Category Archives: Beach Cottage Decor
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A Fresh Coastal Living Room
Posted on May 16, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorDo you yearn to have a fresh and airy coastal living room? It’s really not that difficult! White painted walls and accent pieces are balanced with brown in this space. Note that driftwood, metal and rattan represent the brown. Using coastal blue as an accent color works beautifully in any coastal living room. Add some [...]
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Our Boat House Celebrates the Coastal Cottage Style
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorCelebrate your love for the coastal cottage style by bringing some color into your world with OurBoatHouse.com‘s Coastal Cottage Collection of fine interior goods. Weathered wood grains, deep blue, white and green add that fabulous coastal cottage styling to your home whether it’s located in the city or countryside. Shopping Resources: Driftwood Headboard [...]
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A Visit to Trudy Dujardin’s Nantucket Fisherman’s Cottage
Posted on May 12, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorTrudy Dujardin owns a Nantucket Fisherman’s Cottage and is an interior designer who has devoted most of her life to finding ways to live lightly and gently upon our treasured earth. Trudy shared, “My clients call my lifestyle design signature: eco-elegance.” We call it fabulous! Trudy’s summer home is located on the western tip [...]
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Decorating: Elements of Island Style
Posted on May 11, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorSo, you love the lush tropics and the island style but live in the city or Midwest? It might not be as difficult as you think to get the island interior design you dream of. Kyle, author of the interior design blog Knight Moves, offers some great ways to achieve the Island Style you [...]
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Recycled Glass Countertop for your Beach House
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorRecycled and beautiful, what more could you ask for in a countertop? We renovated much of our last home (in Spokane, Washington) and one of our favorite design elements were the countertops we used. We had the kitchen and all three bathroom counters updated with recycled materials from Granite Transformations. Our favorite was the [...]
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Nautical Pillows Change The Look of Your Room in a Flash
Posted on May 5, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage Decor, Favorite FindsWelcome aboard! It’s easy to get seaside style wherever you live with these quality handmade pillows from sponsor, Beachside Style. Their pillows are soft and squeezable and are a quick and easy way to add or change your room. Whether it’s your den, family room, beach house, patio or deck — the addition of [...]
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Love It or Hate It? Sea Urchin Sculptures Made from Pencils
Posted on May 3, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorI must admit that I really “like” this week’s Love It or Hate It? Award-winning artist, Jennifer Maestre, creates detailed sculptures of sea urchins. Each sculpture is created with 1-inch segments of colored pencils…hundreds of them! Jennifer explained, “My sculptures were originally inspired by the form and function of the sea urchin. The spines of the [...]
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Color Palette: Escape Hues
Posted on May 1, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage Decor, Color PalettesI escaped last weekend…not to a tropical resort; but it was still amazingly refreshing and renewing. The “Escape Hues” color palette from Design-Seeds.com is one of those amazing palettes which offers a tropical palette with less than typical shades. We used Let’s Chip It! from Sherwin Williams to see what colors they recommend using [...]
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What’s Your Color Personality?
Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage Decor, Color PalettesThis quiz was so much fun to take, even though the results were exactly as I imagined. What’s Your Color Personality is a short series of questions on Better Homes & Gardens website which will help you discover your personality…in color! Once you’ve discovered which personality you have, you have the opportunity to download a [...]
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Love It or Hate It? Walrus Chair
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorSpanish designer, Maximo Riera, creates sculptural seating; which I’m honestly not really sure I appreciate. The walrus chair featured today is the third in a series of seating. The walrus accompanies his Octopus Chair and Rhino Chair. The series of chairs retain the vitality of the animals which they represent, staying true to their biology and appearance. [...]
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Planning the Perfect Nautical Bedroom
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorA strong and increasingly popular trend in both fashion and interior design, the nautical theme is one that can be easily recreated in any bedroom. eclectic spaces design If you’re looking for a design theme with a fresh yet calming feel, then nautical is the way to go and it is very easy [...]
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Perfect Furnishings for a Holiday Cottage
Posted on April 21, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorWhen you buy a holiday cottage, it can be nice to decorate and furnish it totally differently from the way you decorate your main home. For instance, if your holiday place is by the sea, you can go all out with nautical décor, or go for a really natural beachcombing look. contemporary bedroom [...]
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Beach Grass – Sit Back, Relax & Surf
Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorSpring is such a fabulous time of renewal! Longer days, sunshine, warm sand ready to sink our toes into. Beach Grass Shop, located in Kennebunkport, is where “summer never ends” and they aren’t kidding. If you’re not near their retail location then you’ll be happy to hear that they’ve recently renewed the appearance of [...]
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The World Traveler: Decorating with Maps & Globes
Posted on April 19, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorWe love using maps, globes and nautical charts to decorate our beach cottage home. They are an inexpensive way to create wall art as well as add some nautical flair. The lovely muted colors printed on many maps and charts are perfect for a beach interior design. Since garage sale season has started, make [...]
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Introducing Currey & Co. at Caron’s Beach House
Posted on April 17, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage DecorCurrey & Co. creates chandeliers, lamps, wall sconces and accent furniture. We love the fact that their unique designs have a clear understanding of historic design with a lot of imagination. A large majority of their home decor include natural materials; which make them perfect for coastal lifestyle enthusiasts. Our friends at Caron’s [...]
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Color Palette: Refreshing Brights in Lime
Posted on April 14, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage Decor, Color PalettesFun is what the color palette lime is all about! A lime color palette can work for a whole range of interior styles from bold to soft and elegant. It really ‘pops’ when used with crisp white or tone it down with softer green shades. The possibilities are really endless. other design by seattle media [...]
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Oceana Paisley Tropical Bedding from Ocean Styles!
Posted on April 13, 2012 by Sally Lee by the Sea in Beach Cottage Decor, Favorite FindsScrolling blue and green paisley swirls ebb and flow across the Oceana Paisley Bedding Collection; now available from our friends at Ocean Styles. The beautiful bedding’s pattern is mirrored on the standard shams, while the Euro shams and dust ruffle have a coordinating stripe pattern of ocean teal, blue and greens. The two patterns together [...]
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