Coastal Style Living Blog

Personalizing Your Beach Experience

No matter whether you find a beach crowded with strangers or slip off to a secluded nook where it’s just you and the sand, your experience there is unique. Whether you put a sun shade over your towel and crack open the latest romance or thriller novel or throw on a wet suit and ride a surfboard until your toes ache, that day is yours and yours alone. That sand, those waves, the sun on your shoulders, they were all for you. Afterwards, you went to a local spot – Tom’s Tiki Shack or The Crustacean Cafe or Molly’s Diner – and ordered exactly what you wanted. It felt like that restaurant was built just for you, like it was your name on the sign.

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When you are a true beach lover, it doesn’t matter the time of year, you want to be to the beach soaking up the sun and the feeling of serenity that comes with the waves crashing on the beach. Sadly, though, not all of us can live at the beach for the entire year. There is a way to bring the feel of the beach home with you though. You can decorate one of your bathrooms with beach décor.

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It’s hard to stand out in a sea of fish. That’s why shore designers are always redefining what makes for a refined, elegant beach home. The typical seashell, lighthouse, or nautical motif goes great in every coastal abode, but what if you want a one-of-a-kind design?

Check out some of these stunning design ideas inspired by the great blue heron. The majestic bird provides eye-catching imagery and sets a cool, comforting color scheme for any shore space.

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Werewolves, vampires, witches, and wizards have overrun popular culture for the last decade. But over the past year or so, everyone from little girls to adolescents to fully grown adults have expressed their fascination with the ever-alluring imaginary sea creature known as the mermaid. Having come very far from her comic-cartoony Disney past, the mermaid trend is now chic, luxurious, and gorgeously inspired by centuries-old siren mythology.

With her mesmerizing beauty and whimsical wonder here to stay, here’s how you can pay homage to the mermaid all year long.

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