What's Your Beach Style - West Coast Edition

Haven't found your beach style yet? Well, put some Beach Boy's tunes on your playlist and check these pictures out! Perhaps you are a west coast, golden blonde, athletic, surfer kind of beach goer. I love the ruggedness of the west coast and the charm of all of the little towns and villages tucked into the nooks and crannies along California's coast. There is a little something for everyone. There is everything from the sleek, modern, glass and steel look to charming, fairytale-like cottages. Is this you?

Malibu

Look at that view - Malibu

Bath in Laguna

Lovely in LaJolla

Charming cottage in Carmel

This is Rachel Ashwell's Malibu home

Wouldn't mind any of it, would you?

xoxo,

Krissy

photos via: Pinterest

What's Your Beach Style - Palm Beach Edition

We celebrated with Sweet Pea over the weekend and have started getting everything ready for two weeks at camp. Sweet Pea and Sport leave next weekend and Fisherman is going fishing (surprise!) in Florida. So, the mister and myself will be sans kiddos for a while. I wish I was headed to the beach! Alas, I must wait just a few more weeks.

Slim Aarons 

In the meantime, I will get back on track with my "beach styles" posts. I think that I am little bit of all styles. If there is an ocean and sand, what's not to love? Today, I am exploring the Hollywood Regency glitz and glamor of Palm Beach. I think of Jackie in a Lilly shift with her Jack Roger's sandals, striped, private poolside cabanas at the Breakers, Slim Aarons photography, yachts, classic cars, everyone in pink and green and oh so chic!

Lilly

Meg Braff

xoxo,

Krissy

all images via: Pinterest

What's Your Beach Style - East Coast Edition

The temperature reached 111' on my car thermometer today; it is summertime in Texas people. Our annual trip to Florida is still a month away and the nearest beach is five hours away. So, if I can't make it to the beach, I am going to bring the beach to me or you all who read this (thank you precious ones, by the way!). I thought I would try and highlight the basic feel of the different coastal regions here in the good ol' U.S of A. and let you all decide what your own style is. Are you East Coast traditional: crisp, nautical decor, all white parties with the A-listers, weathered clapboard and old money? Are you Palm Beach glam: Hollywood Regency, Lilly Pulitzer, Mediterranean luxe with a little Latin thrown-in? Are you a Florida Panhandle, 30-A girl: Seaside pastels, sugar-white sand, family bike rides, laid-back, Southern style? Are you a California girl: modern lines, contemporary cool, surf culture and year-round beauty? Or, maybe you are the casual gal, that enjoys the family house that was purchased in the sixties and furnished with comfy, hand-me-downs, full of treasured memories and hasn't changed a bit.

So, without further ado, here is "What's Your Beach Style - East Coast Edition". I know that there are some that are cringing as they read this, because I am simply lumping all of the northern, East coast beaches into one post. Yes, I realize that there are distinct styles to each area, but the overall feeling of the East Coast is one of Ralph Lauren Americana. Ralph can be dressy and casual, but he is always classic, and that is the East coast. Be it Martha's vineyard, Nantucket, the Cape or the Hamptons, there is a beach to suit your every mood. Is this you?

The Hamptons

Nantucket

Nantucket Cottages

Classic- navy and white

 

Alexa Hampton in the Hamptons

Something's Gotta Give house -
 this has become the quintessential, East Coast home

I never tire of this interior!

I feel a clambake coming on. So, does this strike a chord with you? It is classic, preppy, old money Americana at it's best. Stay tunes for more beach styles!

Happy Wednesday!

Krissy

All photos found on Pinterest.