coastal living idea house 2009

i just love idea houses...

this one is in north carolina, where i once lived for a year and a half,

 but would gladly return to live forever.

love the gambrel gables. and the shakes. and the wide steps.

oooo. i love me a black kitchen.

i had a black kitchen in the last house we remodeled.

i'll post pictures sometime. 

it was yummy. or at least i thought so.

i love the unusual treatment over the fireplace. 

very non-traditional in a traditional sort of way.

the giant ottoman is slick, too.

what a great and unique color scheme. 

i love it.

oooo, did somebody say stripes? (i'm such a sucker)

in a previous life, i think i was bead board...

or perhaps i was married to some bead board. 

i love it that much.

and isn't it delicious painted grey and hung horizontally? 

genius.

the is the sleeping porch of the house.

who wouldn't want to take a nap here?!

fun colors.

love the bolsters.

great dividers.