Take a look at this blog. I have linked up with Completely Coastal's Coastal Blogs Post. Click on the link below to check it out! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! It has been a relaxing time for us:)
http://www.completely-coastal.com
Debbi
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Pretties and Posies Giveway!
You have got to take a look at Melanie's blog. She has such an artful eye and shares the most beautiful things with her followers. The latest giveaway can be seen here at http://prettiesandposies.blogspot.com Hope you enjoy, and be sure to enter for the giveaway!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Merry Christmas!
Hi Everyone,
I hope you all are enjoying the Christmas season. It has been a busy time for me as usual, but good:) I wanted to share a few pictures of our home decorated for Christmas.
We bought a real tree this year and it smells so good when I walk into this room. It is decorated with the vintage ornaments I've been collecting over the past few years, and a few newer ornaments and white starfish (it's a beach house, gotta have a few beachy things on the tree). I used aqua lt green and natural paper tied with white raffia to wrap our gifts. The full view picture did not turn out very good so I can't show the gift wrap. Sorry about that!
Here are the kids stockings. They are made from a white quilted bedspread that I found at a yard sale. I added the vintage buttons(I think they really add to them). The picture is off centered a bit, I was trying to avoid the black object that is now hanging above the fireplace! I never thought that would happen, but again it's a beach house with limited space and the TV would not fit anywhere else. Everyone seems to be enjoying the new addition, it's growing on me I guess:?
This is my vintage look feather tree. It has a few vintage ornaments and our family initial ornaments. The tree was white and I soaked it in tea to give it the aged look. I purchased the ornaments that have our initials in them from Michaels. I just found a font that I liked on the computer and then printed them out with our printer.
This is a nativity that I found at an estate sale a few years ago. I think it is a sweet reminder of what this season is all about!
The table has a few ornaments and mercury glass Christmas trees to give it a festive look.
I found this tinsel tree at Gibson Mills in Concord last month and added the vintage ornaments and white ribbon. It was already in the vintage aqua bottle filled with sand. The beautiful Timari ball near the tree was a gift from my Aunt Susie. Thanks for sharing your talent Aunt Susie!
I couldn't leave out my office! This little tree was a last minute addition. I found it at a thrift store, wrapped the base with burlap and decorated it with some left over shells that were strung on a natural rope.
I have several paper white bulbs planted in various containers. Here is one in my office that planted in a paint can and tied with a raffia bow. They are almost ready to bloom! I love the little white flowers and the green stems on these bulbs, what a great color combination So Pretty!
This is a picture of a table in our entry downstairs. Sorry the picture is a little dark. I need to work on the lighting in this area. The cloche is made from a glass dome and an old column cap that I found at a flea market. I have collected the vintage look items from various places over a couple of years. The sleigh was a thrift store find that I painted white.
I hope that you have enjoyed the little Christmas tour! Thanks for your support and nice comments that have been made to my post! I love hearing from you all, so keep the comments coming. I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a exceptionally Happy New Year!
xoxo
Debbi
I have some exciting news to share with you about my shop in my next blog:)
I hope you all are enjoying the Christmas season. It has been a busy time for me as usual, but good:) I wanted to share a few pictures of our home decorated for Christmas.
We bought a real tree this year and it smells so good when I walk into this room. It is decorated with the vintage ornaments I've been collecting over the past few years, and a few newer ornaments and white starfish (it's a beach house, gotta have a few beachy things on the tree). I used aqua lt green and natural paper tied with white raffia to wrap our gifts. The full view picture did not turn out very good so I can't show the gift wrap. Sorry about that!
This is my vintage look feather tree. It has a few vintage ornaments and our family initial ornaments. The tree was white and I soaked it in tea to give it the aged look. I purchased the ornaments that have our initials in them from Michaels. I just found a font that I liked on the computer and then printed them out with our printer.
This is a nativity that I found at an estate sale a few years ago. I think it is a sweet reminder of what this season is all about!
