REMY RENZULLO WAS only 26 years old when he was tasked with reno- vating and reinvigorating every surface of a family's sprawling home in Southampton, New York, in 2017. That might seem fairly precocious, even by the standards of an American society obsessed with youthfulness. But if you are in need of some old-world glamour that skips across centuries with winning finesse, the young Renzullo is the person you seek-and this Mediterranean-style property is a testament to that fact. "Even if it's a house I've just done, I want it to feel like generations have already lived there," says the designer, who grew up in Litchfield County, Connecticut, surrounded by the antiques his interior-designer mother collected. "I'm so inspired by this sense of nostalgia: what once was and what currently remains." The Southampton house was built in the 1980s by the owner's father, and since then, its decor had barely been altered. Renzullo, who had previously created a vacation home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the client, had the challenge of transforming the house to suit the needs of a young family without eradicating the home's history. Tackling both the architecture and decorating on his own, Renzullo took his cues from the property's Tuscan feel, a less common architectural motif in the Shingle Style-dotted area, to envision an Italian villa retreat.
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