What you don’t put into a house can be as important as what you do put into it. In 1949, when architect José Luis Sert (a nephew of the famous painter, the late José Maria Sert) undertook the metamorphosis of this 50-year-old Long Island stable, it was one large, high room with a sloping ceiling. Many owners would have chopped this airy space into cubicles or squeezed a second floor under the roof. Mr. Sert however made very few changes. He walled off garage space at one end, but he left the open interior open. The result is a room dramatically large and long, in good scale with the monumental Alexander Calder mobiles, and ingeniously flexible as living room, dining room, and kitchen. Its bright color is notable. Mr. and Mrs. Sert used their Miro paintings and favorite South American Indian colors. Bench upholstery is handwoven Indian material; there are red, orange, and black saddle-blanket rugs.
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source: House and Garden Magazine | January 1952
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