The table has a few ornaments and mercury glass Christmas trees to give it a festive look.
I found this tinsel tree at Gibson Mills in Concord last month and added the vintage ornaments and white ribbon. It was already in the vintage aqua bottle filled with sand. The beautiful Timari ball near the tree was a gift from my Aunt Susie. Thanks for sharing your talent Aunt Susie!
I couldn't leave out my office! This little tree was a last minute addition. I found it at a thrift store, wrapped the base with burlap and decorated it with some left over shells that were strung on a natural rope.
I have several paper white bulbs planted in various containers. Here is one in my office that planted in a paint can and tied with a raffia bow. They are almost ready to bloom! I love the little white flowers and the green stems on these bulbs, what a great color combination So Pretty!
This is a picture of a table in our entry downstairs. Sorry the picture is a little dark. I need to work on the lighting in this area. The cloche is made from a glass dome and an old column cap that I found at a flea market. I have collected the vintage look items from various places over a couple of years. The sleigh was a thrift store find that I painted white.
I hope that you have enjoyed the little Christmas tour! Thanks for your support and nice comments that have been made to my post! I love hearing from you all, so keep the comments coming. I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a exceptionally Happy New Year!
xoxo
Debbi
I have some exciting news to share with you about my shop in my next blog:)
Monday, November 29, 2010
A little more of our home.....
Hi!
I hope that you all had a nice Thanksgiving! We did! It was a very relaxing day in the country with some of our family and friends. I really like being able to visit and catch up on what has been going on with everyone. Oh yeah, and the FOOD was YUMMY!
I've been busy getting the house ready for Christmas. I like to start the weekend after Thanksgiving so we have plenty of time to enjoy the decorations. We decided to get a real tree this year and I love the way it smells when I walk into our great room. I will share some pictures with you a little later.
Today I thought I would share some pictures I took of our great room before I began decorating for Christmas.
I've been working on this room over the summer. The back of the bookcase use to be white and I decided to paint it aqua. It's a little lighter than the bookcase that I showed you in the blog about the dining room.
As you can see, it's not a big room and that makes it a little difficult to photograph. I hope you can get the general idea of how it looks. Most of the furniture is stuff we have had for awhile. The chairs are slipcovered in a white cotton duck. The sofa is also slipcovered it is the basic grand sofa from Pottery Barn(http://www.potterybarn.com/products/pb-basic-grand-sofa-select-items/?pkey=cpb-bassic-sofa). The coffee table was made from a vintage oak dining table. William, my husband, cut the base down to shorten it and I painted it and distressed it. The end tables are auction and flea market finds.
The lamp between the chairs is a thrift store find. I painted the metal pieces with texture paint then with a water base paint that blends with the shade. I then antiqued over that to give it an aged look. The base is filled with on of my favorite things, SEA GLASS! I have been collecting it when I walk on the beach. It is also in the jar on the fireplace as well as a few other places in our home. You may have seen some on the dresser in our bedroom that I blogged about last week.
It's a light filled room, which I love! It's so nice in to be in a sunny, warm room when it is windy and cold outside. Looks like someone should have gotten the iron out to steam that ottoman!!!! Sorry about that:) I will try to do better next time!
I hope you enjoyed my little tour. I've got to run for now, but check back with me soon! Also, if you would like, you can take a peak at my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/-the-beach/284785513815?v=wall&ref=pdem. Take care! Happy Monday!
Debbi
I hope that you all had a nice Thanksgiving! We did! It was a very relaxing day in the country with some of our family and friends. I really like being able to visit and catch up on what has been going on with everyone. Oh yeah, and the FOOD was YUMMY!
I've been busy getting the house ready for Christmas. I like to start the weekend after Thanksgiving so we have plenty of time to enjoy the decorations. We decided to get a real tree this year and I love the way it smells when I walk into our great room. I will share some pictures with you a little later.
