The actor and her husband, Netflix executive Scott Stuber, built a modern twist on a classic shingle-style home.Four years of construction delays and endless Zoom calls later, Sims, Stuber, and their three children (10-year-old Brooks, seven-year-old Scarlett, and five-year-old Grey) finally enjoyed a summer at the retreat.

The Lipstick on the Rim podcast host enlisted designer Dan Scotti, who did the family’s previous Hamptons pad, for the project. Scotti brought in architect Raymond Renault, and together they created a home that blends quintessential Hamptons shingle-style architecture with sleek modernism. 

The dwelling consists of multiple structures with gabled roofs connected by flat-topped glass breezeways. To the west is a two-bedroom guest wing “so a whole family could have their privacy away from everyone else,” Sims says. In the center is a large room that Sims calls the bar, but which is really more of a salon with a full bar. Finally, forming an L-shape area is the section that houses the family’s main living spaces.

Here, the open-concept kitchen, dining room, and sunken living room take up most of the first floor, with an entire wall of glass putting the outdoor space by LaGuardia Design Group on full display. “I knew that the kitchen had to be the biggest room in the whole house because everybody’s always in the kitchen. Pretty much the whole house lends itself to entertaining and being outside,” Sims says.

Many indoor pieces were upholstered with outdoor fabric to protect against damage from popsicle-wielding kids fresh from the pool.“Throughout most of the first floor, we kept the color palette relatively neutral so that your eye would be drawn to the artwork and out to the gardens,” Scotti says. Cream and white tones are everywhere, but the abundance of white oak in the home adds warmth. Plus there’s plenty of texture thanks to custom-made rugs and rich fabrics.