Sometimes I do stupid things.
Hard to believe, right??
Sometimes I do stupid things, like subscribe to the Pottery Barn catalog when we absolutely don't have the money to buy things from said Pottery Barn. Stupid Pottery Barn and your mouthwatering-but-crazy-expensive-home-furnishings! Then I do stupid things like go to their website and then they've cookied me and I now get PB ads everywhere online, teasing me. Stupid!
But seriously. I loved loved loved their excessive use of starfish, coral, and shells everywhere in the decor. I secretly want to make our house look like a beach cottage, but scared I wouldn't do it justice and it would just look tacky. All of their pictures make me dream of summer with a cool breeze from a big ceiling fan on a nice front porch.....
Our bedroom and guest bath have hints of beachy, but it's just not the same.
I did get some good ideas from my naughty PB voyeurism... I can't wait to go on our beach trip this year (T minus three months and counting) and buy some nautical decor on the cheap to spruce up our house.
Or maybe we should just move to the beach, and I can paint our house a nice Seafoam on the outside, all blues on the inside, and have all of the coastal accents I want.... verrrrry tempting!
All images are from here (obviously!)