In particular, Wescoat Pound was drawn to Sag Harbor: the historic whaling town with Federal-style buildings and where lobster rolls are a dime a dozen. Comparatively, it has a more small-town feel than its Hamptons neighbors, whose main streets are dotted with stores from luxury conglomerates. “I love small towns. I grew up in a small town,” Wescoat Pound, who is originally from Oklahoma, says. “There’s nothing better than walking down Main Street on a Saturday night.” After she found a white clapboard 18th-century home with retail space available, Wescoat Pound basically signed the lease on the spot.
Photo: Anna Watt
She asked Rosen’s wife, Jenny Dyer, to do the interiors. They kept the residential feel: the store is a series of rooms rather than one singular space and there’s a private garden out back. There will also be rotating art throughout. On display currently is Roberto Dutesco’s series, “Wild Horses of Sable Island,” which captures a feral herd of wild horses 200 hundred miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. Meanwhile, furniture is made with seagrass, and textured woods abound.
