Tricia Foley's book visits the homes of tastemakers in Bellport and Brookhaven, the seaside community on Long Island where she lives. There are modern houses built around their water views, restored nineteenth-century shingle-style cottages and artists' retreats full of color and pattern, with screened porches, handmade outbuildings and summer gardens. Sections on summer decorating, casual outdoor entertaining, seasonal flowers and weekend guests round it out. Many of the ideas would feel right at home in a Maine summer cottage.