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Summer Decorating at Our Lake House

July 20, 2014 by Patti 19 Comments

So what am I doing spending time decorating my house when I should be packing for our upcoming move to Greenville?  I know, right?  But when I saw Linda of Coastal Charm‘s recent post sharing her Coastal Vignette I just had to dig out my own coastal decor to do a little summer decorating at our lake house.  I need to get back to packing so I won’t talk much, just share my pictures.  Let’s start in my living room with the addition of a few coastal touches, some things old and some things new.

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Coastal Decor 091Summer pillow covers replaced heavier covers for my entry hall bench and other living room furniture.

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Coastal Decor 073Here, a sea fan I bought last year from Sherry at No Minimalist Here.

Coastal Decor 053An old tool box I also bought last year and added a driftwood handle to.  It is filled now with a collection of things from the sea.

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Coastal Decor 088My giant Japanese float atop my kitchen cabinets.

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Coastal Decor 016My frog sugar and creamer always make me smile.  Love their colors!

Coastal Decor 001bAnd now for several shots of my table centerpiece made up of a random collection of items.

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Coastal Decor 036Coastal Decor 002 (2)bWhere is your happy place in summer?  Is it the mountains, camping in the woods, poolside or simply sitting on your front porch?

Whether it be at the lake or beside the sea, The Beach is my Happy Place!

Blessings,

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Sunday:
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Filed Under: Coastal Style, Home decorating, Lakeside Living, Summer, Table Runners, The Beach, Vintage bottles Tagged With: Coastal Style, Home Decorating, Lakeside living, Summer, The Beach

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Comments

  1. Gigi Harlan says

    July 20, 2014 at 7:08 am

    So many pretties! I love your bottles and how you arranged them so much I pinned them to my board. Have a great day!

    Gigi @ Old World Patina

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  2. Cindy says

    July 21, 2014 at 10:15 am

    Beautiful! Love your summery vignettes. Thanks so much for sharing at AMAZE ME MONDAY…
    Blessings,
    Cindy

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  3. Erica says

    July 21, 2014 at 5:41 pm

    Love all these beautiful details! Aqua is my absolute fave color – those bottles are perfect!

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  4. Emily says

    July 22, 2014 at 10:23 am

    Oh my word. The tool box. GASP.

    The beach is MY happy place, too. WHY am I in Nevada again? lol

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  5. Linda@Coastal Charm says

    July 22, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Patti,
    Oh I am so happy that I inspired you with my coastal vignette. Now, you really out did this ole gal, with all your pretties. You have now in spired me with a cute old wood caddy with the driftwood handle…just too CUTE! Thanks so much for sharing at my Show and Share party.

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  6. Sherry @ No Minimalist Here says

    July 22, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    Hi Patti, I love all your coastal touches and appreciate the mention of my blog. Glad you are still loving your sea fan.
    xx,
    Sherry

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  7. Deb says

    July 23, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    Everything is so so lovely! the art work is just perfect…makes me want to be on vacation!

    Deb
    @Seeking Lavender Lane

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  8. rebecca lopez says

    July 25, 2014 at 11:52 am

    I love the beach so much, everything in this post makes me so happy. That old tool box with the drift wood handle!!!! Thank you so much for linking this up to The Creative Collection Link Party.

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  9. Betsy says

    July 27, 2014 at 10:41 am

    what pretty colors . I like the seashells on the stoppers for bottles.

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  10. Diane | An Extraordinary Day says

    July 27, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    Patty, I just had so much fun strolling through your beautiful coastal collection. I LOVE the gorgeous blue sea glass. 🙂
    I’m so glad that you took the time to decorate instead of packing and sharing the beauty with us.

    Thanks for sharing your pretties with us this at Project Inspire{d}! See you again on Monday night!

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  11. Kathryn Griffin @TheDedicatedHouse says

    July 27, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    Patti, it’s gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the fan favorites at the Sunday Showcase from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to the post so you can check out your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2014/07/sunday-showcase-from-make-it-pretty_27.html Hope to see you again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  12. Lavender Dreams says

    July 28, 2014 at 11:01 am

    You have such beautiful style! I decorate in lots of nautical things here in Florida but I could do more….and learn from you! Enjoy your week! Hugs!

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  13. Jeanette @ Creating a Life says

    July 28, 2014 at 6:54 pm

    I love the beach too, Patti. Your vignettes are just gorgeous!

    Jeanette

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  14. JaneEllen says

    August 9, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    So very pretty, did you put the shells on top of bottles? Love how your vignette looks. Would sure love to have those blue candle holders. I find it so funny that ever since I was very small have always loved colored glass in any form, especially blues and light greens. Love beach stuff too, we lived in San Diego areas for 21 yrs. was hard to leave there. But we moved to a big lake in MT on 20 acres so I could look at water every day, so gorgeous. Then we moved to KY, no water close by but we live in western CO now and a great state park lake is only 7 1/2 miles from our house. It’s like my phsche needs to be by water, have always loved water and things associated with it. Have my living room styled with beach, shells, blue glass bottles, no surprise there.
    Your home is very pretty with your beach items. Enjoy. Happy weekend

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