Today I thought I would share some pictures I took of our great room before I began decorating for Christmas.
I've been working on this room over the summer. The back of the bookcase use to be white and I decided to paint it aqua. It's a little lighter than the bookcase that I showed you in the blog about the dining room.
As you can see, it's not a big room and that makes it a little difficult to photograph. I hope you can get the general idea of how it looks. Most of the furniture is stuff we have had for awhile. The chairs are slipcovered in a white cotton duck. The sofa is also slipcovered it is the basic grand sofa from Pottery Barn(http://www.potterybarn.com/products/pb-basic-grand-sofa-select-items/?pkey=cpb-bassic-sofa). The coffee table was made from a vintage oak dining table. William, my husband, cut the base down to shorten it and I painted it and distressed it. The end tables are auction and flea market finds.
The lamp between the chairs is a thrift store find. I painted the metal pieces with texture paint then with a water base paint that blends with the shade. I then antiqued over that to give it an aged look. The base is filled with on of my favorite things, SEA GLASS! I have been collecting it when I walk on the beach. It is also in the jar on the fireplace as well as a few other places in our home. You may have seen some on the dresser in our bedroom that I blogged about last week.
It's a light filled room, which I love! It's so nice in to be in a sunny, warm room when it is windy and cold outside. Looks like someone should have gotten the iron out to steam that ottoman!!!! Sorry about that:) I will try to do better next time!
I hope you enjoyed my little tour. I've got to run for now, but check back with me soon! Also, if you would like, you can take a peak at my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/-the-beach/284785513815?v=wall&ref=pdem. Take care! Happy Monday!
Debbi
Friday, November 19, 2010
@ the beach: From the beginning....
@ the beach: From the beginning....: "Happy Friday everyone!!! As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to share with you a few furniture pieces that inspired me to start '@ the..."
From the beginning....
Happy Friday everyone!!!
As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to share with you a few furniture pieces that inspired me to start "@ the beach."
This armoire is in our bedroom. It was a darker off-white color when I found it at a consignment shop in Wilmington. I painted it a more suitable white and roughed it up a bit to give it a beachy relaxed look. My husband built some shelves in it for me. It holds our television, books etc. I try to keep it neat, but I didn't think was neat enough to show you a picture of the inside. :)
Next is a pretty vintage dresser that I found at an antique show. It has moved around the house a bit, but has been in our room for awhile now. As you can see it also got the beachy white treatment. :)
I shared with you in another post that I love white lamps! Here is a close-up of one of many!!! I found this one at a thrift store. I took it apart, reworked it a bit, resurfaced the metal with a vintage silver look and added the drum shade and glass finial. I love the look of the milky white glass! I really like drum and french shades as well, but they are hard to find. Do any of you have a good source for lampshades?
I would love to hear from you. Please share your thoughts and comments about this post or any of my other post. I hope that you have a great weekend!
Debbi
As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to share with you a few furniture pieces that inspired me to start "@ the beach."
This armoire is in our bedroom. It was a darker off-white color when I found it at a consignment shop in Wilmington. I painted it a more suitable white and roughed it up a bit to give it a beachy relaxed look. My husband built some shelves in it for me. It holds our television, books etc. I try to keep it neat, but I didn't think was neat enough to show you a picture of the inside. :)
Next is a pretty vintage dresser that I found at an antique show. It has moved around the house a bit, but has been in our room for awhile now. As you can see it also got the beachy white treatment. :)
I shared with you in another post that I love white lamps! Here is a close-up of one of many!!! I found this one at a thrift store. I took it apart, reworked it a bit, resurfaced the metal with a vintage silver look and added the drum shade and glass finial. I love the look of the milky white glass! I really like drum and french shades as well, but they are hard to find. Do any of you have a good source for lampshades?
I would love to hear from you. Please share your thoughts and comments about this post or any of my other post. I hope that you have a great weekend!
