Trend Feed: Beach is in the Air

Set the perfect beach inspired table.

Summer is almost here and beachy decor and inspirations are everywhere. We were perusing our local Pottery Barn and were amazed and the classic and cute beach inspired items they had. We can't wait to incorporate them into the redesigned beach shack.

With barbeques, lobster feeds, and fish fries on the entertainment horizon for the summer months we re going to be sure to stock up on some sea inspired table decor.

We love the look of layering light glass pieces, with bright corals and natural textured linens.


Display your appetizers and trimmings with this shell inspired display.


Bring the salt of the sea to your table with these delicate salt and pepper shakers.

Project Feed: Beach Shack to Beach Chic

Over the next few months we are going to be working on revitalizing a 1950's beach shack. This was once a family retreat where memories were born and laughs were shared. It has since slipped into disrepair and the family spends more time at the new beach house. Our mission is to bring this shack into the 21st century. Our challenge is to make this a place that new generations want to visit, old generations still love, ad new generations can create new memories in.

We have several projects lined up to bring this home from drab to fab. Our first step is to create a design plan that the entire family will buy off on so we can begin. This weekend we traveled to the beach to measure the kitchen space. We then worked with the fabulous people at Lowes to create a new and functional kitchen.

This is no small task. The original kitchen has cabinets from the 1950's and the counter top is plywood with contact paper on top. They are not a standard depth, so we had to rework the entire kitchen. There is only a wood burning stove so we have to rewire the entire kitchen and put in modern day appliances.

Here is a pic of our starting point.


This is where we're hoping to end up.