Category Archives: Beach House

07.10.13

beach bag basics.

I like to be prepared at the beach to minimize as many temper tantrums, bathroom breaks and hunger pangs.  Last week our family stayed true to a few old favorites (I seriously have a problem when it comes to Twizzlers.)  But we found a few new obsessions to add to the rotation like this sunscreen line, these portable applesauces and this beach blanket.

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Beach Bag

Take that hunger pangs!

07.09.13

ugh.

Reality hit like a ton of bricks yesterday morning.  We spent a glorious week at the beach… I never wanted to come back. Those of you who follow me on Instagram saw the play by play.

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Sardines.

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Love her more than peanut butter.
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 Surfin’ Lou-S-A.

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 Does this kid not get the best natural beach waves?  #jealous.

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Lots of this.

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And this.

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And a little more of this.

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To celebrate with my ladies of liberty.

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We got home on Saturday night and had our first inaugural marshmallow roast in the firepit.  S’mores and all.  It was heavenly.  The backyard is 98% finished!  Pics soon.

05.30.13

Beachy Bedding.

I received some source requests for the bedding that we bought for the beach condo.  This was a severe case of design on a dime since we are renting it out the next few years.  All-in-all, I was quite happy with what we bought.
Sea Creatures Quilt – $47.99 |  Lilly Pillow– $32.00
Paige Bedding– $88 each (with coupon)
Flip Flop Bedding– $159   | Pillows- Homegoods.

05.29.13

Instagram on Canvas.

When looking for inexpensive artwork for the beach condo, I came up short.  I wanting something that was cost-effective, large-scale, beautiful and meaningful.  Enter CanvasWorld.
Last year, I took this picture while we were at the beach.
I Instagrammed it and loved how it turned out.
CanvasWorld is awesome because you can get an instant preview of how your gallery-wrapped canvas will look.
And there you have it.  I got a 30″ x 30″ personalized gallery-wrapped canvas picture for $149.99.

Can’t beat that.

Some of you have asked for my Instagram profile.  You can follow me on Instagram here.

05.28.13

Round Here.

Memorial Day Weekend was not exactly a time of relaxation around here.   Karen, Dad and I went back to the beach for one last cram session of work.

On the way into town, we stopped and scooped up some essential accessories.

Many a light fixtures were installed.

Beds were made.

Tile was installed.

Accessories hung.

Tables styled.


And much painting, spackling, scrubbing and moving in between.  We arrived home late Saturday night and I awoke to a little surprise Momma Squatter left us.  Aren’t they amazing???