Debbi
Monday, November 15, 2010
More about @ the beach
Hello everyone!
During my last post, I told you that a small business has evolved from my love for decorating. The business really began about 6-7 years ago when we were building our beach house. We were on a very tight budget and there was very little money for furniture, so I began looking for vintage furniture pieces in need of a little work. I searched auctions, estate sales and local thrift stores shopping for beds, armoires, dressers, tables, chairs that I could paint to give a relaxed coastal cottage look. It took awhile to find everything we needed to fill the house, but once it was move in day, we had everything we needed to make it livable. I really loved the way the furniture looked! I was hooked! I kept my eyes open for furniture, even though the beach house was complete and I kept finding things that needed to be rescued!
That is basically how the business began. I was looking for something to do on a part time basis, my oldest two children were getting close to graduating from high school and my younger two were in elementary school. I began to have time while they were at school to work on some of the rescued pieces. I painted, shopped and began looking for a space to rent to start the business.
Near the end of that year, I got the opportunity to open my own space with the same business featuring my painted furniture and accessories and I decided to give it a try. That is how" @ the beach" began!
My husband had a small movable building built for me. The guys who built it helped us move it to where it is located today." @ the beach is located in front of "Secret Treasures Antiques and Collectibles" in Cedar Point N.C. I just celebrated my 1 year anniversary in the new space last month.
1 year ago, after the move
Well, that is pretty much the story. I'm gonna go for now, there are lots of things out in the garage that need a little coastal updating. If you are in the area, please stop by to see us. We would love to meet you.
Have a great week!
Debbi
Check back soon, I am going to share some of the original pieces I recreated for the beach house:)
During my last post, I told you that a small business has evolved from my love for decorating. The business really began about 6-7 years ago when we were building our beach house. We were on a very tight budget and there was very little money for furniture, so I began looking for vintage furniture pieces in need of a little work. I searched auctions, estate sales and local thrift stores shopping for beds, armoires, dressers, tables, chairs that I could paint to give a relaxed coastal cottage look. It took awhile to find everything we needed to fill the house, but once it was move in day, we had everything we needed to make it livable. I really loved the way the furniture looked! I was hooked! I kept my eyes open for furniture, even though the beach house was complete and I kept finding things that needed to be rescued!
That is basically how the business began. I was looking for something to do on a part time basis, my oldest two children were getting close to graduating from high school and my younger two were in elementary school. I began to have time while they were at school to work on some of the rescued pieces. I painted, shopped and began looking for a space to rent to start the business.
At first, I rented a small space along the coast to give it a try. It went well until the end of my first year, I think it had a lot to do with the economy, but I got a little worried and pulled my things from that space and decided to wait until things got better. A few months later I had the opportunity to go into a space with my sister in law and a friend splitting the rent three ways. That went really well, but I felt like I took the space over because I had so much inventory....
Near the end of that year, I got the opportunity to open my own space with the same business featuring my painted furniture and accessories and I decided to give it a try. That is how" @ the beach" began!
My husband had a small movable building built for me. The guys who built it helped us move it to where it is located today." @ the beach is located in front of "Secret Treasures Antiques and Collectibles" in Cedar Point N.C. I just celebrated my 1 year anniversary in the new space last month.
Well, that is pretty much the story. I'm gonna go for now, there are lots of things out in the garage that need a little coastal updating. If you are in the area, please stop by to see us. We would love to meet you.
Have a great week!
Debbi
Check back soon, I am going to share some of the original pieces I recreated for the beach house:)
Friday, November 12, 2010
A new adventure.....
Hello !
Thanks for stopping by for a visit. This is my very first post so please forgive me if it seems like I don't know what I am doing. I have spent a lot of time looking at blogs this year, and felt it was time to give it a try myself. A new adventure this will surely be! I am excited to share my passion for decorating with you. I think my style is best described as a relaxed coastal look with a vintage, yet current flair. Decorating has been a passion of mine for about 20 years, and a small business has evolved from it. I will share more about that later. I hope that you will find inspiration from some of my ideas as I share in this blogging world.
