Beach House Tour: A Gulf Coast Vacation Rental

As discussed in this post and shown in this post, it's not altogether uncommon to find beach house rentals that are short on style and updates.  So when I find them done right, I like to celebrate them.

Welcome to 297 Red Cedar Way, in lovely Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.  This beautiful vacation rental is offered as one of the accommodation options by the Water Color Inn & Resort.  It is just a short walk to the beach.

The living room is not as spectacular as the rest of the house, but there are some stylish ikat chairs, a natural fiber rug, and some beach house pillows. The master bedroom is quite well done, however.  That wall color is just perfect.

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Here is another "master" that could be used by another couple in the vacation party, just as well done, with blues being used as blue-grey in the bed linens and curtains. I am loving this interior designers solution to the wood-floor-in-the-bedroom problem: treat the space between the bed and the wall as its own tiny gathering area by using a rug.

The guest or children's bedrooms are no less stylish, and the designers capitalized on the opportunity to be playful and colorful.

The kitchen has a little room for more flair, and I probably would have chosen these chairs instead, but it has a lot of potential, if only they shop at StylishBeachHome.com  ; )

OK, in all honesty, this is one room I'm kinda disappointed in.  I feel like it is a departure from the rest of the house's style, and it could use new table, chairs, lighting, and art.  At least it's got great paint color and wainscoting.

Besides, I can forgive this dining room its sins, because there is not one, but TWO even better places to gather and dine with friends. Again, it could use some accessories, but that is to be expected since there aren't any guests there yet to make it the warm place that it will become.

I think it's my nostalgia for my childhood, but I just love screened in porches. Especially when a storm was on its way and the wind would be blowing so hard, we children would feel so much excitement on the screened porch my Daddy had built from our carport. I can just see a crab boil on this table!

Look at the fabulous outdoor furniture they have here!  Seems like they have already found us!

                                                                                                                               ~Natalee

Coastal Dining Room Inspiration

Remember when it seemed that all dining rooms looked like this?  Thank goodness we have all opened our minds to something other than china cabinets, cherry wood (not to pick on china cabinets or cherry wood) and matchy watchy dining room tables and chairs.

Dining rooms come in all shapes and sizes. Heck, they can be no dining room at all, but an eat-in kitchen instead.  Tables and chairs also come in all shapes and sizes, and the trend is for the chairs and the tables not to match but to complement each other.

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I love the high ceilings of this one!

Other Metro Photographers Elad Gonen & Zeev Beech

Driftwood ... you know how I love it.

http://www.alexanderwaterworthinteriors.com/

This one could be a table at a restaurant, but I could also see this style done in a beach house in the city.  (This does exist!)  I'm imagining a breakfast room in a swanky apartment overlooking the ocean, with the Titus Dining table (because its a small apartment, you know) and these chairs surrounded by a wall of windows, hanging plants, pendants that will knock your socks off.

This one makes me feel happy because its so bright.  Did you notice the glass on the table? I have the same thing on my own dining room table -- smartest thing I ever did besides having my kids. Smartest thing I ever did because I have my kids. Just contact your local glass company, ask then if they do glass for furniture (some only do auto glass), give them the dimensions and they will walk you through choosing thickness and corner shape.

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The dining room isn't usually the place you see nautical decor, but they did it so well here!

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This room is a perfect example of why we have so many choices available at StylishBeachHome.com.  This light fixture is not on you might associate with a nautical theme, but we don't want to limit you in your genius!  We carry a similar one that I think would look even better (no offense, Mr. Baxter).

Sapphire Ceiling Lamp

There are so many choices to do a dining area!  I've seen so many ways our pieces have been used, it just makes me so happy.  I will show you more sometime.

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