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Unless you’re a landscape designer or an architect or a committed gardener, you may not have heard of Siebert & Rice, but chances are you’ve seen their elegant terracotta pots from Tuscany. On the East End of Long Island, one need look no further than Meadow Lane, in Southampton, where they are a standard feature of the loveliest gardens.

North Fork Insider

Questions and Answers with Elizabeth Weigart of the Times Vintage in Greenport
Q: How did you get to the North Fork?
A: I moved to NYC when I was 18, for school—Marymount Manhattan. I studied studio arts. While I’ve always loved vintage, my first love has always been art.

Facilitating a Positive Outcome

NFRES: As one of the more seasoned real estate teams on the North Fork, what is it that sets you apart from the others?
Nancy & Barry: The level of service we give to our clients is our greatest point of differentiation, from our listing presentation to the closing table and all points in between. Our knowledge of the market and ability to assess value are also key strengths.

Rising Stars on the North Fork

Leah Sullivan | Century 21 Albertson Realty | Cell: 631.816.0876
Leah is blessed to call the North Fork her year-round home and for the opportunity to raise her children in the same hamlet that she was raised. She enjoys a deep-rooted connection to the community and environment, and has firsthand knowledge of the area and its’ unique history.

Room To Breathe

When ex-Brooklyn residents Alane Kelly and Daniel King set out to find a new home on Long Island’s North Fork, they thought a small, low-maintenance weekend place would do. But after a six month search, they hadn’t seen anything that made their hearts race.

2016 Countertop Trends

Kitchen countertops are changing. Moving away from high-maintenance granite and marble, more designers are turning to composite materials made of crushed stone bonded with resin. Whenever she has a client who does a lot of cooking and entertaining, Elyse Parkhurst, who with her business partner Caitlin Flynn, forms the design team at North Fork Design Co., recommends doing the kitchen islands and countertops in engineered stone.

Time on the Water Enriches Lives

Strong’s Marine has set the benchmark for Long Island boating since 1945, when Stewart Strong opened the family’s first marina in Lindenhurst. Three generations later, with headquarters on the North Fork, locations on Peconic Bay, Mattituck Inlet and across Long Island, the Strong family continues to build Strong’s Marine into the region’s leading purveyor of luxury boating.

Color Schemes That Work

“Concerning the difficult question of color, once wrote Edith Wharton, it is safe to say that the fewer colors used in a room, the more pleasing and restful the result will be.” More than a century  later, the question remains as vexed and contentious as ever. No wonder so many of us take refuge in the comfort of neutrals, those reassuring earth tones that are the equivalent of a soothing murmur.

Exceptional Customer Service

NFRES: What is your team philosophy and what is it that sets you both apart from the others?
Scott & Amanda: We pride ourselves in providing exceptional customer service. With the two of us working together, one of us is always available to assist our clients and customers. We also make sure to be on top of the current market trends and have detailed knowledge of the inventory on the North Fork.

Finding Beauty In Disposable Things

The Greenport artist Cindy Pease Roe makes sculptures out of beach trash. Bottle caps, old sneakers, flip flops, surf-battered plastic in various stages of decomposition, miniature dolls, sand pails, shovels, sun visors, shredded tarpaulins, and bullet casings are the raw materials of her work.