design huntingfoundthepricestoohighinKerhonkson(andthiswasbeforetherecentpandemic
run-upupstate).Lookingaround,they saw a listingonZillowforthis 1955 house,also
inUlsterCounty. It wasintheirpricerangeinthequiet townofEllenvillethat, Fried-
bergersays,withevidentrelief, “hasnotbecomehipat all.”
“We lookedat eachotherandsaid,‘Ohmy God,thisis ourdreamhouse.’ I mean,
like,immediatelywalkingin.It wasreallyexciting,”Friedbergersays.In many charm-
ingways,thefour-bedroom,four-bath3,330-square-foothousewastimeless,with
theoriginallouveredwindowsandputty-pink-wallpaperedbathrooms.Friedberger
andBerryhillevenkeptsomeofthebedroomcurtains.Best ofall,thehousegavethem
enoughspacetoworkathome.BerryhillmovedfromSunset Park,wherehehadbeen
livingina spaceundertheBQE.“I alwaysthoughtI wanteda tiny houseandthenlike
a bigstudio,” Berryhillsays.“I neverlikedhouseswitha lotofsquarefootage, butthis
oneis sobeautifulandsolivableandusefulthat it works.”The Kitchen
Friedberger says she wanted it to look
“halfway fancy and halfway really homemade,
which I think it does with these kind of blingy
elements like the hardware and the Sputnik
lamp”—in the breakfast room (opposite)—
“but I also wanted to create a Mediterranean
vibe.” The kitchen walls were painted a blue
inspired by Greek travel posters “that have
been hanging in every kitchen of mine since
I was 20. My grandmother had a stash
of them from her first trip to Greece in 1955.”
The dark-green marble top on the island was
from her grandmother’s table.