Malibu Beach Cottage

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534278_v5XNA-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534314_tSNfm-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534297_L4yd9-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534256_TFMXs-XL.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534211_NGpgC-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534153_hCcPi-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534223_AhLGg-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/974534294_r4JYh-O.jpg" /><br /></center>When my friend Candi of <a href="http://candacerose.typepad.com/blog/2010/08/juicy-couture-malibu-beach-house-of-founder-pam-skaistlevy.html" target="_blank">Candace Rose</a> fame shared this Malibu beach home featured several years ago in <a href="http://www.magazinec.com/" target="_blank">California Magazine</a> (and <a href="http://projectecoart.blogspot.com/2008/08/juicy-decor-ideas.html" target="_blank">Project EcoArt</a>) belonging to Juicy Couture co-founder Pamela Skaist-Levy, I was completely smitten! Like Candi, my dream is to live in a beach house by the ocean (surprise surprise), so seeing these images makes my heart beat a little faster. All the glorious white, mixed with striking punches of blue and turquoise...what's not to love?! Certainly that killer ocean view too! *sigh*

Malibu Beach Cottage

When my friend Candi of Candace Rose fame shared this Malibu beach home featured several years ago in California Magazine (and Project Eco...

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Crisp and Cool Sunroom

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/973264867_kTQtc-O.jpg" /></center>It's rooms like this (photographed by <a href="http://petermurdock.com/" target="_blank">Peter Murdock</a>) that make <a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/" target="_blank">Coastal Living</a> one of my favorite magazines. All that crisp white brought to life with the bold turquoise sofa. Yum! I love all the windows, the high slanted ceiling and that cute slipcovered chair. And I especially love that a radiant heat system was installed underneath the bluestone pavers, which were salvaged from a former patio. Just what our long Minnesota winters call for! Check out <a href="http://www.myhomeideas.com/room-galleries/blue-and-white-sunroom-00415000068750/" target="_blank">MyHomeIdeas</a> for more info on this room!

Crisp and Cool Sunroom

It's rooms like this (photographed by Peter Murdock ) that make Coastal Living one of my favorite magazines. All that crisp white broug...

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Roberts Erickson Design

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064754_hB4x2-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064723_TFnoq-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064801_Ms44T-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064656_qKD8G-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064946_Gdue9-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064905_SRQoK-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064878_nam7g-O.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064825_iZriF-O.jpg" /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064847_5EC2M-O.jpg" /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/972064706_xQzhD-O.jpg" /></center>I'm dishing out the eye-candy today, complements of <a href="http://www.redesignsc.com/" target="_blank">Roberts Erickson Design</a> (remember that <a href="http://www.houseofturquoise.com/2010/01/beautiful-and-bold-bedroom.html" target="_blank">fab bedroom</a> they designed?) The owners of this eclectic Myrtle Beach home featured in <a href="http://www.grandstrandmag.com/feature/home_and_garden/ties_for_design" target="_blank">Grand Strand Magazine</a> live here full-time, but still wanted to have a vacation vibe. They were very adamant about keeping things neutral, so pops of colors were brought in to create a look that coexists with the ocean-side landscape. The result is beachy, but not in a literal way. What I love the most is that the couple didn't start all over from scratch, they wanted to keep a lot of their original furniture and accessories. They just wanted an update. I'd say they got that and more! Too read all about their home, head <a href="http://www.grandstrandmag.com/feature/home_and_garden/ties_for_design" target="_blank">here</a>!

Roberts Erickson Design

I'm dishing out the eye-candy today, complements of Roberts Erickson Design (remember that fab bedroom they designed?) The owners of t...

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