When the Daunt family opened their beachside motel in the 1970s, a drive down the pine tree–lined Montauk Highway brought visitors to a sleepy village that called itself “the end.” Nowadays, Montauk, New York is almost as scene-y and fancified as East Hampton, its very tony neighbor, but it still attracts visitors looking for a laid-back vacation along some of the East Coast’s most scenic beaches.

Changing times prompted Leo Daunt, the third-generation owner of Daunt’s Albatross, to contract Brooklyn-based Home Studios for a gut renovation of his family’s 23-room motel. Its last major renovation wrapped when Eye of the Tiger was the song of the summer, so the design team had carte blance to update the lobby, guest rooms, and outdoor areas according to Daunt’s contemporary vision and sensibilities.

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