This Cottage Is Packed With ’60s Charm, Like the Dreamiest Vintage Lavender Bathroom

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Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
For more than 10 years, I've led Apartment Therapy's real home content, producing thousands of house tours from around the world. Currently, I live in my maximalist dream home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my partner, a perfect dog, and a cute cat.
published Jan 24, 2025

This Cottage Is Packed With ’60s Charm, Like the Dreamiest Vintage Lavender Bathroom

Written by

Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
For more than 10 years, I've led Apartment Therapy's real home content, producing thousands of house tours from around the world. Currently, I live in my maximalist dream home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my partner, a perfect dog, and a cute cat.
published Jan 24, 2025
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Home Type
Bedrooms
Square feet

2700

Sq ft

2700

Laura Bindloss, the founder of interior design PR and social media agency Nylon Consulting and the founder of YouTube channel Designer Home Tours, says the biggest challenge with renovating this three-bedroom cottage in Bellport, New York, was time.

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“The tight six-month timeline was our main hurdle, especially with supply chain delays. We needed the home rental-ready for summer,” Laura begins of the dated house, which had been lived in by the same family since the 1960s.

“There was carpet everywhere (which we removed to show hardwood floors) and peeling wallpaper in the kitchen and bedrooms. The family that lived there had smokers, so the house smelled and things had yellowed. The bathrooms were old and dated — all cabinetry was falling apart in them and in the kitchen. The floors were linoleum; the countertops were plastic. It felt like a time warp,” Laura describes.

But, Laura also says there were lots of charming vintage details to love about the home, including the bathroom’s lavender Rheem-brand vintage tub, sink, and toilet. “We also kept the fireplace, but the brick was cheap so we painted it to make it a feature. The bar and basement were awesome — but had old flooring, and the walls were laminate so we painted them. We kept the original bar as it was real wood and beautiful, and we replaced the floors.”

It was preserving some of the house’s elements (like the lavender bathroom and the basement’s bar) instead of replacing them that helped keep Laura and her husband, Simon, on their short timeline. Laura says they also “[f]ocused on high-impact changes (paint, hardware, lighting) that could be completed quickly and [u]sed local vendors and estate sales to avoid shipping delays” to stay on time.

“We knew from day one we would be renting this house out, so we were designing it as a fun weekend getaway for our family as well as for guests,” writes Laura, whose family includes husband Simon, kids Hugo (6) and Ceci (4), and pup, Oskar.

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PAINT & COLORS

  • Exterior Shingles — Little Greene Paint “Obsidian Green”
  • Exterior Trim and Door — Little Greene Paint “Purple Brown”
  • Interior — Little Greene Paint “Warm White” or “Stock 37”
  • Fireplace and Living Room — Little Greene Paint “Pleat 280 
  • Kitchen Cabinetry — Isla Porter’s “The Mood” (not available for retail purchase)
  • Pink Bathroom — Little Greene Paint “Masquerade 334
  • Bathroom Tile — Rosa Portogallo from Artistic Tile
  • Bedrooms — Little Greene Paint “Pea Green 91
  • Bathroom Ceiling — Little Greene Paint “Indian Yellow 335” 
  • Orange/Red Trim in Bedroom — Little Greene Paint “Heat 24
  • Dark Green Bedroom — Little Greene Paint “Puck 298
  • Hallway Wallpaper — Little Greene Paint “Bamboo Floral in Heat
  • Bathroom Wallpaper — Little Greene Paint “Ditsy Block, Green Verditer
  • Pink Bathroom Wallpaper — Clarke & Clarke, available through Kravet “Malindi by Breegan Jane”

ENTRY

  • Majority of the Furniture — Estate Sales

LIVING ROOM

  • Rug — Jaipur Living
  • Sofas — Vintage, Valley Attic in Locust Valley
  • Coffee Table — Vintage, Colette Home in Southhampton
  • Artwork — Vintage, English Country Antiques in Bridgehampton
  • Floor Lamps — Pooky Lighting Stand and Shade 

DINING ROOM

KITCHEN

BEDROOM

  • Majority of Furniture — Estate Sales

FULL BATHROOM

HALF BATHROOM

HALLWAY 

Thanks, Laura!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.