Here is my dining room, I've been working on it over the summer. I started with the large white cabinet you see here. It is an imported piece that has a aged look to it. It is a great storage piece! The chandelier was already here, but I added some aqua beads and a string of shells (that I found at Michaels) to give it a different look. The table was an estate sale find that had a maple finish. I painted the base white, distressed it, then painted the top a dark walnut. I found the four chairs around the table at a thrift store for a great price. The pine drop leaf table in front of the windows was purchased at an auction. I painted it white and distressed it to give it a more relaxed feel. The two chairs beside the drop leaf were in my kitchen before, I just reupholstered the cushions in an aqua fabric that I found at Printers Alley. The curtains were a great price as well, I found them at IKEA.
This is another view of the room. The bookcase in the little hallway is also an imported piece, it was originally off white. I painted it aqua and distressed it to show the wood and white paint underneath. I love vintage white and off white vintage planters and vases. I have a few of my collection displayed on the shelves of the bookcase as well as a few other items.
Here is a close up of the items I have displayed on the drop leaf table. The green box is made from reclaimed wood out of an old farm house, I think it is so cool! I also love the aqua vintage bottle displayed as well as the vintage crystal knob. I found the lamps at HomeGoods. I think they give the table the little touch of current that I try to add to my rooms. As I share more of my home with you, you will begin to see that I have many obsessions one being white lamps!
I hope that you have enjoyed my very first blog. I would love to here from you. Your comments and advice are welcomed! I feel like I have so much to learn. Thanks for stopping by and please check back with me soon. I am already thinking about what to share with you next:)
Kind Regards,
Debbi
Thanks for stopping by for a visit. This is my very first post so please forgive me if it seems like I don't know what I am doing. I have spent a lot of time looking at blogs this year, and felt it was time to give it a try myself. A new adventure this will surely be! I am excited to share my passion for decorating with you. I think my style is best described as a relaxed coastal look with a vintage, yet current flair. Decorating has been a passion of mine for about 20 years, and a small business has evolved from it. I will share more about that later. I hope that you will find inspiration from some of my ideas as I share in this blogging world.
Here is my dining room, I've been working on it over the summer. I started with the large white cabinet you see here. It is an imported piece that has a aged look to it. It is a great storage piece! The chandelier was already here, but I added some aqua beads and a string of shells (that I found at Michaels) to give it a different look. The table was an estate sale find that had a maple finish. I painted the base white, distressed it, then painted the top a dark walnut. I found the four chairs around the table at a thrift store for a great price. The pine drop leaf table in front of the windows was purchased at an auction. I painted it white and distressed it to give it a more relaxed feel. The two chairs beside the drop leaf were in my kitchen before, I just reupholstered the cushions in an aqua fabric that I found at Printers Alley. The curtains were a great price as well, I found them at IKEA.
This is another view of the room. The bookcase in the little hallway is also an imported piece, it was originally off white. I painted it aqua and distressed it to show the wood and white paint underneath. I love vintage white and off white vintage planters and vases. I have a few of my collection displayed on the shelves of the bookcase as well as a few other items.
Here is a close up of the items I have displayed on the drop leaf table. The green box is made from reclaimed wood out of an old farm house, I think it is so cool! I also love the aqua vintage bottle displayed as well as the vintage crystal knob. I found the lamps at HomeGoods. I think they give the table the little touch of current that I try to add to my rooms. As I share more of my home with you, you will begin to see that I have many obsessions one being white lamps!
I hope that you have enjoyed my very first blog. I would love to here from you. Your comments and advice are welcomed! I feel like I have so much to learn. Thanks for stopping by and please check back with me soon. I am already thinking about what to share with you next:)
Kind Regards,
Debbi
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