Jackie O's East Hampton Estate, Salter House Comes to Manhattan, and a Floating Beach House

August 17, 2023

Welcome to TGP Tidbits where we round up the happenings and our musings of the design industry each week. This week we take a look at Jackie O’s childhood East Hampton Estate, Salter Home’s new Manhattan shop, and a floating beach house by Todd Richesin. Written by Natalie Aldridge.

Jackie O’s East Hampton Estate

Step inside Lasata, the 1917 East Hampton estate that has just been purchased by fashion designer Tom Ford for an impressive $52 Million. During her childhood, Jacqueline Onassis would spend summers at the residence, which was under the ownership of her grandfather, John Vernou Bouvier Jr., as detailed in the book “Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life.” Throughout her life, Onassis had a series of remarkable properties she considered her homes, ranging from apartments in New York City to residences in Georgetown, and estates in Newport, Virginia, and Martha’s Vineyard. But this property holds a special place in New York history.

Originally built for Manhattan lawyer George Wellington Schurman, the house is a remarkable example of the region’s architecture heritage. In 2018, the house was purchased by David Zander of fashion house Reed Krakoff and thoughtfully restore yet modernized by interior designer Pierre Yovanich. The home is also just a stone’s throw away from Gray Gardens, the then dearralect estate of Jackie’s eccentric relatives Little Edie and Edie Beale.

While the decor certainly looks different than the time of Jackie O, the home is genuinely unparalleled with beautiful bones. Take a look!

Salter House Comes to Manhattan

Founded in 2018 by Sandeep and Carson Salter, Salter House exists on the picture perfect cross-streets of Atlantic Avenue and Henry Street of Brooklyn Heights. The store operates as both a quaint cafe and homewares and clothing store that the pair states is an “expression of our domestic life.” The store brims with goods that are simple yet beautiful and seemingly out of a different era. From horse hair brooms to English cotton nightgowns, Salter House is truly a dream and reminiscent of a simpler time.

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Now, five years after the opening of the cult-favorite shop, the pair has opened a second location in the East Village of Manhattan. Long before Salter House became a destination for families seeking beautiful and natural goods for the home, the couple paid their dues in the East Village making the new store a bit of a homecoming. Situated among iconic shops like John Derian Company, the new store resides in a former tenement building.

During the demolition phase of the store’s remodeling, they unearthed authentic cobalt and white metro hexagonal tiles dating back to the 1930s from when the space existed as a barber shop. Just like the Brooklyn Heights location, the Manhattan Salter House is a perfect vision of the couple’s ethos.

A Floating Beach House by Todd Richesin

The Glam Pad adores the work of Todd Richesin, and we thought this “floating beach house” he designed was too fun not to share! Last week Todd’s Instagram account was hacked, so please make sure to follow him moving forward at @tr_interiors. You can see Todd’s work featured here on TGP, and keep an eye out as we have more to share!