cardoso, who is originally from Brazil, has a flair for creating warm, welcoming spaces that sing of sun, sea and summer. But while the Surf Lodge is designed “to encourage exploration”, her home, she says, was created as a sanctuary. “I wanted a retreat: a place where I spend time with my baby and really feel the beauty of nature around me.”
The open-plan dwelling, which she shares with her partner and their son, John Alexander, aged two, has expansive windows and a wraparound deck that fulfils the…
