Working in Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton has a split personality architecturally, and the carpentry follows. On one side there are converted barns and agricultural buildings where exposed timber, wide board and visible joinery are the point. On the other there are modern houses where the detail is about concealment — flush reveals, hidden fasteners and cabinetry with no visible hardware.
Both demand precision, just in opposite directions. Exposed work has to look intentional and hand-built. Modern work has to disappear, which means dead-flat substrates, consistent shadow gaps and doors that align across a twenty-foot run.
Long open-plan spaces are their own challenge. When a cabinetry run or a paneled wall crosses a large room, small errors accumulate visibly. We lay those runs out from a single reference line rather than working corner to corner.