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Amagansett Was Their ‘Happy Place.’ Renovating Made It Happier.
As they raised three children in Hoboken, N.J., Joan and Kyle Enger faced all the usual stresses of busy family life, stretched between work and parenting. But one reassuring constant was the knowledge that each summer there would be time to kick …
As they raised three children in Hoboken, N.J., Joan and Kyle Enger faced all the usual stresses of busy family life, stretched between work and parenting. But one reassuring constant was the knowledge that each summer there would be time to kick back in Amagansett, N.Y.
The Engers had been vacationing in the area for more than two decades when they bought the 1920s Dutch colonial house.Credit…Tim Lenz/OTTO
“We’ve been coming out east since we met” in 1999, said Ms. Enger, 57, the founder of the interior design firm J. Patryce Design & Company. “Within a month of dating, we were in Amagansett. It’s just the most beautiful place.”
Over the years, as their children, now 19 to 24, played on the beach, the family occupied various houses. They rented homes with friends for several seasons and owned a house in nearby Springs for a while, but ultimately went back to renting in Amagansett.
