While looking for a newly built home close to New York City to serve as a weekend getaway over two decades ago, Andrew and Susan Robertson’s agent suggested they check out a sprawling farmhouse in the coastal town of .

The couple—he most known as a high-powered BBDO Worldwide advertising executive who’s spearheaded campaigns like the “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” Snickers commercials—told The New York Times they “wandered around it, and smelled it, and felt it,” and, though it wasn’t exactly what they were looking for, they decided it was where they wanted to be.

They went on to acquire the place in 2001 for nearly $5.8 million and then embarked upon an extensive renovation and remodeling project in collaboration with interior designer and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy TV

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