Coastal Living Beach House

Hello there! I am so sorry for being gone so long! I promised you pictures of the Coastal Living Ultimate Beach House several weeks ago, and then....nothing! Well, seeing as how we just purchased our ski passes, I thought I better show you some beach home pictures before the mood is completely gone.

This beach house is in Rosemary Beach, Florida. From the outside, it looks quaint. In fact, it is quite large. It is almost 5,000 s.f.

Here is the floor plan, and the key people involved:

Please excuse my photographs. I tried to take quick pictures, and some have a lot of people in them. I've tried to blur out some faces,  because if it were me, I wouldn't like my face in some random person's blog. :)

Anyway, the entry. It is a circular shaped entry. Take a look at the light fixture; actually, I love all the light fixtures in this home:

To the left of the entry is a hallway leading up to the Master Bedroom:

The master bath:

Another bedroom is in this same hallway(I think this is the right bedroom, these pictures were taken so long ago!):

The rest of the house stems from the other side of the entry. The dining, kitchen, and sitting area are all one big room:

There is a study that branches off from the dining area:

By the kitchen, there is a room called the scullery, basically a huge pantry where they also keep the fridge:

 Also near the kitchen is a tiny, but functional bunkroom:

There is also another bedroom in this area (I may have gotten bedroom 2 & bedroom 3 mixed up):

Upstairs, there is another bedroom:

A girl's bunkroom (how fun is this!!): 

The game room(look at that ping pong table!):

The Theatre room:

The back of the house:

This is a beautiful house; every space is utilized to its fullest. If you noticed the designer on the floor plan above, it is Erika Powell, one of my favorite designers! She did such a wonderful job in designing this house!

The Coastal Living Magazine issue featuring this house should come out soon, (I think October?) I'm going to go buy it as soon as it comes out. They will have way better pictures than mine!

Vacation and Coastal Living

I was here last week:

We were at Carillon Beach, which is near Seaside and Rosemary Beach in Florida's panhandle. I have posted about Carillon before; it's our 3rd year there. Luckily, we missed tropical storm Debby.

While there, my friends and I were lucky to be able to visit Coastal Living's Idea House at Rosemary Beach:

We came back home from vacation and hit the ground running the next day with soccer games, and various sports camps. I have yet to unload my pictures from our trip. When I do, I will share my pictures of this great home (& maybe trick you into seeing some vacation photos!)

I also bought some Annie Sloan's chalk paint today. I had no idea I had a retailer just minutes from my home! I am hoping to paint a big armoire soon.

Checking In

I sort of disappeared, didn't I? This is what we've been up to this summer:

Ran a 10K. My son ran it in under 53 minutes. Not bad for someone who used to have a heart condition!

He wore this bracelet that his former baseball coach/Sunday school teacher made for him. She is awesome. It has the verse Isaiah 40:31 on it.

Our girls have some great friends in the neighborhood. They had an outdoor movie night:

Hanging out:

My son had a birthday:

Arcade games:

Soccer games:

Messing with my iphone:

Swimming:

The summer is flying by! I hope you all are having a great summer!

Almost There!

One more day of school! I feel like I'm 10 years old again; I'm so excited for them to be out doing things like swinging on a tire swing!

My Summer Decorating Plans

School is almost out, and I cannot wait! I feel like it's my Summer vacation as well as the kids'. No more homework, no more driving to pick up kids from school...

It is when I get a lot of projects done around the house. This Summer, I'm planning on finishing up this wall before I tire of it altogether (all pictures taken with iphone):

I need to clear the clutter from these bookcases. See how we have more books than the shelves can hold? Books are spilling out the front:

Then, my most labor intensive project is painting this entry. It looks sorta pink right now - it's actually BM Shaker Beige. It looks like a yellow-beige in my house. I'm thinking of painting it either a white, or BM Gray Owl. 

I need to do something with this vignette. It's the first thing you see when you enter. This was supposed to be temporary to fill up the space when we gave the grandfather clock to my husband's brother.

We'll see how much I actually get done. I still need to put away some Christmas houses that are in the basement!

The Weekend

The weekend was full of this:

Cleaning up the garden

 soccer games

 playing in a stream

 football

playing with iphones at the apple store

Little Gifts

I love when they take the time to pick these for me.

Tulips at Home

My tulips are the one thing in the garden that will grow. I don't think they know they are supposed to last only two years.

Waist Deep

Just a little whimsy to brighten your day!

Happy Easter

He is Risen! Happy Easter!