A young Manhattan couple - vacation house in Hudson River Valley - chic downtown style into a traditional waterfront cottage and guesthouse. Bikoff focused on the natural surroundings layering those references into a design that highlights the wife’s couture-like preferences for metallics, mirrored surfaces, leather and fur. The most prominent stage for Bikoff’s efforts is the soaring living room, which looks out to the river through two stories of glass. The designer’s first purchase here was a rug that depicts a stylized streambed in tones of black, gray and white—a fitting anchor for molten-lava-rock coffee tables, DDC’s nubby modern On the Rocks sectional and a brass-and-glass chandelier that is a modern interpretation of branches. The space is glamorous and fresh while respecting the outdoors, nature and its breathtaking views.