I met Paul Denoly and Nick Blaine, the co-owners of Hawkins New York, through my former company Food52. At the time, in 2014, we were just getting our commerce business off the ground and they were one of our first partners. They invited our team up to Hudson, New York, where their shop was one of the first design destinations along Warren Street. They hosted a beautiful lunch, cooked by Talbott & Arding, and let us wander around their dreamy store and down what was then a sleepy main street.
Paul and Nick have a knack for knowing where to be, and as I’ve learned since then, that extends to their homes. First it was a brownstone in Crown Heights and a house in Hudson. Then a bungalow in L.A., followed by a Spanish Colonial in Glendale, then a house in Sea Ranch, and more recently a home in Gers, in southwest France. A friend and I joke that we’d like our next careers to be Paul and Nick’s house sitters. As you’ll see below, Paul and Nick make their spaces as relaxed and welcoming as they are.
Once, when visiting their house in Hudson, my then 8-year-old daughter disappeared while we were chatting; we later found her nestled in a reading nook they’d created at the top of the stairs. They just know what the people want! Fortunately for us all, their Sea Ranch home will soon be available for short term rentals. I’ll share the link when it becomes available.
In the meantime, have a look through the extraordinary Sea Ranch Design Manual. So much of the text is focused on consideration of the land and your neighbors. Under a section called “Design Process,” the first topic is “Sensory Awareness.”
Yours in house snooping,
Amanda
We first discovered The Sea Ranch accidentally in 2011. Driving up the PCH from San Francisco to a wedding we were attending in Bandon, OR, we started late and hungover. Two hours in, we were nauseous and “hangry.” To avoid a meltdown, we stopped at the next available sign of life: The Sea Ranch Lodge. After a meal and some fresh air, the Sea Ranch effect took over; we felt satiated and calm. ...
