Coastal Living Beach House Style: Designing Spaces That Bring the Beach to You [Paperback]

Editors of Coastal Living Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 2011

This treasure trove of decorating inspiration showcases coastal homes from the shores of New England down to Key West and the Caribbean. It explores the unique design of seaside homes along the rugged coastline of the Pacific Northwest down to the sunny beaches of Southern California, letting readers experience how the architectural vernacular of a region influences the design of its homes.

Step inside these homes to see how the coastal way of life dictates the décor-from thoughtfully designed porches that are an extension of the home, punches of citrus green and seaglass blue in a whimsical room for children, to kitchens and living rooms that are casual gathering places in the truest sense. Get ideas for infusing your own home with a similar laid-back sense of style. See how simple updates like the choice of paint color or lighting can truly make a room, and gather ideas for your own redo with our inspiring makeovers.

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About the Author

Coastal Living, is a national publication that covers the shorelines and bay areas of the East, West, and Gulf coasts, as well as the Great Lakes. Coastal Living's 4 million readers turn to the magazine each month for inspiring tips about home design, entertaining, cooking, and living a laid-back life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House; Original edition (January 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848733649
• ISBN-13: 978-0848733643
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.8 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Professional & Technical > Architecture > Interior Design
  • #19 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architectural Art & Design > Buildings
  • #20 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Home Improvement & Design > Home Decorating & Design > Interior Design > Decorating

More About the Author

Katherine Cobbs left her first publishing job at National Geographic for the West Coast where she attended culinary school in order to combine her love of food with her passion for writing. For over fifteen years she has written and developed recipes for magazines such as Cooking Light, Cottage Living, Southern Accents, and Executive Traveler, websites such as Tastebook.com and Cooking.com and for book projects for Warner Books, Time-Life, Oxmoor House, Williams-Sonoma, and Artisan. She co-authored Bottega Favorita - A Southern Chefs Love Affair with Italian Food with James Beard Award-winning chef, Frank Stitt and The Hot & Hot Fish Club Cookbook with James Beard Nominee, Chef Chris Hastings. She most recently served as Food Editor for Oxmoor House, the book division of Time Inc where served as Editor on all of the Oxmoor House titles listed here.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 69 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars coastal living beach house style January 7, 2011

By SAR

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If you buy Coastal living beach house style you will see that almost 75% of the photos are the same ones in their Coastal living Our best makeovers magazine 2010.
I was so disappointed that so many of the photos were the same. I have a lot of old Coastal living issues and there were so many other photos they could have used. Maybe next time they will use some new material and not the same old photos just in a new book.

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beach House Styles December 28, 2010

By L. M. Keefer TOP 100 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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If you're looking for an overview of different signature beach house styles, this book is a good place to start. It surveys the most popular beach styles which are influenced by geography: the bold navy, whites and reds of New England, soft sand and blue tones in Seaside Florida, hot pinks, yellows and preppy greens in Key West Style, the Spanish/Mexican influences of Southern California, the moody-murky deeper tones of the Pacific Northwest and the tropical brights of the Caribbean.

The book takes you room-by-room beginning with living rooms, and includes bedrooms, kitchens, baths and porches illustrating the possibilities and variations of beach decor. My favorite feature of this book is the "elements of style" page for each kind of room which shows common elements used. Different pieces are highlighted to demonstrate how a look can be put together for a particular room from chairs to side tables, to rugs, to fabric to accessories like lanterns.

There were some rooms I loved, but others didn't look particularly "beachy" to me such as a Moroccan-influenced bedroom, a neo-classic master bedroom, and a lavender and green guest room which looked more farmhouse country to me. The most successful, and attractive, rooms in the book I thought brought more of the outdoors in and looked more "beachy". I don't subscribe to COASTAL LIVING magazine, although occasionally look at it at Barnes & Noble, and all of the rooms were new to me. If you have a subscription, you may have seen the rooms before, and want to take that into consideration. This is a fun and affordable introduction to a casual, inviting and comfortable vacation style which many want in our homes.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars great coffee table book? January 21, 2011

By E Scott Jessup

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This book has a lot of beautiful pictures although most are split 3/4 across by the binding. If you receive Coastal Living magazine you may recognize most of featured houses. Great for a coffee table book or as a conversation piece for those of us who are landlocked. Overall.... for me this book was a bit of a let down.