This lovely cottage is place where Alex Bates, the creative director of West Elm, and her family escapes from their city lives in New York. The cottage was built in 1911 and when the family moved in, they did very little to it, as they wanted to keep it’s authentic style.

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

Lovely beach cottage on Fire Island, New York

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