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Hudson Bluff House

Saugerties, NY

Perched above the confluence of the Esopus Creek and the Hudson, this residence is designed to capture the expansive eastern views while maintaining a strong presence toward the street. The home was shaped through close collaboration with its owner—a private chef seeking a place for gathering, creativity, and connection. The architecture is organized around three primary elements: a wrap-around deck that extends living space into the landscape, a stucco-clad main level anchoring the main public rooms, and a pitched-roof upper volume housing the private quarters. Referencing the steep gabled forms of neighboring historic homes, the roof reinterprets the local vernacular in a distinctly contemporary way.

Material and spatial restraint define both exterior and interior. Off-white stucco grounds the home, while natural vertical pine siding and a dark bronze standing-seam metal roof emphasize the sculptural upper volume. Inside, a light-filled living space opens to the river beyond, anchored by a wood stove and flowing into a kitchen conceived as both culinary workspace and social center. Upstairs, bedrooms offer varying degrees of retreat, including a primary suite oriented toward the landscape with a spa-like bath and private deck. Throughout, a cohesive palette of white oak, plaster, concrete, and marble creates calm continuity, while the client’s careful curation of furnishings reinforces the home’s balance of minimal luxury and everyday livability.

The wrap-around deck serves multiple purposes: towards the street it anchors the main façade and allows for dual access to the house, where towards the rear it provides ample space for outdoor entertainment and lounging with views towards the Hudson.

The main level of the house is highlighted by an expansive kitchen which reflects the minimalist interior palette — oak wood flooring & cabinetry, plastered walls, concrete countertops, a natural stone island — these elements translate into a calming interior focused on the exterior landscape.

Upstairs, the private bedrooms express the large, pitched roof through soaring ceilings accentuated by wood-clad intermediate beams. The bathrooms continue the palette of natural stone, plaster & oak from the main level. A small private deck off the primary bedroom looks back down over the property and river below.

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Dwell — 2025
Plain — 2025

Project Info

Completion Date — 2024
Area — 2,280 sf
Contractor — GRYF Restoration Group
Photography — Nicholas Venezia